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Garlic Smells Good

Posted in kitchen on May 15th, 2008

Garlic and olive oil should star in their own movie. A love story. And when they do, I wish them a better cameraman.

Wow. That is a big word to use before 9 am, and for a minute there I thought I’d made it up – but a quick Googling revealed that a bunch of young Facebookers already use it. I am so not down with the kids. Anyway, my idea of existentialicious – something delicious in the [...]

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Making a New Kitchen Yours

Posted in kitchen, moving, new old house on Apr 21st, 2008

Yesterday the new kitchen officially became my kitchen. We had drawn every detail, every door and knob and pull, but it took months of living to make it mine. I would like to say it was the perfect batch of brownies or the waft of blueberry pie, but it was a pool of dirty water. [...]

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Found: Bistro Bar Stools

Posted in new old house on Mar 25th, 2008

When we decided to include a sit-down bar in kitchen, we should have known it would trigger a passionately competitive internet search for the right bar stools. Found! By Greg. Grrrr. Not too tall, not too short, real wood, comfy bistro lines. These are restaurant stools and they were Greg’s choice. Though I liked them [...]

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Kitchen Lighting: In the Cave of the Glass-Blowers

Posted in kitchen, Lawrence, new old house on Mar 24th, 2008

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 [...]

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