Author Archives: jax

a wild + crazy New Year’s Eve

By jax | Published: January 3, 2010
New Year’s Eve morning Eli woke up wheezing + my nose was running away with me. Sick as dogs, we decided it was a good idea to ring in the new year at home. I made myself as presentable as possible and ran to Fresh Market while Nathan worked on our new house. (Okay, so [...]
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feeding the masses…or just two people, over and over again

By jax | Published: December 19, 2009
I’ve been searching for a really great pot roast recipe to serve to company and I think this may be it. I made it just for Nathan and myself to eat one weeknight, but it makes a lot. They say that meals like pot roasts + stews get better with time, but we found that [...]
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be mine

By jax | Published: December 17, 2009
If all goes well, this will be ours by 2010. We are so excited! I was going to give you a tour, but decided it would be better to wait until it’s ours … I can’t wait!
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excuses, excuses

By jax | Published: December 16, 2009
If given the choice between hanging out with this guy + writing a blog post, which would you choose?
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make new friends / but keep the old …

By jax | Published: September 11, 2009
I’ve had a great time meeting new friends in the places we’ve lived the past couple of years, but there’s something about old friends that is just so … comfortable. Sometimes I really miss being face-to-face with a friend who’s known me longer than a few months, who I am not worried about offending or [...]
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Book Report: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

By jax | Published: August 28, 2009
I have a bad habit of starting a book, getting halfway through, and then abandoning it for a new, shiny book before I’m finished. I just picked this book back up after about a couple of month’s hiatus and finished it within a week. It turned out to be fascinating and I’m still ruminating (pun [...]
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bike lust

By jax | Published: August 26, 2009
This bike has been making its way around the internet for awhile now, and I fall in love every time I see it! We don’t currently live in a bike-friendly setting (we live off of a busy, shoulder-less road, PLUS there’s no place in our apartment for a bike), but when we move I’d love [...]
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Reason # 28947 I love summer:

By jax | Published: August 22, 2009
Farmstand Salsa adapted from Tyler Florence’s cookbook: Eat This Book 1 can of corn, drained 1/2 medium red onion, diced 2 green onions, white + green parts, chopped 1 1/2 pints cherry tomatoes, halved 1 avocado, halved, pitted, peeled, + chunked 1 jalapeno, minced 1/4 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped Juice of 1 lemon 1/4 cup extra-virgin [...]
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pancakes vs. waffles

By jax | Published: August 16, 2009
Every Saturday morning, my dad gets up earlier than the rest of the family (nothing unusual there), makes a pot of coffee, and proceeds to whip up roughly 1,000 whole-wheat pancakes for my family’s breakfast. Everyone sits down, we pray, and Dad sets the steaming stack (kept warm in the oven) in the middle of [...]
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while the cat’s away…

By jax | Published: August 4, 2009
Sometimes, when Nathan works late, I eat oatmeal. Or chocolate-covered almonds and saltines. But sometimes, I eat an Herb + Rice Stuffed Tomato alongside Seared Tuna with Soy-Ginger Vinaigrette and Sliced Avocado. And those times, I take a picture, just so he can see what he’s missing.
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