every bite tells a story, every dish is delish
Posted in Let's Eat, Let's Get Away, recipes on Jun 11th, 2008
Hello, folks! Limeade here. Just hanging around the kitchen, and it sure is hot.
Well look down there! It’s my French cousin, Citron Presse. Say hey to the crowd, Citron!
Hmm. Citron is pretty, but shy. Maybe she needs out of that fancy cafe now and then.
Posted in Lawrence, My So-Called Life, Rock Chalk on Apr 8th, 2008
Yes, our magnificent Kansas Jayhawks won the NCAA National Basketball Championship last night. And yes, over 40,000 people - with us, 40,003 - poured down to Mass Street last night to party “like it was 1988″ - that’s when Greg and I were college students and the last time KU won a national championship.
Surely it’s [...]
Posted in Lawrence, My So-Called Life on Apr 1st, 2008
Last August, the new old house needed a chimney, and as we are not third-generation bricklayers, someone else was going to do it.
Builder Dan gave us a list of proposed subcontractors. He wanted Company X, or maybe Company Y, but he did not want Dick Chilton. As in, “I hope we don’t need to go [...]
I know - I’ve sung the praises of our funny, edgy, delightful college town so many times.
You probably think I want everyone to move to Lawrence, Kansas.
But I don’t.
See, I wasn’t the first to spread the word, and now many, many more people live here.
Too many. We’ve seen bumper stickers that read “Welcome to [...]
Posted in Lawrence, Let's Shop on Mar 22nd, 2008
We spend a lot of time at The Dusty Bookshelf.
It’s one of our favorite used bookstores - or any bookstore - anywhere.
Another unforgettable bookstore that comes to mind is Powell’s, in Portland. Powell’s stretches a city block long and brims like a thousand libraries; you can get lost in the stacks for days.
You won’t get [...]
