Posted in Knitting, sweaters on September 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
MalabrigoCardi2, originally uploaded by Rina7.
Knitting is so much more fun with soft yarn! It’s a bit small at my chest, even accounting for a button placket. One of these days I have learn how to do short-rows! Hope it blocks a size up after it is finished.
I [...]
Posted in cooking, food & drink on September 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A great reward after two and a half hours of bike riding (on bike routes from the Alameda shoreline to the Oakland Airport and back):
Berkeley Bowl has an amazing fish section, including reasonably priced sushi grade fish. I picked up some tuna along with a seasoning package with which to make poke and [...]
Posted in life, love, photography on September 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Feeling maudlin today, and an hour in of dance exercise class failed to shake it loose. So I played with my camera and another Trader Joe’s $4.99 bouquet.
One of these days I would like to write a post about relationships and love. Right now I can’t even find the words. It’s just [...]
Posted in cooking, food & drink on September 11, 2007 | 5 Comments »
$5 Trader Joe’s bouquets have been exploding with stargazers.
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I’m still new at this photography thing. Focus, focus! Anyway, I gathered some heirloom tomatoes, red bell pepper, a sweet Armenian cucumber, and red “spring” onions at the farmer’s market and made some refreshing gazpacho. But no recipe, since I forgot to take a pic [...]
Posted in Babette blanket, Crochet, Knitting, sweaters on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m in shock from starting a full time job for the first time in over a decade. Can I say that the 9 to 5 routine is inhumane? Stop bitching, you only have to go into the office 3 days a week and the rest is flexible. Anyway, I managed to make a little [...]
Posted in cooking, food & drink, recipes on September 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »
What to cook for a guest on a hot day? It was a friend visiting from New York, so I wanted to serve something special. At the neighborhood fish market, I splurged on a really nice cut of ahi tuna. Then I went home and improvised.
Sesame and cracked pepper crusted, seared [...]
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