November 2011

Retiro Picnic

November 30, 2011 · 24 comments

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May 16th We were supposed to meet Alene & Ethel in the morning, but they needed extra zzzz time so the Dieden clan headed out to take on Madrid once again as a party of five. Starting with Atocha, we took in the station from afar, then up close, then inside. I hadn’t seen it since the bombings ...

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The Monday Flood

November 29, 2011
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The flood actually started Sunday morning, and after four unreturned calls to our landlord we took matters into our own hands and began calling plumbers.  Apparently Sundays aren’t ideal for your pipes to burst because we called every plumber in Santa Monica and nobody returned our calls…until 30 minutes later.  We finally got …

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Snowballs, Kale & Ivy

November 28, 2011
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I woke up Friday with every single finger and toe crossed because the unit was overstaffed by one nurse and I was the first on the list to get a "holiday."  So as long as nobody called in sick, my phone was set to ring between 4 and 5 am with happy news.  I’ve never [...]

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Thanks for the veggies

November 27, 2011
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  Rhetorical question, but how awesome does my plate look??   I know.  So my Thursday morning wasn’t the greatest.  Like I mentioned before, I was a zombie when we arrived at Kyle’s parents house late on Wednesday…and even though I slept straight through the night (something I rarely …

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Readers request: how to roast veggies

November 26, 2011
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Recently, I got an email from a reader (hi Elaine!) with some vegetarian cooking related questions.  I figured rather than respond via email, I’d answer in a post (in case others are wondering too).  Since there are quite a few questions though, I am going to go through them one at a time.  And so [...]

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