Cooking
How come it doesn't really feel like the day is over when you work 12 hours straight? Maybe I should explain: I work at a restaurant and what with the summer break and everything, this is time to make some money! I actually really like my job - I'm a waitress - but it's kinda: you wake up - go to work - work - go home - and go to bed. That can't be all there is!
So that's why I'm so happy BF's been working today as well - right now he's making me a cup of Baileys Cream tea and in a minute he'll be sitting next to me, watching a weird program on Discovery. Guess the day's not too bad after all!
- Zyliss Gadgets:equipment
Last night I went to a very interesting lecture by an industrial designer from IDEO. He showed the work they had done for Zyliss, making kitchen gadgets "good, clean and fun". The insights about how people use kitchen gadgets--that they are like an extension...
- I'm Off...
I'm leaving for New Orleans early tomorrow for work, so I won't be posting for the next week. I will only have a few hours to sightsee, but I'm a three-meals-a-day-kinda-gal, so there will be lots of eating to be done! I probably won't...
- Thwarted Again
Well, camera issues prevail. Now, we can't get the camera to talk to anything! Last time, Matt took the camera to work with him, and got it to work. This time, he tried it first on our computer, then on his work computer...and nothing. Nada. Apparently,...
- Iphone Day
Every now and then, I step out of the food groove here on OWF to write a personal message. Births are a good excuse, and this weekend must feel like one for a dear friend of ours, so it's reason enough. For the last year or year and a half—maybe...
- Guest Contributor Derrick Schneider...
The current issue of The Wine News features an article by me about old vine wine (primarily Zinfandel). Longtime readers will note the irony of me writing about California wines. I tend to agree with the sentiment that California wine is more about...
Cooking
Another day at work...
How come it doesn't really feel like the day is over when you work 12 hours straight? Maybe I should explain: I work at a restaurant and what with the summer break and everything, this is time to make some money! I actually really like my job - I'm a waitress - but it's kinda: you wake up - go to work - work - go home - and go to bed. That can't be all there is!
So that's why I'm so happy BF's been working today as well - right now he's making me a cup of Baileys Cream tea and in a minute he'll be sitting next to me, watching a weird program on Discovery. Guess the day's not too bad after all!
- Zyliss Gadgets:equipment
Last night I went to a very interesting lecture by an industrial designer from IDEO. He showed the work they had done for Zyliss, making kitchen gadgets "good, clean and fun". The insights about how people use kitchen gadgets--that they are like an extension...
- I'm Off...
I'm leaving for New Orleans early tomorrow for work, so I won't be posting for the next week. I will only have a few hours to sightsee, but I'm a three-meals-a-day-kinda-gal, so there will be lots of eating to be done! I probably won't...
- Thwarted Again
Well, camera issues prevail. Now, we can't get the camera to talk to anything! Last time, Matt took the camera to work with him, and got it to work. This time, he tried it first on our computer, then on his work computer...and nothing. Nada. Apparently,...
- Iphone Day
Every now and then, I step out of the food groove here on OWF to write a personal message. Births are a good excuse, and this weekend must feel like one for a dear friend of ours, so it's reason enough. For the last year or year and a half—maybe...
- Guest Contributor Derrick Schneider...
The current issue of The Wine News features an article by me about old vine wine (primarily Zinfandel). Longtime readers will note the irony of me writing about California wines. I tend to agree with the sentiment that California wine is more about...