Browsing Tag

summer

  • make-believe: capture the flag.

    growing up, the end of the school year always meant playing capture the flag. my favorite games started in the early evening and lasted just until the sun was beginning set. necessities included bug…

    June 7, 2012 22 Comments
  • people’s pops.

    people’s pops. they’re not mind blowing. they’re juice, frozen. and that’s the beauty of them. don’t expect to blown away, expect to be utterly satisfied.  slurp on your very own raspberry basil pop knowing…

    April 17, 2012 2 Comments
  • playing hooky.

    james and i hopped in the car this morning and headed out to long beach for a morning dip. ok, so the water’s not quite warm enough for a dip that doesn’t involve a…

    April 16, 2012 11 Comments
  • billy button.

    the only remaining flowers left from a bouquet delivered to my door last week. craspedia, otherwise known as billy button. just about the cutest name for a flower that there is. no?…

    October 10, 2011 14 Comments
  • celebrating, lately.

    on friday, my birthday wish to endure a very long line for some of the most delicious pizza i’ve ever had. and on monday, a red, white, and blue bicycle ride around governor’s island…

    July 6, 2011 12 Comments
  • happy summer.

    i had a different post planned for today. but last night, as we finished the dinner we brought to enjoy by the river, this happened. on the first night of summer. and things like…

    June 22, 2011 10 Comments
  • garlic.

    july is garlic harvesting time and the farmers have been hard at work pulling the bulbs up from the fields and hanging them to dry. here, a few pictoral steps for preparing your garlic…

    July 2, 2010 12 Comments
  • lemonade.

    nothing says summer like a lemonade stand. and i’ve never seen a cuter little shop than this one that we found on block island. the young proprietress even added fresh mint from her garden. {side…

    June 2, 2010 15 Comments