Cooking is a creative outlet for me, and after a week of unemployment I was itching to stretch my muscles a bit. I’ve made two disastrous pots of stuffed grape leaves, but had never tried cabbage rolls. I decided to wing it. Here’s the recipe, a combination of what I did and what I wish […]
Read more...Month: August 2014
Sarah & Bobby’s Engagement Party, August 1, 2014
Goodbye Party Black Bean Soup
Trenton and I hosted an open house yesterday. From 10 in the morning until 2am, we had a steady stream of family and friends stopping by and I made some soup. I don’t really have the words right now to tell you what it meant to me to share so many hugs and say goodbye […]
Read more...Hiking the Millennium Trail
I made it through Bernheim’s Millennium Trail today (16 brutal miles) and although I’m not dead, I am totally bushed. No pun intended. This is me chewing on the stick I used to swipe at the hundreds of spider webs that spanned the path. HUNDREDS.
Read more...Adventure Begins Today
Today marks Day One of my voluntary stretch of unemployment. I’d meant to spend the day at Bernheim Forest, hiking the Millennium Trail, but I didn’t get my backpack together last night and didn’t want to set out this morning unprepared. It’s going to be hot, and take at least 6 or 7 hours, so […]
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