{"id":384,"date":"2012-07-08T23:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/08\/lately"},"modified":"2015-12-16T23:17:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T04:17:49","slug":"lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangette.net\/2012\/07\/lately\/","title":{"rendered":"Lately"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I went to the grocery store for milk and yogurt and the usuals, and the cashier smiled and commented on how much my belly\u00a0has grown since she last rang me up. \u00a0For the past couple of months, each time I\u2019ve gone grocery shopping, no matter who my cashier is, he or she has asked about my progress and said a few nice words. \u00a0I don\u2019t know any of these people. No idea what their names are. \u00a0A few of them might have been to Delancey, since it\u2019s in the same neighborhood, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s it. \u00a0I think they know me by the round appendage on the front of my body. \u00a0I hadn\u2019t expected to like being That Pregnant Lady<\/a>, but today I<\/span>\u2019m starting to<\/span>\u00a0think I might actually miss it<\/span>, this feeling of having a cheering squad\u00a0<\/span>wherever I go.
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\nAnyway, that\u2019s what\u2019s going on around here. \u00a0Just, you know, talking about my body with strangers in the checkout line. \u00a0That, and continuing to work on my manuscript, and helping Brandon try to get Essex<\/a> open before we fall into the Black Hole of Infant-Related Sleep Deprivation. \u00a0There will be custom walnut bar stools. \u00a0And wallpaper with herbs and whales on it! \u00a0Lacquered, smoked pork shoulder! Housemade amaro<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the meantime:<\/p>\n

I bought apricots at the market this morning, and though I mostly want to stand around and sniff them, I think I\u2019ll<\/span>\u00a0turn them into a crumble.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0I<\/span>\u2019m going to try a<\/span>\u00a0new recipe, and if it turns out to be worth sharing, I<\/span>\u2019ll pass it along.<\/span><\/p>\n

And after that, whenever blueberries are ready, I want\u00a0to make this<\/a>. \u00a0If any of you have tried it, please report.<\/span>
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\nAnd I highly recommend\u00a0<\/span>this<\/a>. \u00a0I<\/span>\u2019ve made it twice in the past three weeks, mostly to eat for breakfast, but then I wind up stealing a slice after lunch and another in mid-afternoon.<\/span>\u00a0One note: I use Bulgarian buttermilk, which is creamier and sexier than the usual low-fat kind. \u00a0It<\/span>\u2019s <\/span>available at my local grocery store, Ballard Market. \u00a0And I use white whole wheat flour instead of the regular whole wheat flour, because that<\/span>\u2019s what I currently have around. \u00a0And I buy whole raw flax seeds and grind them in a spice grinder. \u00a0FYI.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSince reading <\/span>Megan\u2019s post<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>\u2019ve been thinking about making my own yogurt. \u00a0We<\/span>\u2019ll see if anything comes of this, however, given that\u00a0<\/span>I first started thinking about making my own yogurt a year and a half ago, when I read this piece<\/a>. \u00a0I<\/span>\u2019ll get there someday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If I weren\u2019t supposed to go easy on caffeine and yadda yadda blah blah blah, I would be drinking cold-brewed iced coffee<\/a>\u00a0every morning right now. \u00a0H<\/span>ave an extra glass for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

I love it\u00a0when Tommy talks food<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Youngna<\/a> drew my attention to <\/span>this E. B. White piece<\/a>, which she calls “the ultimate summer essay.” \u00a0I think she<\/span>\u2019s right.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nKatie<\/a> has a lovely, delicate eye, and she\u2019s been on fire lately<\/span>. \u00a0For example, <\/span>this<\/a>. \u00a0Which is a photo of <\/span>this strawberry cake<\/a>, which is also on my to-make list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last: I went to visit an old friend and her brand-new son, and when she showed me his nursery upstairs, I suddenly had a vision of him a few years from now, building a blanket fort<\/a> in the corner, under the eaves. \u00a0And then I thought, A BLANKET FORT! \u00a0I\u00a0get to build blanket forts again!<\/i>\u00a0And maybe eat strawberry cake in them.<\/p>\n

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\nI took the pictures in this post earlier this week, while on a 36-hour mini-vacation with Brandon. \u00a0We went to Whidbey Island, ate mussels, read the newspaper, saw a bad movie, visited a farm that grows some of Delancey\u2019s produce, and met a dog named Peanut.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I hope summer is being good to you.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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