every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in Let's Bake, Vintage on May 1st, 2008
Let’s say you are making brownies for a crowd, or you’re taking a cookie tray somewhere, and you’d like something a little different. Easy, but different.
Here is what we do:
Make enough brownie batter for a generous half-sheet pan (or 11 x 15″ jelly-roll pan) - add some cold coffee or espresso for extra [...]
Posted in Let's Shop, Vintage on Apr 22nd, 2008
So, this cute little cup generated surprisingly big feelings.
I heard everything from “love that cup!” to “I want a cookie NOW. RIGHT NOW.”
Agreed. It says high tea, and Grandma’s sideboard, and you know, it does say gimme two oatmeal chocolate chip cookies RIGHT NOW. And that handle! Just looking at it makes me [...]
Posted in Vintage on Mar 19th, 2008
This light green two-handled pottery vase is one of my favorite finds - ever.
I picked it off a flea market table somewhere in Michigan on a road trip with Aunt Rhoda, my personal finds guru and she of the wedding clock gift. In addition to miles of backroad stuff hunting, there was also a stop [...]
Posted in Everything eBay, Inside, Vintage on Mar 15th, 2008
We finally found the perfect nightstands…
…thanks to eBay and a little vintage Heywood-Wakefield. This is a well-known shape of theirs, and don’t tell anyone - but they are actually end tables. They prove very, very useful in the bedroom.
Next we need a headboard. Headboard coming soon. For now, check out the “stepped” tables and [...]
Posted in Everything eBay, My So-Called Life, Vintage on Mar 11th, 2008
First, we have Greg to thank for the classy post title - it was actually the subject line of an email he sent me a few weeks ago:
Sadly it was not a randy compliment for his hot, ageless wife; it was a link to something on eBay, a very important thing that we needed in [...]
