the quick and non-dirty recap

I loved this weekend. There was Meg’s birthday party, where we all had to wear silly hats. Saturday, I roasted chickpeas and made foccaccia. Matt made spicy ketchup and bbq sauce, which we then used in black bean empanadas, and served with tostones and salad with caracara and blood orange viniagrette. YUM. Sunday, we made beer bread and more empanadas, ...

an update from the doctor!

My ribs aren’t broken. I’m glad my insurance paid to verify that my bones are totally normal! She thinks it could possibly be a sprain, but I don’t see any way that could’ve happened. Particularly since it feels better when I’m walking or at the gym, and worse sitting down. I’ll stick with the ibuprofin, and at least be mostly ...

esta semana 4

…I came home with my first project from letterpress class. We hand-inked wood type to produce something like this: I have it hanging at my desk now, which is causing some confusion for my coworkers. (I love letterpress class so much. I want to look at type and print blocks on the internet all the time, but I’m trying to ...

a picture that sums up awesome xmas pretty effectively: 1

Joe got a smokeless grill (a regifted wedding present!) and a pack of bacon amongst his many awesome xmas gifts, so of course this happened in the basement. I went upstairs to get some snacks out of the oven after I took this picture, and swear when I returned about 30 seconds later, the bacon had all disappeared. And then ...