miscellaneous

This is what $7.16 of chocolate bought at the mall after watching “Julie and Julia” looks like. It was delicious, but $7.16? Well, at least I did my part to stimulate the economy. And now I feel a chocolate-making binge coming on.

I can’t believe I haven’t posted these photos. I took them last month, on a rare, gorgeous, July day (if you’ve ever been in San Francisco in July, you’ll know what I mean). I had cabin fever and set out on a short ride through the park to get a cafe au lait, and somewhere

My mom is retired and spends her days working in her garden. My dad is a photographer and has been documenting her progress. I’m jealous of her abundance of tomatoes, which is going into gazpacho and tomato candy this week. I wish I were in LA to sample all her cooking – and also to

I am irrationally happy about my latest thrift store find – a 52-piece set of dinnerware by Midwinter. It’s the Blue Dahlia pattern designed by Jessie Tait. I looked the artist up, and she designed numerous tabletop and ceramic pieces, including these vases (which I will look for on another thrift adventure; I’m not holding
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