Archive for September, 2007

Sitting in My English Garden Waiting for the Sun

Kenny and I have been cooking with a lot of herbs lately (in large part because we love Jerry Traunfeld’s The Herbal Kitchen). This means we’ve been making quite a few trips across the street to QFC for herbs from the produce department, and it’s pretty frustrating to spend three bucks on a 1-ounce container of tarragon […]

She’s got a Ticket to Ride…

Kenny and I took our first ride on the Connector this morning. From what I can tell, things seemed to be running flawlessly (at least on our route) on day 1. We feel a bit silly using the Connector from where we live, since we’re well-served by public buses, but taking just one bus door […]

Moral Foundations

Via Andrew Sullivan, an interesting survey that assesses your attitudes about five basic “moral foundations” and allows you to compare your answers against others who have taken the test and self-identified as “liberal” or “conservative.”
Andrew took the survey to try to confirm or deny his assertion that he’s “still a conservative,” in spite of the […]

Tea Blog

Speaking of Remedy Teas, it looks like they’ve completely made-over their site since I last visited. And they now have a blog.

It’s complicated, and it involves cars

Before Kenny and I moved in together, Vidya would describe our relationship by saying “it’s complicated, and it involves cars.” Which was pretty much true. We had two residences and two vehicles, but we carpooled to the office, and always seemed to have an extremely difficult time remembering whose car we had driven to work or […]