photos via: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Mottainai.
1.22.2011
1.17.2011
Your weekend task.
On Friday, I gave you a task:
A new blog?
A local restaurant or store?
A winter stroll?
A new ingredient?
Something else?
Enjoyed SMBC at Blackbird (the review is coming soon, hopefully).
Strolled through Wild Rumpus.
Had dinner with my nephew and mom at Pizzeria Lola.
Cooked up some barley.
Added zucchini to my smoothie.
Took at winter walk with a special lady.
Made a new recipe and enjoyed it with a group of friends.
And you?
Mottainai.
A new blog?
A local restaurant or store?
A winter stroll?
A new ingredient?
Something else?
Enjoyed SMBC at Blackbird (the review is coming soon, hopefully).
Strolled through Wild Rumpus.
Had dinner with my nephew and mom at Pizzeria Lola.
Cooked up some barley.
Added zucchini to my smoothie.
Took at winter walk with a special lady.
Made a new recipe and enjoyed it with a group of friends.
And you?
Mottainai.
1.14.2011
Go on. Get out there.
I have a weekend task for you.
Set an intention to...
Explore a new blog
Support a local business
Try a new recipe
Buy something old and make it new
Taste an unknown food
Bundle up and walk outside
Expand beyond the above list. These are just thought-starters.
Go on. Get out there.
We'll talk next week.
photo credit: a cup of jo
Mottainai.
1.12.2011
There are worse things...
than the vending machine eating your dollar.
I was greeted at the gym this morning by a lady complaining that the vending machine had taken her dollar.
The worker explained that she didn't have access to any cash drawers at the moment and before the worker could say anything else, the lady left with a huff.
She strolled into spin class and proceeded to test out three different bikes with none of them being "just right."
Finally, she picked a bike. Right. Next. To. Me. Yay.
Her negative energy was slipping into the rest of the classroom.
A different worker interrupted class about 10 minutes in to ask who had lost their money when trying to get a water bottle because she had brought that person a bottle of water.
With a huff, the lady lifts her hand and says "me!". No thank you. No smile.
Next time, try a smile. Try saying thank you. Don't carry that negativity with you - others will sense and feel it too.
Have a good day, blog friends.
Plus, I'm not sure why she needed a bottle of water when she had a reusable bottle in her holder. Over it.
Mottainai.
I was greeted at the gym this morning by a lady complaining that the vending machine had taken her dollar.
The worker explained that she didn't have access to any cash drawers at the moment and before the worker could say anything else, the lady left with a huff.
She strolled into spin class and proceeded to test out three different bikes with none of them being "just right."
Finally, she picked a bike. Right. Next. To. Me. Yay.
Her negative energy was slipping into the rest of the classroom.
A different worker interrupted class about 10 minutes in to ask who had lost their money when trying to get a water bottle because she had brought that person a bottle of water.
With a huff, the lady lifts her hand and says "me!". No thank you. No smile.
Next time, try a smile. Try saying thank you. Don't carry that negativity with you - others will sense and feel it too.
Have a good day, blog friends.
Plus, I'm not sure why she needed a bottle of water when she had a reusable bottle in her holder. Over it.
Mottainai.
1.11.2011
A healthy tip per week.
I happened upon a new blog today.
This blog is offering 52 ways to live a healthier life. One for each week in 2011.
Here are the first two...
I'm interested.
I've added it to my reader.
Mottainai.
This blog is offering 52 ways to live a healthier life. One for each week in 2011.
Here are the first two...
I'm interested.
I've added it to my reader.
Mottainai.
1.09.2011
I've got bikes on my mind.
1.06.2011
12.31.2010
12.22.2010
Christmas traditions.
A beautiful tree filled with ornaments that bring back memories.
A reading of The Night Before Christmas by my dad.
A mug for each of us. The mug has the same theme (ie. bears, angels, trees, etc.) as the ornament we receive.
Pajamas for all.
Outdoor lights and ice candles.
Hand-knit stockings (my mom is amazing!).
Mottainai.
A reading of The Night Before Christmas by my dad.
A mug for each of us. The mug has the same theme (ie. bears, angels, trees, etc.) as the ornament we receive.
Pajamas for all.
Outdoor lights and ice candles.
Hand-knit stockings (my mom is amazing!).
Mottainai.
12.13.2010
Before and after.
Before...a t-shirt.
After...a necklace. A scarf. An accessory. A statement piece.
Peace comes in any color.
Before.
After.
Sea of flowers.
Before. Technically, during.
After.
Red hot.
Before.
After.
Lions and elephants and donkeys. Oh my!
Before.
After.
Mottainai.
After...a necklace. A scarf. An accessory. A statement piece.
Peace comes in any color.
Before.
After.
Sea of flowers.
Before. Technically, during.
After.
Red hot.
Before.
After.
Lions and elephants and donkeys. Oh my!
Before.
After.
Mottainai.
11.08.2010
Eat more kale.
A friend of mine saw a bumper sticker last week that said eat more kale., so we did. The initial plan was to sauté it and add it to a butternut squash sauce with mushrooms and onions - which would later go over gnocchi. As the the cooking began, we decided it could standalone on its own.
And here's how it went down...
+Finely chop a clove of garlic or two.
+Heat some olive oil in a pan...maybe one, maybe two tablespoons...over medium high heat.
+Once hot, drop in the garlic and cook until slightly browned.
+Rinse your kale. Remove the center stem and when the garlic is cooked to perfection, drop in your kale.
+Take some lemon juice and add it to the pan. Maybe two tablespoons. Depends on how lemony you want it to be.
+Crack some fresh pepper. Drop in some salt. Stir. Kick the heat up a notch.
+Watch the kale shrink down. Serve.
So good that we had it twice over the weekend.
Here are some other recipes that will have you eating more kale. The first two are tried and true. The other two are on my list. Enjoy.
Baked kale chips. [via: smitten kitchen]
Lively up yourself lentil soup. [via: 101 cookbooks]
Raw tuscan kale salad. [via: 101 cookbooks]
Kale and pumpkin pasta. [via: frites and fries]
I just made this recipe. I didn't add kale, but I did add spinach. I left out the cheese; doubled the tomatoes; used dried basil instead of fresh; added dried thyme; used whole wheat penne; and didn't think it needed any extra salt. It is good and it is easy.
Mottainai.
And here's how it went down...
+Finely chop a clove of garlic or two.
+Heat some olive oil in a pan...maybe one, maybe two tablespoons...over medium high heat.
+Once hot, drop in the garlic and cook until slightly browned.
+Rinse your kale. Remove the center stem and when the garlic is cooked to perfection, drop in your kale.
+Take some lemon juice and add it to the pan. Maybe two tablespoons. Depends on how lemony you want it to be.
+Crack some fresh pepper. Drop in some salt. Stir. Kick the heat up a notch.
+Watch the kale shrink down. Serve.
So good that we had it twice over the weekend.
Here are some other recipes that will have you eating more kale. The first two are tried and true. The other two are on my list. Enjoy.
Baked kale chips. [via: smitten kitchen]
Lively up yourself lentil soup. [via: 101 cookbooks]
Raw tuscan kale salad. [via: 101 cookbooks]
Kale and pumpkin pasta. [via: frites and fries]
I just made this recipe. I didn't add kale, but I did add spinach. I left out the cheese; doubled the tomatoes; used dried basil instead of fresh; added dried thyme; used whole wheat penne; and didn't think it needed any extra salt. It is good and it is easy.
Mottainai.
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