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My silence on this blog is often due to my lack of anything interesting and non-law related to write about. So... I will write about cooking. Like last year, I resolved to try one new recipe per week. Like last year, I have failed dismally. But! I made two new recipes today, so maybe that starts helping to make up for the lack of new recipes ( Read more... )

1. Replaced the 2 1/2 year old spices (which I stopped using long ago) in my spice rack ( Read more... )

I flew in to LA on Thanksgiving, after having the good luck to grab an earlier flight for the second leg of my trip from Chicago to LA, and had two boys cook for me, always the best part of Thanksgiving. I broke my vegetarian, ok, technically pescatarian (adding that for your benefit, Madalene), streak of a couple months in favor of Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

So, it's that time of year... no, I don't mean the holidays - I mean time to start spending every waking moment studying because exams are two weeks away. Sigh. It makes me sad that the holidays get eclipsed by outlining and hypotheticals. However, all is not lost. Tonight I had the good fortune of enjoying a pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving meal ( Read more... )

Today Audrey and I came home from having a couple of beers and there was a big package for her downstairs. What was in it? Christmas music!!! We listened to Aretha Franklin serenade us with Christmas songs. It was pretty great. I also had the first Bells Winter White of the season.

What better time to start blogging again but Election Day 2008? I would live blog the election results, except that I plan to head out on the town and drink copiously this evening ( Read more... )

You may have heard me ask this question at times when I am frustrated with Michigan, winter, or the long distance of my relationship. Today I discovered the answer: at UCLA, I could never cross the street from the law school to the student union to find an ice sculpture carving extravaganza going on out front. There were speakers blaring some ( Read more... )

Okay, so by popular demand, the dress Rob got me is at this linkUnfortunately, it did not fit. Also, the style was rather unflattering to my figure. Okay, that is an understatement. With the cut of the neckline it failed to cover certain sections of me appropriately, as I am rather curvier than the model in the picture. So, after conferring ( Read more... )