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Monthly Archive September, 2009

vegetarian pot pie (warning: tofu content!)

So I’ve made reference before to tofu pot pie, and I’ve even taken pictures of it, that I then failed to post. But here it is: the definitive pot pie recipe post, replete with images. I learned this recipe from friend/ex-roomie/hikingmate Emma, who invited me to Torley Manor to teach me this craft about a [...]

also THE GREAT RACE

While we’re at it, I’ll let you know about the weekend: it was all about THE GREAT RACE. I had never done a 10K before, though I’d been entreatied to do this particular race last year, and declined. I’m not much on distance — 10K is literally the longest I’ve ever run non-stop, and I’ve [...]

kentuck knob

So, as I may have mentioned earlier, Friday saw a trip with the momz to Kentuck Knob, the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Fayette County that is NOT Fallingwater. I’ve still not been to Fallingwater, but the momz was decidedly not interested in that one, so we decided to go this route. KK is sweet [...]

staycation/birthday exile 09

There are several things, most abstract, that I hope to accomplish while staycationing this week. They in general involve chilling out and relaxing my mind; on Monday morning, my last morning at work, I was experiencing some excellent physical symptoms of anxiety: shortness of breath, flushing of the face, numbness in my fingers (the last [...]

do the hump day dance

Just by way of an update about things: Last weekend, went to a great wedding of two sweet people, as documented by Pam. Good weather, beautiful setting, good times. And there were berries, if only on the cheesecake. This week thus far has been about rock music: Monday I finally recieved delivery of the power [...]