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Monthly Archives: August 2009
As a follow-up to last week’s Modern Manners lesson on NOT bringing your kids to the salon, I want to talk about what’s appropriate when kids are around. My fiance and I are always remarking to each other about things … Continue reading
My hips are thanking me for buying a new yoga mat this week. Not that there was much wrong with my last one, which was a gift I specifically requested. But, my practice is changing lately and for the new … Continue reading
I made my first version of this recipe on Sunday for a group of friends after a night of partying. I thought it would be good to feed all 6 adults yet wouldn’t require a lot of babysitting so I … Continue reading
Stogie Joe’s Passyunk Tavern 1801 East Passyunk Ave. 215-463-3030 I know you’ve seen it, maybe you’ve even been there, but I only got around to it recently. It seemed like the perfect place to meet an old friend for a … Continue reading
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Modern Manners Lesson #9: Sometimes, children should be neither seen, nor heard. I love kids. I really do. Ask my nieces and nephews. But there’s a time and place … I decided to check out a new nail salon on … Continue reading
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If you like rice, you’ll probably like cous cous, it has smaller grains, so it cooks up faster and is a great easy side dish for a weeknight meal. However, I never use the “spice or flavor packet” that comes … Continue reading
Modern Manners Lesson: Know when to Shut it! My paternal grandmother had a saying she would whip out when people made inappropriate remarks at the dinner table, “That’s stable talk, not table talk.” Somethings, you just don’t want to hear … Continue reading
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I love the sumptuous sauces Chinese cuisine is famous for, sesame being my all-time fav, but I don’t like all the artificial ingredients, preservatives and sugars that go into a lot of the bottled sauces you see of the grocery … Continue reading
Catherinette & I let our bitches order everything while we caught up and chatted about the neighborhood. They ordered us some rolls and asked the waitress what she would recommend to someone who was new to sushi. She suggested the sea urchin, which was, she said, “like a burst of ocean in your mouth.” I will let Catherinette take the description of the sea urchin experience from here because I couldn’t hope to do any better, but sufficed to say, none of us liked it. Continue reading
Rule #1: ALWAYS have a drink while you cook. Really, always. Unless you’re making breakfast during the week, which in my experience few of us have the time to do these days, always have a cocktail while you cook. It will lower your inhibitions, which is necessary when first starting out in your kitchen. It’s a scary place, after all! Full of knives and hot things that can injure you. And it will help you avoid the major pitfall of watching everything too closely. Anality is required in baking, you need to be looser to cook. Continue reading