apple-pear crisp

If my husband and I are out to dinner and decide to order dessert, he always wants the fruit crisp. While I vacillate amongst fruity/chocolate-y/gooey, he just wants the apple-based option. Come fall, if I buy apples, invariably I hear, “Are you making apple crisp?” Conveniently, I love making fruit crisps. They’re relatively fast and […]

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red lentil and barley soup

It’s October 21st and it’s 76 degrees. I’m not bragging. I’m not complaining. I’m just pointing out that there is no reason whatsoever that I wanted soup for lunch today. But I did. Lucky for you, since I seem to have been surviving for the past two weeks on nothing but pasta with marinara or […]

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home and back again

After six weeks of unrepentant sunshine, I had to get back to some good Midwestern gloom. I spent five days over a long weekend in Minneapolis playing host to my mom’s college roommate who was in town visiting from Vienna, Austria. We had a wonderful time visiting with her and her husband, touring museums and […]

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a morning at the wild animal park

In our continuing explorations of San Diego (and use of our shiny new zoo membership), my husband and I went on a short trip to the Wild Animal Park. Unlike the urban setting of the zoo, the animal park is north of San Diego in Escondido. After a short jaunt up the freeway, past the […]

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world food day!

Did you know October 16th is World Food Day? Neither did I until I found out from Kitchen Gardeners International. As a big fan of both the world and food, I thought I would point this day out to all of you. Here is a thought-provoking list of facts and figures about the world and […]

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out and about

We’ve lived in our apartment for almost a month now. The living room has an accent wall, we just got a dining room set, and yesterday we bought fabric for curtains! The last few days have been spent running errands and searching for additional home decor items. I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that the […]

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handy book finders, revisited

Right after I posted links to several handy resources for finding cheap books online, Firefox upgraded to a new version which was not compatible with BookBurro. Sad times. Luckily, BookBurro released an update for Firefox 3.5 and we can all find the lowest-priced books easily again. You can also add many local library catalogs to […]

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hundred push ups – week 4

Wow, week 4 is HARD. Continuing to do knee push-ups in column two, the first day has us at a total of 97 (!), the second day at 113 (!!), and the last at 130 (!!!). Ouch. Those last few were really challenging. The upside is that I definitely feel stronger. The first set doesn’t […]

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old timey flowers

Sorry for the dearth of posts. We’re still doing a lot of work getting the apartment set up which takes time, but does not make for interesting blog topics! I did manage to spend a bit of time playing with the same vintage filter I used on my coffee cup photo, though. I’m not much […]

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a trip to the san diego zoo

My husband and I are now members of the San Diego Zoo! We’re trying to visit the sites of San Diego. First off, it’s a fun way to spend time together and learn more about our new home. Second, it’s good for my husband to be able to tell hotel guests about the area which […]

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