Brunch at Harris Ranch, driving back up from Los Angeles

Lunch at Il Cane Rosso (by Daniel Patterson). They are now serving supper too!

Yum

Happy 2010 everyone!

Here is the first of a small rug series I am doing. Good for stepping out of your bed onto! Here

Lately I have been experimenting making felted rope Shimenawas and the samples have slowly turned into necklaces!

There are three different necklaces and one small Shimenawa that can be pinned in your hair or hung over a doorway.

Happy Holidays!

Look at these cool crayon creatures M is making! Ah! I'm in love!

We are still working on our little IMPROMPTU venture and today made samples for an in-house venue.

MENU:

QUILCEDA FARM Italian goat sausage with OXBOW red kale/garlic/rosemary sauteé

PORT MADISON hot pepper goat cheese with NASH apricot yum

We had it later as a little snack on sliced bread- so good!

Keepin' it simple! Plus we found this really reat bbq place that secretly brews their own beers that you can "donate" to and try!

Visit to a local Japanese shop:

1. Bamboo tongs

2. Natural scrub brush

3. Vegetable oil candles

4. Paper prisms

5. Hemp net bag

Is this for REAL!????

perfect sunday brunch:

baked eggs with leeks and cream!

from a new york times mag recipe

here is my rendition:

-preheat oven to 400º

-melt 1 tablespoon butter

-add sliced leek with splash of water

-bake until leeks are translucent

-stir in some chopped parsley (we used rosemary from the front of our building because we didn't have parsley on hand), crack eggs in and enough half and half to cover everything

-cracked salt and pepper

-bake for another 10-12 minutes or until egg is cooked

-serve with toasted baguette

Shibori!

Ironing plant-dyed, silk hankies to make shibori prayer flags this weekend at EARTHUES! I felt right at home... It brought me back to Ambatalia days, oh how I miss it so! There will never be a place on earth like it :)

schweinschnitzel mit gebackenen karotten und zwiebel

My Omi told me this easy, cheap, and delicious schnitzel recipe the other night (no sticky bread crumb fingers):

pound pork with hammer

ground salt/pepper

rub with minced garlic

pat both sides on plate of flour

pan fry

for carrots:

wash and slice carrots and red onion

toss with olive oil

salt/pepper

roast on 350º

It is colder than Helsinki here!????

22º! with a low of 17º!

These boots are doing me some good!

ACNE

but here is what I am dreading...

Molly showed me this amazing book that she had got at Kinokuniya while I was back and I decided that I had to get one too. I could spend an hour looking over each page! What I love most is that they are people's real kitchens, no frills, no styling, I just love seeing how people live!

did i ever show you these photos of MARK BORTHWICK preforming with my piece at IKO IKO? Thanks Kristen!