Yearly Archives: 2005

This new printed version of the $25 Land’s End tote bag is adorable. It looks just like the kind of thing a sassy graphic designer would use to carry her yorkie to work on the bus. Or like something I would force Jean to buy. Plus, it also comes in pink stripes!

Hormel (of all places) has some really great cooking tutorials on their website. For example, this step by step instruction for making ravioli and tortellini. Those photos are super helpful! I was researching this because next Tuesday is the November meeting of the San Francisco Ladies Activity Club. This month’s activity is pasta making. Our…

Today is officially the first day of crab season. Rejoice! Oh wait…what’s this…Noooooooooooo! Look at all those crab pots just waiting to be filled with tasty goodness. Get out there, for pete’s sake!

Holiday card time is just around the corner. My stationary is ordered, I have a dress for the photo and I’m ready to go…except for my handwriting. I have always wanted to have great cursive. The kind of handwriting that is exclusively the territory of old ladies these days. My printing is okay but my…

I just stumbled across a link to a website called “centerpiece gourmet” and was instantly mesmerized by the instructional video on their homepage. The pitch? Make beautiful bouquets out of meat, cheeses and vegetables. So wrong on so many levels. 1) it is insanely time consuming to “magically transform food into a treasured gift bouquet”…

On Saturday, Rob and I went on a vintage dress hunt in San Francisco. We didn’t find much in the way of cocktail dresses (at least not for under $300) but we did manage to buy a wonderful tweed suit for the Christmas card photo from La Rosa on Haight. The suit is by Lilli…

Gearing up for the holiday entertaining season? Your perfect party wouldn’t be complete without these amazing embossed invitations from the Museum of Modern Art. A set of twelve invitation cards and lined envelopes in red are only $3.95 on sale right now.

So much for the tinfoil hat theory. According to this recent report, not only do tinfoil hats not block invasive radio signals, but they actually can amplify the signal. Sorry folks, time to switch to plastic wrap.

Back when I was rocking the size zero Bongo jeans in Junior High, Wet Seal was pretty much fashion mecca. Where else could you get your matching scruntchies and socks at the same time?! C’mon! Of course, now that I am all grown up I am way over Wet Seal…yeah right…we all know that it’s…

Kate asked for the recipe for the spicy orange chicken with persimmons, pecans and celery from Wednesday’s party. There are endless variations you can use with this sauce. I love it with tofu, bok-choy and zucchini too. The nuts are a key addition to the recipe. Here you go: Spicy Orange Chicken: Serves 4-6 3…