Christmas time! :)  I can’t believe it’s already December. A few things I would like to do before January: visit the pop-up shops downtown with my bff, go snowshoeing, bake something amazing, make chocolate mint divinity again, undetermined crafty project, make homemade eggnog, take a cooking class at Sur la Table (or maybe in January?), go to the coast, make rummy apple cider, play board games… In other news, I’m supposed to let mi familia know what I want for Christmas, so here are a few things I wouldn’t refuse. ;) and a few wishful thinking items. :) #1. Marvelous Read more…

My move into my new places randomly coincided with my switch to working from home. It’s been about four months now {WHAT!?!}, and although it’s definitely been an adjustment, creating my own little work space has really helped me adjust to working from home, and not letting my work area take over the entire 600-ish sq ft of my studio! Step 1: IKEA. Warning: you know those charming IKEA employees who tell you that you can choose any of the tables/legs from the VIKA series and go to town? They’re wrong! VIKA CURRY legs ($4) + VIKA FAGERLID table leg Read more…

I’ve been neglecting my blog… thanks to my new iPhone. Obsessed much? Yes. Best thing… like evah! Favorite Apps Google Maps – Yes, it’s a pretty standard map, but the geo-location feature is awesome (my gigantic shoe phone aka, Treo didn’t have the locating bit, and took about 5 hours to load). So example of awesomeness… yesterday I decided to ride my bike to Chipotle for lunch, so instead of trying to remember exactly where the downtown location was, I just started riding and then after I passed the Hawthorne bridge, I stopped to look at my phone… and ta Read more…

Brief sadness earlier this week when I couldn’t get my iPhone 4 pre-order in. Alas, Best Buy to the rescue! I’ve been off Apple products for a while (ok, ok, I do own an iPod), but it looks like I’m about to get back on the emotional roller coaster that is Apple products. Speaking of, the white one is so cute, but it was not available for pre-order. :( Buyer’s remorse, I shall have? I’ve also complained endlessly about how expensive the iPhone plans are, as I currently have the Sprint SERO insane deal of a plan, but I’m doing the Read more…

I finally got my recycling in order (watch out, most interesting blog post of all time)!  So it really just involved a quick trip to IKEA. Previously, I stacked all my recycling items beside the garbage can, but there was an occasional avalanche of cans and bottles, so the RATIONELL bins from IKEA have fixed that. I also got one of those plastic bag storage things — in bright pink! Kitteh update: I’ve been calling my cat “Essa” (for Essaouira, Morocco) more often than Selleck, so I suppose that’s her name now, and thanks for all the votes :) I Read more…