Archive for June, 2009

Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Whew, rough week. Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays. I can’t say I was all that shook up about the first two, they’re slightly ahead of my time, but Billy Mays is a major bummer. Tony and I loved watching him on Pitchmen. Well, In a fervor of updating my online portfolio and my [...]

Cookies & Cream Mini Cheesecakes ala Martha

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Martha Stewart is like a bad, bad boyfriend. She lures you in with promises of perfection – good-looking little somethings that are sure to please. And sometimes she delivers, bringing you a DIY holiday gift that made you the talk of the office or a tip for cleaning your coffee grinder that made your roommate [...]

Bountiful Vegan Cookies

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Let me start this review by saying I don’t like to do reviews. No, that isn’t true. I do like to write reviews, but I generally like to write them on my own terms. Call it journalistic integrity, but it’s hard for me to promise someone a review of their product knowing that I might [...]

The Rad Dad Gift Guide

Friday, June 5th, 2009

I love my dad. I think most people know this about me approximately ten minutes after meeting me. Either the tattoo on my leg gives it away or I use one of his made up words in conversation and in explaining it, have to also explain that my dad is the funniest person in the [...]

Picnics & Pies

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

“If you fancy yourself a baker,” teases the blog post over at Blue Sky Inn, daring you to enter their fundraiser/pie contest. The closest I ever came to making a pie was the 30 bazillion crostata I used to blast out like some kind of crostata-making machine at Letizia’s Natural Bakery. But the truth is, [...]