We had a little impromptu Antipasti Party this afternoon at our house. The last time our friends were over, we were eating Panettone French Toast, my friend was pregnant, and it was raining cats & dogs. Today the sun was shining and we were able to meet their brand new baby while devouring a nice little selection of Italian cheeses and cured meats!
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I have stacks of magazines spread throughout our house. When I don’t make time to read AND sort my magazines, they quickly start piling up. You can imagine how many stacks I have since I have about 8 different subscriptions. My magazine hoard usually rests on my side of the bed, on the coffee table, or on my computer desk (see above). I also have a problem with not putting my cookbooks back in my bookcase! Yes–I’m bad. When I got out of bed this morning and knocked a stack of books on the floor, I knew it was time to tackle my hoard. Today was the day!
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Hi! It’s time to clear out my cell phone, so welcome to Round Two of my Lunch Ideas for work!
If you are new to this, you should check out Round ONE!
Let’s begin!
On this day at work, I brought some some leftover chicken & kale noodle soup with an orange. The next day I added a few dashes of hot sauce, chunks of avocado & cilantro and it turned into a Mexican themed lunch! Olé!!
Hope you had a wonderful New Year’s Eve! We sure did.
We spent it with my family in San Francisco. It’s our tradition!
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Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! We sure did!
Cooper was a Red Sox player. We TRIED to get him to wear a hat…but no dice.
He always takes them off the second we put them on him.
I was all spidery. My neighbor made me a spider hat! Isn’t it cool?!
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Cooper here. Today is my 2nd birthday! My mom took a picture of me playing with my cars.
My fire engine is my new favorite toy. It goes weeee wahhhh weeee wahhhhh.
I love building ramps out of the new wooden blocks I got for my birthday!
My mom lines up all of my toys on the table when I’m not looking. She’s always fixing things I knock over throughout the house. I like to test her and put things where they don’t belong. She’s crazy.
See my toy stash? I’m gonna make a giant mess out of it in a second. Then I’ll watch Mama come in and clean it up again. She takes two big black fuzzy pillows and covers up my toys at night so she doesn’t have to look at them. I think it stresses her out that I have soo many toys. I’ve been told that I came to this world to teach her patience and acceptance. I wonder if it’s working?
I started jumping off the couch arm and onto the couch a few weeks ago. I’ll throw the pillows on the floor and sometimes when my mom isn’t looking, I’ll stuff some of my snacks in between the cushions.
I love baseball, just like my dad. I love to say “Let’s Go Baseball!” It makes my parents giggle. I just started saying Red Sox a few weeks ago. It makes my dad very proud.
My mom is trying out a new hairstyle on me. I think she’s just lazy and doesn’t want to take me to get my hair cut. Who could blame her? I was a pain in the butt last time in the barber’s chair. It took a lollipop and countless animal crackers to get me to sit still. The clippers freaked me out!
I climbed out of my crib a few weeks ago. After my mom put me down for a nap, I surprised her in the kitchen while she was cleaning dishes. I shouted “Hi Mama!” She stood there stupefied and then she started laughing. I haven’t climbed out since…but who knows. It’s bound to happen again.
I still love my blankie. I cover my head with it when I’m sleeping. It’s the best.
My vocabulary is growing more and more each day. Yesterday I asked my mom for “waffles with syrup on it, pleeeeeze” and she almost had a heart attack. Last night I said “luv you” to my mom when I was saying goodnight and she gave me a hundred kisses. She calls me her little “tuffy” because I’m a tough boy. I’m still super active and I have no fear! I can’t wait to ride a skateboard one day, like my dad.
I know the whole alphabet now and have started counting. I say “1, 2, 6!” Maybe one day I’ll count to 10.
Today I am going to be playing in the pool at my Nini & Papa Phil’s house. I started off the day with a special birthday donut!
I keep saying baseball cake, so I’m hoping my family gets the point!
Xoxox,
Cooper
I’ve been wanting to do a silhouette portrait of Cooper since the day he was born!
In the midst of our super busy Labor Day weekend, I finally busted one out!
I used this contrasty photograph of him in front of our sunny guest room curtains.
I played around in Photoshop- cropping out his silhouette from the background…
I printed out a copy and traced it onto a thick piece of black card stock-then I cut that out.
I lined our fancy IKEA frame with yellow striped fabric and taped his portrait on top.
And here it is! (so far)
I’m going to enlist the help of my neighbor to write COOPER in her perfect/scripty handwriting.
I’ll place that underneath his portrait.
It feels really good to have that done. I keep staring at it because it totally looks like him–especially in the nose & lip area!
I’m really enjoying all the yellow accents in my living room. Can’t wait to decorate my mantle for Halloween!!!
Happy Thursday, Friends!
Wanna know why I’m obsessed with food? What inspires me? My tips on food blogging? What I love for Brunch?
You can eavesdrop on the conversation I had with my dear friend Christine. She’s got a new blog — Brunch!
I’m pretty sure you’re gonna love her new space. I must tell you it’s soo dreamy for a graphic design admirer like myself!
And a big thanks to Whitney for taking my action shots!
Here I am working our the Scrambled Egg Turnovers!!
Over a week ago, we had a few days of extreme heat in the Bay Area. It was in the 90s in San Francisco!
It FINALLY felt like summer. It’s been a weird year here.
To help beat the heat, Cooper, Casey & I shared the last of my Mango Carrot Pineapple Ginger Popsicles.
They held up really well in our freezer! Wow. They were in there for almost 4 months. Not too shabby!
Coop calls them “eye keem” —as in ice cream.
Poke poke poke.
Tasting…
And…ENJOYING!! I like how he shows concern over the the popsicle drips.
Teetering around with his popsicle while Casey waters the plants.
I’m gonna throw this one in because it cracks me up. MIST!! What a ham.
The end of summer is near…but I am going to enjoy every last drop of it.
Let’s get our fill of berry cobblers & blueberry pies before we enter Fall!
Hello! It’s my 31st birthday today! A week ago, my horoscope said to treat this month like it was a new year and make some resolutions for myself. I’ve decided to make my own 31 before 32 list. 31 things I want to do before I turn 32- all related to food & my website. So here it goes!
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