For the past several months, Joe and I have had the same weekly ritual. Every Sunday or Monday evening (or Tuesday if we’re really lazy) we get in the car and drive to the Lower Queen Anne area of Seattle to do grocery shopping and to get Pad Thai from our favorite Thai restaurant, Racha. It is hands down the best Pad Thai I have ever had, ever. Since we’re there every week, they know our orders by now: mine,…
The third year is the charm because I finally made it to the Tulip Festival! Every April there are crazy amounts of tulips about an hour north of Seattle and while we went the last weekend of the month and a lot was gone already, it was still really neat to see. It rained pretty hard on the drive up but thankfully by the time we got there it had stopped. I had been warned by my sister to wear…
with Brandon Mull, April 22nd 2014 For long months (years? Yes, years) I have been jealous of the UT, AZ, NV area getting so many book signings with Brandon Mull, the brains behind Fablehaven, the Beyonders, the Candy Shop Wars, and the first books in two other series I have yet to feast my eyes upon. The jealousy has ended! Tonight I went to see him and three other authors I had never heard of do live scene readings from…
Growing up, deviled eggs always made an appearance at holiday dinners. My mom garnishes them with halved green olives and while those will always be the best way to make them, I think it’s fun to mix things up every now and then. Tomorrow for easter dinner, Joe and I are driving one sweetly short hour south to spend it with my sister and her husband. My job is to bring dessert and deviled eggs. With four options (regular…
iPhone pictures, look away! I came upon an easy recipe for sloppy joes a few years ago when looking for quick and easy dinner ideas, this one being mostly beef, ketchup, and chili powder. Simple enough for me. Last fall this simple recipe inspired me. I knew I could add a few more ingredients and have something really special. Aside from hot dogs, I’ve never been much of a fan of meat, and this recipe redo is one…
My first comic con. Certainly not my last. What got me excited was an appearance by Cary Elwes, who plays Robin in Robin Hood Men in Tights, one of my most favorite movies of all time. Unfortunately he dropped out a few days before the show and that made me extremely sad, but life goes on. We kicked off the weekend of Emerald City Comic Con on Friday with a Q&A with Alan Tudyk, who plays Wash in Firefly, and…
I decided to finally document the books I’ve been reading. I get a lot of ideas of what to read from blogs so maybe I can be of some help. In order of books read, here’s what I ready in the first quarter of 2014: 1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare The fifth out of six books in a series (or as I like to call them as they really are- a double trilogy) about Shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves,…
It turns out that a sunshiny spring day is not ideal for cemetery visits. It made me miss when I took a solo trip in January and it was overcast, cold, and wet. Can it be I am wishing for fall already? I found a few things I’d like to know more about. This trip I noticed several names listed on one headstone (is the headstone just symbolic? could they really all fit? did they bury the ashes?) and I…
Dawn comes too earlySleep fades so quickPeace slips by softlyThe clock starts to tick 2.18.14
Stumbling through your winding streetsWild, new, and oldWalking, living in my dreamsThe path is mine to hold 1.13.14