How I’ll blog this summer.
We left on WVT today. Can you believe it? Whaaaat! I’ve been trying to think of the best way to keep up with two blogs with overlapping content this summer. Here’s how it will work: Since we’ll be...
View ArticleI owe you a post.
But I also owe it to myself to find time to prep for job interviews in between settling into the new apartment, unpacking our stuff, and generally, getting my life in order after half a year of flux....
View ArticleLet’s morph faces! It’ll be fun.
A running joke at Hackbright was that Christian and I look the same. Since we might actually be samesies in other ways (e.g., eating people’s food that is left around without permission), I thought it...
View ArticleAn insulated casserole carrier
Last fall, we went to Sarah’s Sarah-ween party across the Bay in Oakland, which is not terribly accessible from where we live in the city. It involved walking the better part of a mile to the Bart...
View ArticleYard macaroni
Today at work, my teammate and I decided who should undertake the tedious task of testing several pieces of code through rock-paper-scissors. This reminded me of a funny story that, I think,...
View ArticleFighting with pattern paper
I tried to sew my first garment (a skirt) using a commercially printed pattern over the weekend, and I have discovered a life fact: Pattern paper is horrible, awful horribleness! Seriously. I think...
View ArticleAmeri-cakes & Pies: Michigan Bumpy Cake
While Jessica was visiting, it seemed only fitting to complete the Michigan entry in the Ameri-cakes & Pies project: Detroit Bumpy Cake. I had never heard of this confection prior to starting the...
View Article“Un verre d’eau” and other Paris sights
Bonjour de Paris! I’m writing from the City of Light, which actually gets dark pretty early thanks to its northern position. We arrived Saturday morning and took the RER into the city. We’re staying...
View ArticleComing “home” to 2 bis rue S.
This is 2 bis rue S. (shortened for privacy), where I lived in 2007 during my summer internship. It is a hilariously Parisian address. Bis means ‘again'; the actual #2 building is right next door....
View Article“Knitting Actually”
One of my favorite parts about December is having vaguely holiday-themed get-togethers. (Another favorite part is playing holiday jazz during dinner and feeling really classy.) I’m not a...
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