July 2011
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December 2010
1 post
"The sense that the American promise of social and... →
Fantastic phrasing. It’s the false promise that has made me a field-leveling liberal. It’s difficult to see just how much privilege and unlikely chance goes into the making of most boot-strap success stories. If you’re born in this country, with good health, near the middle class, to parents who read to you, you’re born armed to the teeth with privilege most of the world...
October 2010
1 post
Apple dumplings for people who don't bake
Say you think it would be totally fun to go pick apples on a wonderful fall day, but the only thing you know how to bake is that cookie dough that comes in the tube. Not a problem. Thanks to the magic of refrigerated pie crusts.
Here’s a quicky apple dumpling recipe that is pretty delicious. Yummy savory app below that. (Apples keep for months in the ‘fridge - but, come on, no one...
March 2010
1 post
My very favorite Barefoot Contessa recipe
I could eat this every day. It’s summer in the winter.
15 minutes to make and a great complex flavor with really basic ingredients.
Capellini with tomatoes and basil
Serves 6
Kosher salt
½ cup good olive oil, plus extra for the pasta pot
2 tablespoons minced garlic (6 cloves)
4 pints small cherry tomatoes or grape tomatoes (I used 3)
18 large basil leaves, julienned
2 tablespoons...
January 2010
5 posts
Inside the Mind of Google →
Think of “all those searches you conducted — on old boyfriends, or some disease you have, or your personal pornographic fetishes — are now in Google’s giant brain. ‘People turn to the search engine box and admit things to it that they would not admit to their doctor, their shrink, their priest, their wife or husband or anyone else, without a thought that all of these queries are being...
“I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is...”
– Tina Fey
New Year's Eve Recipes
Thanks to all who came to ring in the new year with us and extra thanks to those who asked for the recipes :)
I followed the Barefoot Contessa Cocktail Party Rule (make three, buy three); so, these are the only homemade ones:
Roasted Tomato Bruschetta
18 roma tomatoes
Loaf of crusty bakery bread, sliced (buy it at Katzingers and they’ll slice it for you - love that!)
Log of fresh...
December 2009
4 posts
The Way We Live Now - Why Women Can’t Let Sarah... →
“If life is like high school, then today’s educated, ambitious women are the student-council presidents and Sarah Palin is the head cheerleader.”
November 2009
13 posts
Random video moment: The Dieckhoner boys carving... →
Favorite rant of the week
Peter Sagal worries for our children. How will the Twilight movies affect their ability to thrive in a real crisis:
“With Twilight movie #2, New Moon, the series continues its redefintion of vampires. Instead of horrible monsters of the undead, they are unemployed Abercrombie & Fitch catalog models who sparkle. They sparkle in the sunlight and instead of human blood I believe they drink...
“That day in sunny Texas when the divorce rumors were rampant in the tabloids, I...”
– Sarah Palin on the “first dude,” Todd Palin. See more fun exerpts from Going Rogue.
“Life is a romantic business.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes
“We’re all born late. We’re born into history that is well under way. We’re born...”
– Whoa. David Brooks.
Review: Available Light Theater’s [How to] Stay...
4-stars That inspiration fix you’ve been waiting for since the rush of Obama Mania started wearing off “Every generation has a challenge and this is ours.” How – with the distractions and isolation of every day life – to stay human. It’s the challenge our writer-actor-heroes at Available Light take on in the new play [How to] Stay Human, the follow-up to their wildly successful production...
“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come...”
– Lilla Watson
Vacation photos! →
Highly recommended: Breezes Runaway Bay →
Trip Advisor was right. This super inclusive resort is a great deal: delicious food and drinks, beautiful beaches, wonderful spa, affordable price, delightful vacation experience! Oh, and hammocks. Come on! Who doesn’t love a hammock?
“Tables should be level without anyone asking. Fix it before guests are seated.”
– From “One Hundred Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1),” Bruce Buschel’s modest list of dos and don’ts for servers at the seafood restaurant he’s building. This one is sure to be a favorite of Craig’s. (New York Times)
October 2009
13 posts
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are...”
– President Obama
Ben carves the massive birthday cake →
Sure, we got the rainbow cake that Katie most wanted for her bDay. But, can we get the first piece out?? “It’s a rainbow.”
Dexter slides. →
10-second documentary featuring a handsome mutt who loves the slides at the park.
Google Flipping →
Favorite new site is Fast Flip. Browse 30 publications in an interface that feels almost tactile. Love the news this way. (But I hope it doesn’t customize my content by my behavior … concerned about how many fashion links I’ve clicked!)
“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as...”
– David Foster Wallace, of course
My latest addiction →
Lara Bars. Especially the banana bread variety. Holy yum.
“Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
– A.C. Clarke
“Men would just lie to me. Girls say, ‘Give me half an hour and I’ll find out.’...”
– Jamie Oliver in New York Times food issue