Nov
04
2010

Birthdays galore

In but nine short days, it will be my birthday, and I plan to mark the occasion with the eating of food. This weekend, however, it’s my grandfather’s 97th birthday (fun fact: my original projected due date was on his birthday, but I guess I wasn’t fully cooked so it was pushed up a week…  Continued »

Oct
31
2010

Dal frenzy!

Christian and I had some business at Animadness yesterday for a few hours, so in that time, I was trapped in a smallish space with a lot of dolls. How was I to resist? In that time, I made my Dal wishlist decrease by 2 with the additions of Charlotte and Melize as an early…  Continued »

Oct
19
2010

Today’s lunch: pot roast from City Slicker!

Today’s lunch comes from an old favorite for takeout, the City Slicker Cafe in Somerville. One of my coworkers told me about this awesome takeout place in Ball Square called the Urban Gourmet. This was back when I lived in Union Square. We got some stuff from them, and it was outstanding… yum pizza, an…  Continued »

Oct
19
2010

Wanted: Have you seen this doll?

Hi there! Decided to make a sticky post about this. I am always in pursuit of this doll, Takara Sweetpop Barbie, circa 1983. Let me know if you see this doll and I will make overtures to buy it. I recently talked about this doll over in this post. Sadly, I had an opportunity to…  Continued »

Oct
16
2010

Curry in no hurry

I bought like eight thousand vegetables earlier in the week at the Tuesday veggie market, now it’s time to put them to use! The week before this past week, I bought a slow cooker on sale at Target that was recommended as an okay slow cooker by both Cooks Illustrated and Consumer Reports. Last week’s…  Continued »

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