While shopping in Oakland's China Town, I picked up some really cheap vegetables. I noticed that the Clementines weren't quite ripe, but wondered how they even got there. Totally not in season ( Read more... )

Having been working from home or out of work for the entire last month, I made a commitment to eating more at home to save money. Today, I took another step towards this commitment by buying bakeware and a blender. Wow ( Read more... )

I call my mother every weekend. Well, mostly because she's my best friend - but also to make sure she's coherent and enjoying life (taking her psych meds). Last weekend, I spent a few moments reducing my visit to the SFMOMA to see the Fida Kahlo exhibition for her. She enjoyed listening to it, that I knew she would have preferred being there in ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wonder if the sky is actually brighter on the weekends?

The exhibit has been going on for a couple weeks already, but I gave a good friend the heads up and we opted to preselect the first tuesday of the month, because that's when the museum is free. It still cost $5 per person, but that's pennies compared to what the museum would normally charge. It made it a lot easier to go right back to work ( Read more... )

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Roasting Baby Tomatoes sounds great for brushetta topping - so simple and yet so seasonally delicious!
Recipe here.

"I use only 5 ingredients-- tomatoes, olive oil spray, salt, pepper, and water (or veggie broth)--and cook them for about 40 minutes in a pyrex baking dish."


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1. sushi, particularly the futomaki roll
2. olives
3. pickles
4. red wine
5. wasabi peas
6. spelt flour anything
7. oatmeal
8. roasted red peppers
9. artichokes
10. black coffee
11. molasses
12. raw honey
13. vinaigrette
14. portabella mushroom
15. water
16. soy protein
17. tofu
18. soymilk
19. veggie burritos
20. hummous

Yesterday was unusually long. I lingered on getting to the ride I lead for the high school mountain bike team, and on the ride itself, my bike malfunctioned - so we worked on skills practice instead of endurance. We completed the ride in about 1.5 hr, and headed home. I got home just before noon, showered, ate and headed over to the grocery ( Read more... )

reliving the past: watching the top 100 songs from the 90s, and realizing that this was pretty much my inspiration as I came of age, and that everything that "feels right" is a poor attempt at reconnecting with my youth.