One of the best parts about the cold weather blowing in is my little kitties growing exponentially fluffier. Gizmo loves to stretch out with his belly in the air and I can never resist rubbing it whenever I pass him.
Year of Pleasures: Chocolate Mint
I got a random craving for these right out of the blue the other day, and now I can’t stop eating them. I have no idea what even put these in my head, I’m not a big chocolate fan and…
Year of Pleasures: Mirepoix
Is there any better smell on earth than sweating mirepoix? Those onions and carrots and celery all mixed up with butter and olive oil and letting out those legendary aromas. Oh my gosh. Heavenly. It just smells like good food…
Year of Pleasures: House Tour
While I was in LA over the weekend I had to drive through a residential neighborhood in Beverly Hills. It wasn’t a particularly drop dead fancy neighborhood (until it was) but these houses still had to cost millions of dollars…
Year of Pleasures – Tomatoes!
One of the best parts of living in Modesto – the produce. I drove to a local tomato distributor and for $70 I bought 250 lbs of tomatoes. Last year was a marinara year, this year it’s all about salsa.…
Year of Pleasures: Sushi
Good sushi is not easy to come by in Modesto. It’s not exactly a place known for cosmopolitan tastes. A new natural foods grocery store opened up and I decided to be brave and try a simple crab roll. It…
Year of Pleasures: Leftovers
When I’m working as hard as I am now? I hate trying to come up with something to eat for lunch. I’m normally just getting a work groove going when that time comes around, and I hate having to stop…
Year of Pleasures: Terrycloth Robe
I dug this photo out from my archives. During a hotel stay on one of Bear’s work trip this robe was waiting in the closet for me. I think I only took it off to take this picture. That was…
Year of Pleasures: Hero of the Post Office
I had to get a package out yesterday, so I used that as motivation to mail off a whole table full of things I’ve been putting off. Baby presents were threatening to take over my whole studio. I didn’t have…
Year of Pleasures: Butterfly on the Inside
I don’t know where this little guy came from, but one morning while washing the dishes I realized that this butterfly was on the wrong side of the glass, flapping it’s wings just a few inches from my face. It…