Happy Christmas!

My Christmas Eve will be spent in the way that has become tradition over the past few years… gorging myself on lasagna (sausage and pepperoni! this is no time for diets!) and drinking copious amounts of Delirium Noel (look! pink elephants on the label- you know this stuff is good…) and Bailey’s while exchanging gifts [...]

Let’s Make Croissants!

I apologize for taking so long to post this. I meant to post it a lot sooner, but life (namely winter and the grey sky that comes with it and makes me lose my motivation for doign anything) got in the way. But better late than never, right?
A word of warning: this recipe does require [...]

Quiet Mornings

Is there anything better than a quiet morning spent with your husband and dog, a cup of coffee, and a fresh out of the oven croissant (made by moi)? Yeah, I didn’t think so.

I’m still alive

If anyone’s been missing me, I’m still alive… just been working my ass off on a campaign. A few quick observations before I crash for the night…
-Sometimes I really hate being a woman in politics. I went to a fundraiser the other night, and the lobbyists were all being so freaking obnoxious to me. They [...]

Smitten

So after weeks and weeks of going to the Saturday morning farmers market only to be disappointed, yesterday they actually had stuff! We bought some of the most delicious baby strawberries ever, cucumbers, sugar snap peas, some amazing cheese with a super sexy Italian name that I can’t remember, and beets. And a bunch of [...]

Transformation

When we bought out house last year, the kitchen was the first thing that I tackled. And by first thing, I mean we closed on a Friday and I had about half of the wallpaper pulled down by Sunday.
This was what I started with. RIP. I won’t miss you.

Pulling the paper down and painting [...]

beans, beans the musical fruit….

This seriously give new meaning to “playing with your food.” Amazing! Although something about blowing into a carrot look kind of dirty to me (and whoa- look at the size of some of those veggies! Its like they’re on steroids!)

 

Yum

These sea salt almonds caught my eye when I was at the grocery store earler.  I think they reminded me of a bar snack that I had once.  Anyway, they’re super good. I’m not normally a huge fan of almonds either, but these have a nice saltiness (but not too salty either). And there’s a [...]