Monthly Archives: November 2011

I Always Wait Until the Last Second to Make An Advent Calendar.

November 30th, 2011

I really like the whole concept behind Advent calendars. For starters, Advent. Like it. For second, candy. I’m in. Last year, we made two. Using barely any skill or money. The first for getting. The second for giving. This year, I think we’ll bring back the “giving back” one, but I did something different on [...]

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Rogue Wave

November 29th, 2011

Photo from IndieBall Rogue Wave is a swell California band. Thier song Harmonium was released a while ago, I think 2007, but it’s currently featured on an MLS Soccer commercial that plays very often in our home. I love this song.

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And Then I Went to See Twilight with a Wolf.

November 24th, 2011

On Sunday, I went to see The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part One with Jenny and Maile. Yes. We did. Along with 84 kabillion other people, we made the people involved about $140 million this weekend. Which is especially crazy because this movie was terrible. Terrible. And I’m not picky about movies. But besides Happy Feet 2 (which was either a brilliant [...]

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My Great Grandmother’s Cornbread Dressing Recipe

November 23rd, 2011

Photo by dkpixs.    So here is stuffing the way stuffing is supposed to be made, according to everyone that I’m related to. Also, our people call it dressing. Behold the power of dressing. Cornbread Dressing, Central Texas Style (that means, super simple and so freaking good) What you’ll need: Cornbread mix (and whatever that calls [...]

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So I Interviewed These Famous Chefs…

November 23rd, 2011

A few minutes ago, I interviewed Anne Burrell and Geoffrey Zakarain in Times Square about this big cook-off they’re doing today at noon EST. (See above. That’s them. But not me. I interviewed them via phone…that person is holding the phone that I’m talking on. Or something.) They are super talented, and they’re partnering with Frigidaire to prepare [...]

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Camp Mighty.

November 22nd, 2011

Photo by SAWK Photography My experience of any project I do is always so weird, compared to those who experience it as it should be. For instance, Camp Mighty…which wrapped a week ago, started for me about 14 months earlier. Fall 2010: I don’t completely remember the origin of it, but it sounded something like [...]

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The Tontons

November 22nd, 2011

I can’t believe I haven’t posted about them until now. Because they’ve been playing non-stop in our house for a while now. Especially since their new album Golden came out about a month ago. The Tontons (Asli Omar, Tom Nguyen, Adam Martinez, Justin Marinez) are a severely talented group of people, and I can’t wait to see [...]

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Why I Blog

November 4th, 2011

A couple of weeks ago Sarah Bryden Brown asked me why I blog. Here’s what I told her. It’s on Kirtsy too. Blogging has for sure taken me down a rabbit trail of awesomeness. And sometimes all that awesomeness actually keeps me from blogging. And that’s a whole post (or seven) to be written. But, [...]

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