Okay, I promise I have lots and lots to blog about this week. There are potential cookies and a potential side table redo. There’s fresh kale from the garden and a living area that’s almost clean enough to photograph and share. So many possibilities! But for today, you’ll have to be satisfied with a very…
Positano: Vacation Part 5
With a 5 (or 6 or 7) part vacation, you would think we were there for a month. We just had a lot we wanted to see, and we were feeling ambitious. You may or may not remember that our last stop before Positano was Modena, with a seven-hour drive between the two. We planned…
Miscellaneous Thursday
These are happy tidbits, nothing more. First, Scott recently became the friend of a friend of the head of an equestrian program. Which means that he acquired horse manure for our garden this morning. That is a lot of manure! That is an entire truck bed of manure, to be exact. And in the background,…
Giada’s Egg and Kale Wraps
So imagine this. You got off work at a normal time, thinking you would eat a quick meal out on your way to a 7 pm meeting. You get to the dinner spot of choice (you’re really excited about a good sandwich and some soup), only to realize that you left your credit card sitting…
Cars ‘n Things in Modena (Vacation Part 4)
Okay, let’s pretend that it’s early September in Italy. (I finally emailed myself a few more vacation photos, so it’s time for another step in the vacation saga.) We’ve visited Switzerland briefly. We’ve hiked through 4/5 of the Cinque Terre. We’ve eaten a ton of good food. Now it’s on to Modena. We made it…
Sunday Planting
I have made very short to do lists for Sundays lately. It’s been wonderful. Yesterday’s only project was to plant a windowbox, and I accomplished said goal right before sunset. There was crisp air; there were sage plants and thyme plants and dirty fingernails. It was a good cap on a day full of friends…
Hanger-Busting Grilled Sweet Potato Wedges with Orange-Molasses Butter
I’ll admit that I was mean last night. It wasn’t pretty, but there was a shining moment in there. That shining moment was called Bobby Flay’s Grilled Sweet Potato Wedges with Orange-Molasses Butter. If they tasted perfect when I was angry, I can only imagine how awesome they would be in a good mood, maybe…
Small, but valuable. 