fun way to spend a sunday afternoon: with a little babe strapped on front.
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Souvenir
i didn't come home with a watch, a knife or chocolates.
my souvenir was a set of water colors from caran d'ache,
a swiss color-maker founded in 1924.
a swiss color-maker founded in 1924.
(ok ok, and about 3 kilos of smuggled cheese.)
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Poppy's 1st Birthday!
poppy was adopted, so we'll never know her "real" birthday.
but on july 11th, 2011 we took poppy for her first vet appointment.
we thought she was 4 months old, but the vet said she was 7
(she already had all of her teeth).
so, we called her 7 months on that day, and that made her birthday 1/11/11
yesterday poppy turned 1 year old!
today we will go to the dog store, and she will pick out her presents.
she will probably add to her collection of bunnies.
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Seven Seas On A Shoestring
arianna's papa's adorable sailboat bookshelf.
mr. funk is currently sailing all the way down the eastern seaboard, alone.
follow his adventures here.
"there is no destination, goal, or purpose other than to discover"
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Potluck Reunion
once upon a time there was a weekly event called sunday supper club.
arianna, sarah, rachel and i would gather in bk and cook one another interesting foods.
more often than we cared to admit, those recipes would come from smitten kitchen.
when we returned from switzerland, we were delighted to find arianna & erik
were visiting from sweden, and had set up camp in our apartment.
we rounded up the troops, and called an impromptu, couples version of "ssc."
new smitten kitchen recipes were of course tested,
(in addition to swedish treats and homemade beer)
and included caesar salad deviled eggs and cauliflower cake.
arianna, we miss you. won't you move back?
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Switzerland: The Villages
switzerland isn't all alps and chalets you know.
(but the cows do follow you in to town.)
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Switzerland: The Chalet
we found red shutters, sunny breakfasts, snow shoes,
spaetzle cooked in wood fired ovens, a very well dressed piano playing papa,
cross country skiing, mulled wine outdoors, chevron shutters, eggnog,
backgammon, furry hats,
fresh snow, and lots and lots and lots of cheese.
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Grab Your Scarf & Hat
when sebastian told me this morning that it was -1 degrees,
i thought he was still speaking to me in celcius.
winter decided to come after all.
(chalk snowmen from a sidewalk in brooklyn.)
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Christmas Morning
christmas morning in brooklyn.
no family, but + a boyfriend & a dog,
no family, but + a boyfriend & a dog,
& my family's traditional christmas morning breakfast
(monkey bread and egg casserole).
favorite present: flower boxes for our apartment windows from sebastian.
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Big Project
a sneak peak of chris's apartment,
which he generously and trustingly asked me to design.
after 6 weeks, we all but wrapped up the project last saturday,
when he had 50 folks over for a holiday party and unveiling.
(this project was also the reason for lackadaisical posting lately)
expect a full photo tour when i return from switzerland.
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