Friday, December 31, 2010

My first macaroons

User almond meal instead of almond flour, so they look a little whole wheat-ey...

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Dessert

Chocolate bombe, white chocolate raspberry mouse filling

Main course

Rosemary garlic lamb chop with mint chutney, asparagus with champagne hollandaise, gorgonzola rosemary mashed potatoes

Intermezzo

Cantaloupe champagne sorbet

Fourth course

Salmon tartare on endive.

Third course

Tomato bisque

Second course

Bistro salad

First course

Poached shrimp with avocado salsa, raw milk brie on crackers

Table is set

For Anju's birthday dinner.

Christmas Party kids

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Her blue period

Easel and paints for Christmas

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Friday, December 3, 2010

Mich's sushi

Chad roll

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Book donations

Needs organization...

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Chocolate bombe

Chocolate mousse inside chocolate cake covered in chocolate ganache.

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Driving the library van today...

In the snow.

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Snow angel

With a little grass,  too...

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Playing in the snow

Only an inch or two, but enough to play in.

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Friday, November 19, 2010

Star Wars amigurumi

Thanks,  Mom!

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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Friday, November 12, 2010

Disorganized bookshelf

With frog.

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Saturday, November 6, 2010

So that's sorted

Better late than never...

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Smoked oysters?

Not sure why these are on our counter. They fall into the category of food that I would only think to eat if I were scrounging for calories in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Little Red and Gandalf the White

You shall not pass!

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Berries

I know, random. But - berries!

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Scraped up

Took a little fall out on the trails.

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Leaf pile

With kids.

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Morning

Coffee...

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Friday, October 29, 2010

Chinatown

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BART

Six Flags closed.  Heading into the city.

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Road trip ready

Six Flags here we come!

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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Veggie pizza

So proud of my pizza...

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Sick day

Waiting for the Tylenol to kick in.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Hand-me-down fashion show

Thanks Auntie Kristen...

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

Pumpkin carving party

Kids everwhere...

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Successful cupcake mission

Cupcakes are my archnemesis. But today I prevailed.

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Lego morning

With toenail polish.

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Friday, October 22, 2010

Pumpkin beer lineup

Although I'm not tasting much...

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Pumpkin cookies

Cream cheese frosting, cinnamon and sugar.

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Thursday, October 21, 2010

Book stack

What's currently on my "to read" pile.

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Sunday, June 6, 2010

Reading percentages

I often get into discussions with people about what I'm reading, or what type of books I tend to read, I usually say that I read about 75% non-fiction. I got to wondering the other day if that was right, and decided to do a back-of-the-envelope calculation based on my lists of books I've been keeping since 2007. Here's how it came out:

2007: 45% non-fiction
2008: 72% non-fiction
2009: 62% non-fiction
2010 (so far): 64% non-fiction

Averaging 60.75% non-fiction. So in the future, I'll round it off and claim 60%.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

 
Challa in...

 


Challah out.
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All dressed up

 

The kids, all gussied up for Nanny's birthday brunch...
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Friday, February 26, 2010

Sofia Stuff

Little Sofia lost her first tooth the other day. All excited about the tooth fairy, etc. Fun stuff. Here's here new grin:

 

Also, thanks to a co-worker of mine who was cleaning out some stuff, Sofia now has her first dollhouse. She's really into it, but unfortunately she only has one doll that is appropriately sized for it. We'll have to remedy that this weekend...

 
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