Some random bits tonight:
1) Thank you, JV, for introducing  me to the Hipstamatic iPhone app. Love these analog photos and all the fun I’m having with them. I can’t believe these kids are mine. They are driving me crazy at the moment, spreading out all the bedding on the living room floor, but they are [...]

Remember when Thai pizza was everywhere in the 90’s? I had a few bad ones, then went retro and decided to only eat pepperoni pizza for several years. There were too many pizzerias going nuts with the flair, piling up lots of wet toppings on soggy crust and calling it fusion.
But last night I was [...]

I once looked up how to make the real pho–Vietnamese noodle soup.  Forget it.  The agony in getting the broth to be clear, the boiling of soup bones.  Our Vietnamese neighbors have us over for pho every few months.  Huang gets bored on a weekend afternoon (I never see him quit working), cooks up a [...]

We were in Eastern Washington over the weekend.  First, in Toppenish for the Murphy family reunion, which is 60 people if everyone comes.  10 Murphy children + partners, kids, and now a fourth generation.  When I’m there, I’m a “kid” and always will be.  I thanked my Aunt Mary for organizing everything and said how [...]

The highlight of my day was hearing Francis Ford Coppola on KUOW this morning. I was stuck in the car for an hour and a half (long story–messed up my schedule) and decided a) I could be cranky and impatient or b) I could realize I’d been given some rare time alone and just relax into [...]