by StephCat | Apr 25, 2009 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Tattoos, Travel, Yard & Garden
The 128 is a gorgeous drive although slow — good at the start of a day, it would’ve been bad at the end, and we were very glad we’d decided to spend the weekend in Sebastopol as opposed to driving straight up from LA to Mendocino. We stopped at the...
by StephCat | Apr 19, 2009 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Travel
We left early early Saturday a.m. on Spring Break, hoping to reach Sonoma County in time to go to Bella and some other wineries. We took the 5, which has to be one of the most mind-numbing highways as it traverses the Central Valley, but we made excellent time,...
by StephCat | Nov 23, 2008 | Food & Wine, Knitting, Yard & Garden
I have less than 2 diamonds and the toe to complete on New England. I switched back up to US1’s because the sock was a bit tight across the foot at the gusset. It’s fine now.  The plan is to finish this today and maybe the embroidery on the Slinky...
by StephCat | Nov 12, 2008 | Food & Wine
Those of you who are interested in local foods may notice the new link on the lower left column under Local and Sustainable Eating to J&J Grassfed Beef. Having missed the Torrance Farmer’s Market Saturday, Dave and I decided to go to the Tuesday Torrance FM...
by StephCat | Sep 1, 2008 | Food & Wine, Yard & Garden
Plant something: mesclun mixes, arugula, endive, celery, carrots in our new Earthboxes Harvest something: lots of tomatoes Preserve something: nada, ate it all Plan/Manage: still working on all the projects. I leave the list up just to torment myself. finalizing...
by StephCat | Aug 30, 2008 | Food & Wine, Yard & Garden
Since we traveled to Italy, we missed out on the biggest part of our tomato harvest, but I was able to pick these a day or two after we got home: (same container, just different shots) Totally delicious, a wide mix of varieties and flavors. We had some with, of...
