IN GENERAL - Just put your phone on battery saver to begin with. Buy a prepaid sim at the vending machines at Heathrow. This is mostly im...

Man, I am falling super far behind. So let's talk about some of the best restaurants we've eaten at over the past month, and then w...

Many people got all excited about sports this past weekend. John and I did not. In fact, we actively ran away from SF, caught a plane up t...

We had a most excellent time. Traditionally, I am alternately stressed out and bored out of my mind on vacations. This was entirely diff...

So last Monday I went on a day trip to wine country with a carful of knitters. Cookie , Veronica , Anne and I met up at early o'clock, ...

So for our birthdays this year John and I rented a car and escaped from blindingly sunny California to green, wet, and cool Oregon. It'...

This weekend = whirlwind tour of Seattle, during which I took pictures of approximately nothing but the library. Friday night we went to St....

I did not take my camera to NY, and can thus provide no pictures. Tragedy! However, we had a great time. The first thing we did after chec...

So we went on vacation! Sort of! We stayed in NYC and did all the exploration we hadn't gotten around to in the year and a half we'...

Not to mention an awesome set of plates! So yeah. We went to Michigan for holidays, and spent several days alternately playing with tiny ch...

Yes! We are aged! It is birthday week and we have therefore spent every night from the 3rd to the 6th making and eating exciting things fo...

First, I totally made the rhubarb fail into rhubarb win by letting the sorbet thaw, then mixing it with cranberry juice, some water, and sev...

Oh man. John and I got up at THREE this morning to make planes on time. That's three central, which equals one California. I am prett...

We haven't had much access to kitchens, so here's the restaurant rundown: My Thai We went here for dinner our first night, after get...