It’s unfair to blame my kitchen counter space for being “dull” and “useless,” but after dining in a conveyor-belt restaurant, where bowls of freshly fried tempura and California rolls milled past me in an appetizing and provocative manner, I just want to shout, “Do better!” to the walls. I’ve always wanted to go to one… Continue reading Tempura Parade and Sushi Shuffle
Tag: humor
That’s Bananas!
Our banana trees have reached Big Friendly Giant status, even with a sprinkler system that is spit or miss. The leaves are just starting to reach up over the fence to creep out the neighborhood children as they play in the green space beyond. However, if you’re concerned that a banana might fall on an… Continue reading That’s Bananas!
Craft Alert: Doodle Daze
A giant frilled-neck lizard-butterfly-slug is waddling menacingly toward me in an array of colors that seem so wrong—and I can’t unsee it. That’s because I created it. Out of doodles. And the craft alarm has not shut up since. Years ago, probably when I was a child in some kind of summer program, a teacher… Continue reading Craft Alert: Doodle Daze
How Do We Dance When Our Bundts Are Burning?
To avoid unnecessary house explosions, thigh burns, and scorched shorts on the Fourth of July, I’m blowing the flaming popsicle stand that is my neighborhood. I’m sure the “rocket’s red blare” and “bombs bursting in air” look amazeballs, but I wouldn’t really know for sure because usually, I’m in full cat freak-out mode, searching for… Continue reading How Do We Dance When Our Bundts Are Burning?
Cutie Fruity Patootie
With reckless, thrill-seeking abandon, I bought a package of fruit cutters for three dollars. They are WILD! Wildly cute, that is. These are the shapes they come in: star, goldfish, bunny head, and flower. We had some leftover pineapple from Alex’s graduation party, so I cut out star shapes from that. The banana got the… Continue reading Cutie Fruity Patootie
Wandering Meatloaf
Lonely, wandering clouds of Wordsworth’s fame, step aside. You’ve got meatloaf-shaped competition—and I can’t unsee it. I’m only wandering lonely as a meatloaf from now on. On a rare, sunny day, Nate, Alex, and I took the ferry to Whidbey Island, walked along the beach, and found this loaf-like shape in the rocky sand—and it… Continue reading Wandering Meatloaf
Craft Alert: Bookish Starfish
Though my inner craft alarms were blaring on high alert at Powell’s City of Books last weekend, I couldn’t subject so many innocent bibliophiles to wayward scissors-swiping or gruesome gluing glitches. A craft, inspired by books and bookmarks, would have to wait until I returned home. Powell’s, in downtown Portland, Oregon, is the mother of… Continue reading Craft Alert: Bookish Starfish
Tiki Bar Trek (and More) in Portland, Oregon
Because that one Hawaiian shirt from Nate’s tropical prints collection in his closet has seen the inside of a tiki bar only once, it was my mission to find a tiki bar while at a conference in Portland, Oregon. To be fair, we ate at other places, too, so I’m including those restaurants and pictures.… Continue reading Tiki Bar Trek (and More) in Portland, Oregon
Craft Alert: Sea-Star Struck
Running with scissors The craft alarm sounds: WEE-OO A sea star shivers Shiver me timbers, it’s time for another alert on the high seas of crafting, which is teeming with shiny paper and googly eyes. You’ll need another margarita and probably some glue because things are about to get sparkly all up in here. Last… Continue reading Craft Alert: Sea-Star Struck
Not an Orca, but I’ll Take It
For a flippin’ good time, a herd of sea lions crashed Edmonds beach, and a lucky crowd got to see some things. Nate, Alex, and I drove about fifteen minutes to Edmonds beach, hoping to catch a glimpse of a sea star or two, but it was too cloudy outside and the marina boat dock… Continue reading Not an Orca, but I’ll Take It
Fixin' Leaks and Leeks 