• On Brand – 14 Dec 25

    🍴: Mon – rehearsal and dance class were both cancelled due to the threat of ice, so instead of random dinners, we bumped up a meal planned for later in the week. Good thing, bc this crunchy brown butter carrot gratin did take a while. Totally worth it, served with pork tenderloin, mash, and peas.

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  • On Brand – 7 Dec 25

    🍴: Mon – we got home from PA last week to a leaking kitchen faucet (luckily only when turned on; it wasn’t running for three days) and an oven igniter that finally decided to crap all the way out. With him having rehearsal and me not being called for rehearsal, but having dance class, he

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  • On Brand – 30 Nov 25

    🍴: Mon – rehearsal after dance class = forgettable leftover for a late dinner Tues – Arby’s in the car on the way to PA Wed – Davis family dinner, traditional Thanksgiving style. I did not feel like coming up with something the kids would eat, so decided on this salad to use up sweet

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  • On Brand – 23 Nov 25

    🍴: Mon – Hampton had to be at auditions before I got home from dance class, so, as per usual when cooking solo, I attempted to recreate my favorite seafood antipasti from a restaurant that no longer exists in D.C. I was so ready to eat I had my arugula salad while cooking and it

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  • “I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.”

    Yesterday was a very important anniversary — it’s been 40 years since Calvin and Hobbes came bounding into our lives, questioning how the world works and embracing the surreal. More celebrations here and here. I was the same age as Calvin when he premiered, and ten years later, by the time of that last printed

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  • On Brand – 16 Nov 25

    🍴: Mon – Crispy Gnocchi and Sausage with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce (which was handy since Hampton forgot to buy dog food and we could give them extra pumpkin + rice) and salad. Tues – salmon with a farro/leftover red bell pepper/feta salad and the end of a pack of green beans. Wed – Chicken Scarpariello

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  • Special Deliver(y)ies

    Special Deliver(y)ies

    It’s a good few days to be Flat 493! Last night, as we headed out to sit courtside, the mailman tossed (literally), this quarter’s Rancho Gordon bean club box. Today brought a new shipment, from Two Wolves Wine, owned by the singer P!nk. I was finally smart enough to have it delivered to the office

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  • On Brand – 9 Nov 25

    🍴: Mon – Hampton went to his first WFU women’s bball game and was to get home as I did after ballet, so we planned a super easy, pad Thai-inspired dinner using leftover peanut sauce from last week mixed with a leftover lemony vinaigrette, extra pre-cooked chicken bought for the torte from last Friday’s party,

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  • On Brand – 2 Nov 25

    🍴: Mon – roasted koginut with a ground pork, apple, and sage stuffing as inspired by these meatballs that are happening sometime this fall, but also Hampton bought a squash with no plan last week and it seemed like a good idea. He roasted the squash and made the filling before a meeting with a

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  • Exist. Out loud.

    One of the things I miss about IG is finding new artists to follow. Luckily, a few of them have blogs I can follow away from the malevolence of Meta*. One of those is Sky Fusco, who first caught my and myriad other eyeballs with this gem — https://lordcowboy.com/printshop/p/lookiehere Sky’s newsletter today (ok, technically yesterday,

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