Monthly Archives for July 2012
A Crash Course on Picking Out Ripe Watermelons
Quite literally, picking out ripe watermelons from the unripe ones at your local farmer’s or at a supermarket can be quite tricky. This is especially true for ignorant shoppers like me who used to choose the watermelons with the stripes … Continue reading
The Sound of My Favourite Things
Fine, I’ll admit it. I watch “The Sound of Music” at least once a year. I remember having first seen it when I was eight, and I think Maria, the von Trapp family and all of those singing nuns were what … Continue reading
Time Gone By
I just watched “Casablanca” again last night. I’d forgotten just how heart-wrenching that movie is, and just how different Hollywood is now. There’s something about watching Ingrid Bergman’s beautiful, tearful face in black-and-white and listening to Humphrey Bogart’s tough-guy, world-weary … Continue reading
My Cup of Tea
There are those days when, for no particular reason, I feel like the stuff that bottom-feeders eat. Worse, I feel like the stuff that the stuff that bottom-feeders eat grow on. It’s these days when I just want to curl … Continue reading
A Quick and Easy Recipe for Cake Pops
I’ve already said that I want to learn how to make cake pops for my niece. And since I figured it’d be rather tricky getting the decorating right, I’d start by practicing on simpler cake pop designs first, kind of … Continue reading
A Child, “Cars” and Cake Pops
I have a six-year-old niece. She’s incredibly smart and inquisitive, always asking questions and saying things that other six-year-olds wouldn’t normally think of. When she was four, a grown-up friend of ours asked her if he could have some of … Continue reading
Comfort Food for the Flu: Chicken Noodle Soup
I’ve come down with the flu. Unbelievable. Yesterday, I was hale and hearty, eating cupcakes and drinking too much coffee. Now, I can’t even taste these chocolate-chip cookies. I rarely get sick. Despite the evils of the food I eat, … Continue reading
