If you’re lucky, summertime means fresh tomatoes from the garden! If you don’t have a garden/green thumb, maybe you have family or neighbors who do. Your local Farmers Market is probably bursting at the seams with tomatoes, too. I’m a little finicky and don’t really like biting into a tomato like and apple… I like…
Archives for July 2013
A Stash Busting Quilt Story
This Quilt top is quite incredible. Because it was made completely from fabric I ALREADY OWNED. Yes, over 30 fabrics from my stash, including a randomly large amount of light purple. I really wanted to make a “practice” quilt. Especially after several friends and co-workers asked me sew a t-shirt quilt for them. I still feel…
Stupidly Easy Corn-on-the-Cob
Corn on the Cob on sale, 6 for $1! Just in time for 4th of July barbeque merriment. And ever since I saw this YouTube clip for cooking the cobs in the microwave (husks and all), I knew I just had to try it out. Could cooking and shucking an ear of corn really be…
Beer and Fireworks and Grilling, oh my!
Happy Fourth of July! Truth: This is one of my favorite holidays, mainly because it is ABOUT celebrating! It isn’t a holiday that has been taken over by celebrating (i.e. Cinco de Mayo in America) or a holiday where celebrating can be seen as inappropriate (i.e. candy and eggs on Easter and presents on Christmas…
Statue of Liberty Re-Opens on the 4th of July!
On July 4th (TOMORROW) the Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island will reopen to the public for the first time since Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012. Confession: I lived in New Jersey and worked in Manhattan for almost 2 years after college… but the only time I actually “visited” was with a…
Oops, you caught me Pinterest
Pinterest is a website FULL of information and ideas to be inspired by. And if you have been “pinning” long enough, you’re bound to come across an idea you’ve seen before. Even if you don’t remember seeing it before. Oops. This little reminder is a new feature. For the absent minded people like me. I…