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Monthly Archive: June 2011

About my Dad

It’s rough being the only male in a house of women.  My poor pops.  Not only can he barely get a word in edge wise… But he can hardly get his face in a photo.  🙂 The thing is, my dad is awesome.  And even though we tease him, we all worship him.  He’s responsible for setting an impossible standard for all future suitors (Kyle’s in the clear, but my sisters may be screwed).  He’s also responsible for nurturing my sports career, spending his precious vacation time not on vacation.  Instead, he got off work… Read more >

June 19, 2011 Uncategorized Read more >

Readers request: high tea

If tea drinking were an Olympic Sport, I’d have broken Michael Phelps’ medal record long ago. So when readers ask about my favorite teas, it’s hard to answer in anything other than a full post.  So here’s the deal. Fact: I drink a lot of tea.  Connoisseur that I am, I go through my fair share of newbies on a regular basis.  There are just so friggin’ many, it would be a shame to miss out on what could be my tea next obsession due to a lack of taste testing.  And yet, there’s nothing… Read more >

June 18, 2011 tea Read more >

Ta-ta-tedious

Is there anything more mundane than pitting cherries? It has got to be one of the worst tasks on the planet.  Aside from peeling the skins off chickpeas.  If you can think of a more tedious chore, please share. The reward is so worth it, though.  Cherries + Granola + Coconut + Greek Yogurt =   Bliss.  Don’t forget to enter to win TWO POUNDS of coconut here.

June 17, 2011 coconut, granola, greek yogurt Read more >

Oh Fwed

Last I left off, we were dining on sushi after a whirlwind day in Versailles.  It was nearly 9 pm at this point and the sun still hadn’t even set…which meant we still had time in the day to fit in more sight seeing. Next up, the Arc de Triomphe! Cue the Eiffel Tower montage… Once again our museum passes were super useful as we slipped right into the front of the line without waiting even a second.  I wasn’t exactly eager to get to the stairs (my poor feet were heavily bandaged at this… Read more >

June 17, 2011 paris Read more >

Flaky

I didn’t mean to hold out on you after that giveaway teaser in my last post.  No worries, though, I’m not flaky when it comes to hooking up my readers.  Or am I? Har. Har.  I couldn’t resist the pun, sorry.  [I almost deleted it, it’s so bad] How much do I love coconut?  Let me count the ways… (1) flakes, (2) shreds, (3) chips, (4) butter, (5) oil, and that’s just the beginning… They enhance the simplest dishes…cereal, granola, oats, cakes, cookies, bars, pancakes…you get the idea. Clearly, the common denominator (yeah, math vocab!)… Read more >

June 16, 2011 coconut, giveaway, tropical traditions Read more >