Month: July 2010
Three / six
This is my favorite photograph from our wedding. Look at those crazy kids!
Taking a romantic stroll in the alley behind someone’s apartment
building! Blissing out beside the dumpsters! Oblivious to the
wonky dinosaur graffiti! It was July 29, 2007, three years ago
today, and we were on our way to get married. We had no idea
what we might do with ourselves, or who we might become, but we
had decided to do it, and become it, together. We still have no
idea, and I like that. I wonder what the future will bring. I
hope it involves Brandon making his Serious Face, because I’m
quite fond of it.
Today is also the sixth birthday of this blog.
Six. That blows my mind.
Thank you for being here, whether you’ve been reading for one
day, or one month, or from the beginning. I write this site
because of you, and there’s no better reason. Here’s to you, and
here’s to six!
(Wedding photo by Michèle M. Waite)
That’s the spirit
I hope you know that I take my job seriously. A number of you asked for a Pimm’s Cup recipe, so I’ve been drinking a lot of it. Just for you. That’s Brandon’s hand there, and actually, he’s holding a gin and tonic, but it doesn’t matter. The gesture is what counts. Long live Pimm’s Cup! Cheers! I first tasted Pimm’s in its native city of London, where it came to the table in a pitcher, mixed with fizzy lemonade to a handsome shade of amber. There were slices of cucumber, lemon, and strawberry floating among the ice cubes, and a sprig of mint, and it was very hot outside, very hot, and after I drank a glass of it,…
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Summer is not messing around. Not only did it arrive right on time, on July 5, but the thermometer hit 94°F only three short days later. I know 94°F sounds like nothing to those of you melting along the Eastern Seaboard, or in Berlin, but when you consider the fact that my city spent the 4th of July in wool sweaters and knit tights and rain gear, it’s hot. I celebrated by making iced coffee. And iced tea! I sat on the couch, not moving, and broke a sweat! It’s been spectacular. Where I grew up, in Oklahoma, summer shut us inside. Unless you were submerged up to the neck in a swimming pool, it was too hot and humid…
Read moreSummer list
They say that in Seattle, summer doesn’t start until July 5, and they are not joking. Look at this! Look at it! And then compare it to the past month! I like the 4th of July, but HURRY UP, JULY 5TH. (I should note that, in my exuberance, I accidentally mistyped the above as “HOORAY UP, JULY 5TH,” which I can only assume is the compound of “hooray” and “giddyup” and is also, coincidentally, an accurate expression of how I feel.) In celebration of the fact that summer is coming tomorrow, I pulled out some photographs from the past couple of summers. I’m setting the mood. There was an evening last July when we ate chips and salsa and floated…
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I’ve been wanting to put up a new post for ten days, but I haven’t, because I don’t have a recipe to share. I’ve spent a lot of time worrying, watching the clock do its tick tock tick tock thing, and feeling pretty terrible about it. If you have a blog, you will know what I mean: this stuff is fun, but it comes with a lot of pressure. For a long time – six years on July 29th – this blog has been about stories and recipes, and it always will be. Always. But somewhere along the line, I now realize, writing about stories and recipes began to feel like a rule, like all I was allowed to do.…
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