…and it's new panoramic photo feature! :) ... View Post
The lot…pre-development
It's not really easy to envision with these photos (hoping to take a panoramic shot later today…) but this is the lot. It also seems like the house on the other side is very close but it's actually divided by a 4 lane road. Once we get a 6 foot privacy fence up we won't see anything behind us but ... View Post
Back again with big news!
So, after an unplanned blogging break, I'm back! The end of 2012 was crazier than previously expected and basically everything not related to teaching or performing had to go on the back burner... However, in our few spare moments Steve and I had started house-hunting! We weren't planning to ... View Post
A new approach…
So, apparently I'm REALLY bad about keeping this updated….and I've made some really good meals in the past few weeks that I knew I wouldn't have time to blog about so I just put out a mention of them on Facebook. I've decided to go ahead and include links or recipes for the meals I make daily even ... View Post
…And another rainy day recipe…
It was another grey and dreary evening punctuated by exciting lightning, thunder, and hailstorms. So I changed dinner plans and went with a comfort-food soup! This soup is relatively easy to put together and makes your house smell wonderful! It's also guaranteed to fill you up and keep you nice ... View Post
Rainy Day Recipes
Today is an ugly day…it's dreary, windy, and it varies between a steady rain and an absolute downpour. In other words, it's the perfect day for soup and homemade bread. Now that we're back into the academic year I'm falling back in love with my slow cooker. There's nothing better than coming home ... View Post
What happened to round challah? Pt. 2
And the last few recipes: I HATED brussels sprouts as a child…someone referred to them as Little Green Balls of Death at a Thanksgiving dinner years ago and the name stuck. At that moment I decided that I hated them and would never eat them ever again. Fast forward 20 years…my mom tried to ... View Post
What happened to round challah? Pt. 1
L'shana Tova! As most of you know, I've got a very exciting family history…I'm adopted and Japanese, my father is Jewish, and my mother is Christian. As a child, my parents taught me about my heritage and exposed me to Japanese holidays (Girls Day, Tanabata, Obon, etc.) but I also celebrated ... View Post