heart-shaped

Matt is the sweetest boy. We had the best Valentine’s Day. Technically it was the day before Valentine’s Day, but there’s no splitting hairs when it comes to celebration. Brunch at Luce for Cindi’s birthday was great, if twice as big as necessary. We had coupons for free mimosas, too! Matt and I had to rush off to our reservations ...

things that are awesome, part XXXVIII 2

1) I signed up for Letterpress II. The amount of money involved kind of kills me, but I love it like crazy. I want to make things all the time. And maybe I can make money on some of those things eventually. So there’s that. 2) Our local dive bar Matt and I remember the existence of Tailgate on 61st ...

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 ...