I’m not actually one for all the hoopla of consumption on Valentine’s Day — surprise, surprise, right? Usually Eric and I don’t have any special plans and it’s always pretty low-key. We try to celebrate each other and our relationship every day (or at least on a more regular regular basis than once a year). That being […]
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Holiday Gift Giving
Since I moved to Seattle and in with Eric, Christmas (and the winter holidays generally) have become fairly non-event kind of events. For one, Eric was raised Jewish and so doesn’t have an attachment to Christmas (or Hannukah, really, for that matter). I grew up celebrating Christmas and we decorated a tree every year and it […]
Week in Review: Preparing for the Holidays
My dad usually comes out west during the holidays each year. He arrived on Thursday and he will head down to Portland to visit his mother and brothers for about a week. Usually, we have a very low-key Christmas and either go down to Portland to visit my grandmother, or stay here and make a […]
Peppermint Bark
When I used to work as a barista in a coffee shop at the Pike Place Market, we sold peppermint bark as a seasonal holiday treat. As an employee, I got a significant discount on these gift-type items and so I bought some of the peppermint bark to take home to Pittsburgh for my aunt and uncle and my grandmother […]
Sidecar for Pigs Peace Bake Sale
Sidecar for Pigs Peace, in case you’re in Seattle and have not visited it, is a tiny 100% vegan grocery store in the University District. It is owned by Pigs Peace Sanctuary, which my mom and Eric and I visited for my birthday this year, and a portion of the proceeds from the store go straight […]
Cookie Mix Jars
On our crafting day last Thursday, Tish and I decided to make cookie mixes in recycled mason jars. There are lots of recipes floating around online for these and we improvised, using some recipes for guidance and creating a veganized recipe that we hope you’ll like. We used 24 oz spaghetti sauce jars. The recipe here […]
Making a Nightcap
About a week or two ago, my friend Karen told me that the night before, her five year old son, Oliver, was getting ready for bed and asked for a nightcap. And no, I don’t mean an alcoholic drink… Karen offered to cut the leg off of one of Oliver’s old pair of pajamas […]
Vegan Lip Balm
I might have mentioned it before, but Thursdays are days I set aside to do craft projects with a good friend of mine. We instituted this schedule about 6 weeks ago and have stuck to it, spending at least all afternoon on Thursdays crafting, and often dedicating the whole day to our crafty projects. We […]
