the anatomy of an email and pie with booze I have my work email on my personal mobile device. It’s a double edged sword because while I don’t look like a douche with two phones in my pocket, work email is always with me. Of course, I assume that should you be emailing me after … Continue reading
boy-shaped love drug & the best pumpkin pie alternative Poets likened love to a disease, Donne called it a canker worm, eating at the tender rose, like a cancer or virus weakening the host cell. But The Beatles said all you need is love, to save, to heal, to act as a salve curing the loneliness … Continue reading
July 24th is National Tequila Day and I need to work late Which can be filed under the “most unfortunate sentences spoken today” along with “I missed the boat to Ibiza”, “At least you didn’t make me cry this time”, and “We’re experiencing train traffic ahead of us, please be patient”. So while I’m doing … Continue reading
made for sharing, manufactured with love I know some amazing people that create some amazing things. Like these heart parts made by the ever-talented Fatima Fazal, now available through Urban Outfitters here: http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=31699309 Reusable + biodegradable + 66% less plastic than regular cutlery, these multifunctional knife/fork/scoop pieces of adorable bring the act of sharing a … Continue reading
Crown roast, cream puffs, and Christmas I usually refer to myself as a functional disaster. I say this not to be hard on myself, but because its true – I have a good job, I take care of my friends, I make good on promises and obligations, I recycle. I also overcommit, don’t sleep, and … Continue reading
And when I think about my poppa smurf, I think of beer. Because he taught me many things in life, and one of the more important lessons he instilled in me was that life is too short to drink crappy beer. I still drank my fair share of Special Brew and Busch Lite, when I … Continue reading
Cookies&Beer, Christmas&Family, Red Hook&AGoodCause I should write Crate&Barrel copy. Instead I’m going to advertise something way cooler and better designed than trendy housewares. Hurricane Sandy did a number on businesses in Red Hook and some very cool people got together to produce a downloadable cookbook to raise money to ReStore Red Hook. Check it out here: allhandsondeckredhook.org … Continue reading
Pie and butter and cake – oh my! It’s no wonder really that I really like, uh, booze. One of the only baby pictures I have where I’m not stuffing my face, I’m attempting to down a glass of champagne, some panicked looking hands in the background attempting to thwart my desires. It’s actually a … Continue reading
Every Lifestyle magazine tells me the same thing: Superbowl=brownies. Not sure why. One would think with all the chili/wings/fried chicken/pulled pork sliders with Doritos crushed into the buns/bacon greased everything that dessert would consist of an orange slice or a stomach pump. But if Martha, et al tell me it is the perfect time for … Continue reading
I attempted this recipe from MarthaStewart.com, mostly because the finished product looked so impressive. I have to say it was a masterful okay-crazy kind of baked good to bring to a party, but I was disappointed in the cake portion. It was oily and salty and too crumbly to really sustain the reduction sauce – … Continue reading
The Boozy Bakeshop 