Hey. Mimi’s Two. But not yet three.

October 24, 2011

It’s hard for me to fathom that my little girl is now two years old. Time keeps zipping by. It’s hard to keep track of all the changes in her. All I can say is that she’s a happy, healthy little girl who laughs and smiles easily, often cries when she doesn’t get her way, [...]

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Quick Hello from Washington, D.C.

October 17, 2011

I brought Mimi to my hometown of Washington, D.C. Can I tell you something? Traveling with a very active, occasionally rambunctious 23-month old is hard. Jay Leno once told a joke about a two-year-old who was on the no-fly list by accident. He thought that all two-year-olds should be on no-fly lists. A part of [...]

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Craft Project: Make Your Own Chalkboard.

October 4, 2011

So I’ve been working like a fiend on my upcoming book these past couple of weeks, partly because I have to finish it, and also because Wolf and Mimi took off for Norway giving me a load of time to do a lot of stuff. Gosh, I’ve missed them. They return today, thank goodness. Yay! [...]

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Book Update: Coming Along.

September 16, 2011

Still working on the book. It’s coming along nicely. The end of this stage – the putting together of the book – is now visible. It’s a weird feeling. But I have been crossing off things from the massive to-do list, including baking & decorating cookies, photographing them, photoshopping them and then inserting them into [...]

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Hello Kitty is Hello Kitty is Hello Kitty is Hello Kitty. Everywhere.

September 14, 2011

My dearest friend in the entire world lives in Tokyo. Recently she sent me a pack of stickers, a lovely journal and some ball point pens that have erasable ink. A most awesome package indeed. Of course, inside the packet of stickers was a sheet of Hello Kitty stickers. Of. Course. They are now everywhere. [...]

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September. It’s here. Already.

September 6, 2011

Without giving it much thought or bothering to notify anyone, I decided to pretty much take August off. From blogging, tweeting, Facey-faceying and all that other online stuff. Occasionally I logged on and put in my two cents, but that was about it. I think by July’s end I felt like I was suddenly facing [...]

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Book Update: Hail the Photographer

August 12, 2011

A friend asked my why I’m re-doing all of my favorite cookies and having Wolf photograph them for my book. There are several reasons, the main one being…that my photos aren’t that good. They aren’t. They’re not good enough for a printed publication either in terms of styling, composition, lighting, etc. And they aren’t high [...]

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Package from France: Vichy Pastilles. Yum!

August 4, 2011

Ooh boy. Mon dieu! I’ve been reading the magnificent cooking blog Papilles & Pupilles for a few years now. Anne, the genius behind P&P, has taught me a bunch of things about cooking, the most important being how to enjoy slaving over a hot stove. I still have no idea how she cooks as much [...]

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It’s not the destination. It’s how you get there.

August 1, 2011

Last week I chaperoned an outing that Mimi’s daycare center organized. We took a group of kids to Kidspace, a fantastic children’s museum and park near the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. At first, Mimi was a bit reticent. The kids’ museum houses a bunch of climbing structures that are somewhat complex and very tall, [...]

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Tiny Letter Paintings: A Crafty and Artsy Project.

July 18, 2011

What is it about fonts that is so fascinating? I’m no expert, but I often stare at store signs, letterheads, website banners, street signs and product labels for a long time, guessing the name of the font and wondering why it was chosen. I usually don’t guess correctly, but I can see why some fonts [...]

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