The sunset last night was gorgeous. We live in a west-facing apartment, so the living room was flooded with pinks and oranges. I took this from our balcony. That’s the Walt Whitman bridge in the background. (Fall still sucks.)
Archives for 2013
I finally watch TV!
I resolved for a long time to watch more television. It sounds batty and against what all the Youngs are doing these days, but there’s a lot to be said for being able to talk about television shows with people….
Happy birthday, Kristen!
The lovely Kristen, bride of my brother-who-never-reads-this-blog, has a round-number birthday today. Happy birthday to you! Your kind heart and creativity has brought my family many happy days. I love you and am so happy to call you sister!
Rabbit Rabbit, October cookie edition
Happy October, dear cookie crumbs! Not much going on at Casa de Me lately, but I wanted to share the cookies I made for coworker T’s baby shower last Friday. I purchased new cookie cutters for the occasion — a…
Why I am not a makeup blogger
I’ve been a blissfully happy Birchbox member for over a year now. I enjoy the samples and it’s just fun to get a $10 box of surprises each month. So far I’ve discovered two new fragrances, a BB cream that…
Do not buy me this.
As a matter of fact, don’t buy this for ANYBODY! This is the first installment in a series of Eagles-branded, Disney-branded salt and pepper shakers. In later installments, Goofy is the coach, Donald’s dropping the n-word and Pluto is buried…
Throwback Thursday: High school bowling
Not purely new content, as it was originally on Facebook. But behold the high school bowler. Are high school yearbooks still printed in black and white? Do they still deliver them via stagecoach? We had a work bowling party last…
WoW Wanderings: My perfect Garrosh cutscene
I’ve been playing World of Warcraft since early 2005. For the last 5 years my main has been a Blood Elf paladin, but I also have an Undead Mage and a Goblin Shaman. For a few years I kept a…
Making a statement … necklace
While at BeadFest Philadelphia last month I picked up a small mix of beads called the “Euro Fashion Mix.” I’ve been dorking around with them for a bit and I think this is the layout I’ll go with for a…
Birthday wrap-up
Sweet merciful crap! I turned 41 last week! This is what 41 looks like – no makeup: That was taken on the train platform. WM got me a lovely Fossil charm bracelet. I wanted a charm bracelet, but not a…
When Kickstarters fail
I’ve contributed to three Kickstarters — two from Penny Arcade which of course made their goals. And one to an independent game designer who raised over 3x the original goal 2 years ago and has yet to deliver the goods….
Purses for fall and winter
(aka: more proof I am not a fashion blogger) Now that sucky fall is upon us with its dead leaves, cold soaking rains* and the rise of the Pumpkin Cabal, it’s time for me to change out the handbags. Some…