There have been several trips to Ikea in the last few months. I’ll admit that I have had a passionate Italian sort of relationship with Ikea in the past, but I think I’m really done. It’s not that Ikea is a bad thing, as far as those big companies go. The whole Swedish thing…
turkish breakfast, revisited
The other day I was at work, and a woman came in and ordered breakfast. She had her New York Times with her, and she knew exactly what she wanted.Half a baguette, toasted, with butter. And a few slices of gruyere, topped with a an equal number of slices of prosciutto. And four or five…
green chiles, and a giveaway! (exactly what you want)
Last week, a box arrived. I knew it was coming–I’d gotten an email about a week earlier. It was from my friend Heather. Heather lives in Portland with her husband Matt and their sweet little girl, and it turns out that on that day Matt had come home from Whole Foods with an arm full…
clamp's
How any two people stay married is a mystery to me. My parents ditched the whole thing after just a few years, and I’ve got to say that I know more people who took that route than who kept at it. Because I am an optimist, and because it was Joey, I disregarded logic and…
charlie the butcher's
In so much as you might like to hear all sorts of idyllic stories about the first annual camping trip of my not always so idyllic family, I cannot please you. I can tell you this. There were smores. And we did stay dry within our tent.Even though there was plenty of rain outside of…
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