1. I’d take you out for an early (they open at 6 a.m.) breakfast at The Pancake Pantry. You can order whatever you want, but I’d strongly recommend the sweet potato pancakes with cinnamon syrup. They are the most delicious pancakes I’ve ever had, which is saying something, because I don’t even like pancakes. Plus, with a vegetable in…
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The Half-Way Mark
May is half over and hey, I’m still wearing the same 31 items of clothing. Actually, the pair of pants I ordered were a complete disaster, so 30 (would it be cheating to add another pair of shorts? The temperature just skyrocketed up to 97 degrees today, so the sweaters I was wearing in the snow in Denver on May…
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Poached Eggs with Cheese & Chickpeas (Vegetarian Recipe)
This poached eggs with cheese and chickpeas is everything I could ask for in a meal. First, it’s delicious. Second, it’s vegetarian. Third, it’s super quick. Fourth, you make it all in one frying pan, start to finish. I love it (and when Bart took the leftovers to work with him, Ella asked, “How soon can we have that again?”)….
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Things I (Think I) Will Never Wear
Back in 2006, Merrick and I went on a study abroad program to London. It was pretty much fantastic in every way. I remember during the last couple of weeks, we started to notice that British girls were wearing skinny jeans. And it wasn’t a few, here and there. It was virtually every person, male and female. Skinny jeans hadn’t…
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Ani: Five Months
If there are five things to know about Ani at five months: She HATES it when you eat in front of her. She’ll stare at your food and watch the utensils go back and forth between the plate and your mouth. We’ve started trying her on a few tastes of various foods and she’s not quite sure what to think…
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