Month: February 2006

  • My weekend is over and I'm feeling dejected. There's something about visits from certain guests that just makes you want to keep them close. They bring a sparkle to your days, and when they're gone you can't wait for them to come back again. They make you see your city in an entirely different light,…

  • Between Kay Rentschler’s wacky sense of time and my terror of substitutions, baking this loaf of bread was an exercise in stress-control. Isn’t bread-baking supposed to be therapeutic? Tell that to the palms of my hands, covered with the tiny little bubbles of a stress rash (though, according to the Internets, this could also be…

  • This is my 100th post. To honor the moment, I have to show off the best purchase I’ve made in months. So perfectly red! So totally soft! Ironic and witty to boot. Thank you, Mrs. Kennedy.