I went to an open mic on thursday night. Actually it sort of grew up around me; I was there minding my own business reading my book and drinking chai and suddenly there's all these people around with guitars and little notebooks and nervous glances at the pseudo stage ( Read more... )

I was in Fremont walking from the library to the cafe and I saw this little kid, maybe 3 years old. He had serious Buddy Holly eyeglasses and a red 70s down vest that was big on him, but totally cute. And all I could think to myself was that he must have been born a hipster because his parents really weren't rocking any sort of fashion choices at ( Read more... )

Eggs Florentine are the new black.
Just thought I'd mention it early so that y'all could brush up on your poaching skills and work out a presentable hollandaise sauce.

Also, cardamom cake is the new pumpkin loaf; but don't let starbucks know, they'll ruin the delicious.

I got my tax forms all ready to send off to the IRS in the morning ( Read more... )

I cleaned all the old food out of my fridge and now it looks very bare, but I can find the edible bits again ( Read more... )

Delicious Eggs Florentine at Silence Heart Nest this morning. They may be some sort of weird cult but they make great vegetarian breakfast ( Read more... )

Some dude at the bar seriously asked me if I tithed.
Right in the middle of a conversation about commercial fishing.

No. I donate money to Planned Parenthood.

There was something I was going to say, but it's been completely wiped from my mind because this dude was sort of hitting on me in the cafe ( Read more... )

I'm in Portland for the weekend.

I still just want to fall asleep and not wake up for a couple of weeks, but at least the scenery is a little different right?

My favorite blogs of 2007:

Figleaf's Real Adult Sex
Sex in Art
Postsecret
Feministe
Diary of the Food Whore
Smart Bitches, Trashy Novels
Defective Yeti

I wanted it to be ten.
Whatever.