Ok, let me explain. I’ve never felt the need for a tea cozy. I mean, I do drink tea, but usually it’s boiled water poured directly…

I have loved this little table ever since my dad gave it to me for my 11th birthday. He had jerry-rigged it a bit, tilting the…

Tonight’s soup was a delicious vegan gumbo, made with 4 different kinds of greens from chef and author Bryant Terry. I found the recipe here. You…

I wish I could convey in blog format the incredible sweetness of the air here. I don’t want to rub it in, for those of you…

It’s spring, and I am completely over my clothes. Bored, bored, bored. But my unsympathetic husband just stares at me incredulously when I stand in front…

It’s spring, and I am completely over my clothes. Bored, bored, bored. Unfortunately, I’m also feeling rather broke, broke, broke, and not too inclined to shop.…

As I’ve mentioned in a couple earlier posts, our kitchen regularly gets turned into a laboratory for various bath and beauty products, and recently Dave and…

Okay, this is the last soup recipe for a while. I promise other non-soup projects soon! But as long as I’m making up these recipes, I…

Is it spring yet? It is here in Oakland, and one of my favorite spring weekend things to do is to walk the neighborhood, or go…