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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008Well, the picnic went swimmingly. We were completely exhausted the entire rest of the weekend. Oak from staying up all night on Friday, me from waking up too early and all the carrying around of things.. Anyway, the piggy was enjoyed by all. We also finally have the pignic pictures! Exciting. […]
Community-supported agriculture
Saturday, May 17th, 2008I don’t think I’ve blogged about our CSA membership. We’ve always been big on going to the farmers market and getting our weekly load of fresh veggies. Last year when we went on the Piedmont Farm tour, we learned about community-supported agriculture and how helpful it is to farmers. Because people sign up […]
Catering, Asian BBQ, and dessert
Monday, May 5th, 2008Well, for the very first time this weekend, I worked as a caterer. Oak’s coworker’s wife owns a catering business, and she needed some extra hands to help out with an extra big event on Friday. Oak helps out every so often working as a bartender at weddings and such, but this was my […]
Rabbit food
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008For the past few days, I’ve been eating like a rabbit — devouring huge salads made of micro greens and baby chard, topped with multicolored carrots. These bunny-friendly cultivars are thanks to the Piedmont Biofarm, one of my favorites of the Durham Farmer’s Market. Can’t wait until it is open every weekend (and on Wednesdays!) during […]
Karaoke stars
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Do you enjoy singing in the shower, but sometimes forget the lyrics? Would you like to enjoy the fun of karaoke without the embarrassment in performing in front of strangers?
Enter Star Karaoke. This fine Raleigh establishment, located way in the back of a small ethnic shopping center on Capital Boulevard, […]
In a hurricane
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008This blog title has multiple meanings. At work, things are a bit “interesting” to say the least! Oak says I’m a NINJA… Exciting! Despite the mania, we went to our very first Carolina Hurricanes hockey game last week. Though they play only a few miles from home, we haven’t felt the urge to spend the […]
Unexpected food find: Nordstrom Cafe Bistro
Monday, November 19th, 2007Oak and I were out shopping at Southpoint yesterday, when we decided we wanted a little snack. Oak remembered an amazing bread pudding experience that he had at the Taste of Durham that had us intrigued with the Cafe Bistro in Nordstrom department store. Yes, the restaurant is actually in the store, off in a […]
International festival
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Yet again, we attended the International Festival, which is this time every year at the fairgrounds in Raleigh. That means we chow down on lots of food, get our names written in several foreign languages, and watch native dances from all sorts of countries and cultures.
Of all the foods this year, my favorite was […]
Happy Halloween!
Thursday, November 1st, 2007This Halloween was filled with several days’ worth of spooky fun… Here’s my tech-writer esque bulleted list of activities:
NextStep fall ball - Ah, yes, the yearly event for early tenure IBMers. We had too much fun working on the decorations this year. They were pretty hot, if you ask me! We even […]
A fair is a veritable smorgasbord, orgasbord, orgasbord
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Oak has been singing that little ditty from the Charlotte’s Web movie (animated version please! We didn’t make it through the live-action version that came out recently) for weeks and weeks before we went to the fair.
We did our best to pay tribute to Templeton Rat’s ode to the fair. First of all, […]
