. . .to make me happy. Just these bright mini-muffin liners that Angela Noelle sent me last summer that finally got put to a good use with this recipe for no-bake granola bars (for the record, they were medium. I probably won’t make them again).
Three Things I Wore Recently Part 2
It’s a Valentine’s miracle. My hair is slightly (boringly) different in the middle photo. 1,000 points to me. Those tights in the first image are ones my mom gave me for my 24th birthday (yes, I am now 26 and a half), but I’ve never worn them before. I guess they were just too scary for me. Then I finally…
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An Instagram Valentine’s Day
1) A little card from Ella to Dad (she smilingly handed over the energy bars for him too, then immediately demanded that he share them with her). 2) The great thing about apartment living is that you can see your flower arrangement from every room in the house. 3) A little Thai lunch with Bart (he’s in the middle of…
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Vegetarian Recipe #12: Potato and Greens Gratin
The first time I made this potato gratin dish, it was a pathetic effort to try and use up the many almost-rotted foods in our fridge. An ignominious beginning, to say the least. And then it ended up being one of our favorite dishes. I’ve made this potato gratin several times since then and every time it’s a huge hit,…
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It Doesn’t Take Much: Hand Tracing Edition
. . . to make me happy. Just little hand tracings that magically appear every time Ella sees me with a pen and paper. (By the way, the reason I was writing a list of all our DVDs is that when we moved from Boston, we chucked all our DVD cases and stuck the DVDs in a single large CD…
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