adventures in modern, urban domesticity
Monthly Archives: February, 2012
The Homies!
This has been an exciting week, what with being nominated for a Homie - Apartment Therapy’s annual shout-out to all the home-related blogs out there. I’ve been spending a lot … Continue reading
Food Gathering: Beyond the Supermarket.
I’m sorry to have missed this weekend’s annual JustFood Conference, because the panel discussions and workshops all looked so fascinating. There were sessions covering everything from understanding the Farm Bill … Continue reading
Kitchen Cosmetics: Would you care to try our house-made, artisanal deodorant?
Let’s start from the premise that deodorant is problematic. For one thing, the kinds that really work are filled with all sorts of things that are suspect for your health: … Continue reading
More Valentine’s Inspiration
As I mentioned in my last post, I think this is the last year of the matchbox valentine for us and I need some new inspiration. Just this morning, my … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day
Yes, it’s that time of the year when I pull out the little match boxes and origami paper that I don’t seem to ever use for its intended purpose. For … Continue reading
Schnitzelfest 2012
One of the side effects of a month of virtuous eating, was the excessive mental energy given to thinking about verboten foods, mostly in the form of fried potatoes, stewed … Continue reading
By the way, what’s up with your building compost?
Our building compost has been going for one month! Those of us participating in the program have gotten used to carrying our little buckets of food scraps down to the … Continue reading
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