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 [...]

I’m in bed with my laptop.  The kids are watching Bob the Builder (much to Wyatt’s chagrin–he’s SO Discovery Channel now), and I hear rain on our new roof.  Fall is definitely on its way, but I’m sneaking in some peach-talk.  My blogging friend Dana talked about summer fruit guilt recently, which I thought was [...]

Five tidbits tonight–popcorn, motivated snacking, Wyatt’s proud fish photo, an emergency orzo salad, and a plea for Helen’s recipe.
First, and definitely foremost, popcorn.  White popcorn.  I cannot believe I’ve been blogging for over 4 months and haven’t dedicated at least one post to popcorn yet.  Yellow popcorn is not a temptation.  Too spongy and squeaky. [...]

Last night, we had finally gotten the miserably hot kids to bed and I was sitting with my feet in the kiddie pool drooling over my just-arrived issue of Saveur.  Our neighbors (different than the ones I wrote about here), an multi-generational Chinese family with two boys (7 and 11) were having a party in their [...]

It’s HOT by Seattle standards.  On days like today, I find myself eating just when I’m hungry, and then not very much.  If it’s overcast, all I can think about is the next meal.  Anybody know about the psychology of that?
We’re headed to a family reunion over the weekend, and I expect most of you [...]