I had a ton of guests around last week, so I used the occasion as an excuse to make my favorite sinfully wonderful cake. I invented this recipe myself and it all started because I don’t really like chocolate. I…
Year of Pleasures #13
The great table collapse of ’07 destroyed nearly all of my dishes, and most of what remained (after the mover destruction of ’03) of my original set of china. I really grieved this loss because beautiful dishes are symbolic for…
Year of Pleasures #12
A few years ago Bear’s cousin Sunny gave us a matching set of cocoa mugs – T for me and J for Jared – and it was one of my favorite gifts ever. So of course they died in the…
Year of Pleasures #11
For my first mothers day, I made sure Bear knew I expected a fuss to be made. I even outlined how my day must be spent, starting with fresh whip cream and peaches. It was a good thing I was…
Year of Pleasures #7
I found these pajamas at Costco back in January, and I went back and got one in every color. They’re made of a fabric called “Soybu” – part Soy plant and part Bamboo plant. They are just the softest, most…
Year of Pleasures #6
Look at this awesome little gadget! I got it at a fancy cooking store at an outlet mall nearby. I was there with my mother-in-law Marie and my sister-in-law with her two boys. Marie went inside just because she loves…
Year of Pleasures #5
My Sirius satelite radio. I got it for Christmas last year at the same time – through an accident of planning and communication – that I got my ipod. At the time I thought it was ridiculous to lay out…
Year of Pleasures #4
A wonderful part of living in San Diego? Costco carries flats of Coke imported from Mexico. This means that they not only come in a bottle (everything should come in a bottle – it gets colder and tastes way better)…
Year of Pleasures #3
Ah, freshly made Dilly Bars, how I love you. Our local Dairy Queen seems to be having some issues. Their main freezer is broken so they can’t do any cakes (and oh man a dairy queen ice cream cake with…
Year of Pleasures #2
I’m not a fan of most of our landscaping. I’m actually not a fan of a lot of Southern California landscaping, because so much of it consists exclusively of palm trees and birds of paradise. Our backyard right now is…