Memorial Day Weekend

Living Below The Line

A week of getting by on $1.50 a day for food a drink as part of the Live Below the Line campaign.

The Second String Band

February 2010

This snap shot of every day last February hangs on a new wall, in a new room, in a new year. It feels like only yesterday and yet also a lifetime ago. I stared at it for a long, long time last night replaying the memories of each day. Before the strike of midnight, I got out of bed and snapped a picture.

Al Sharpton for NPR

©NPR

The Beautiful Young Crew

Listen: They love each other, but they hate each other, they're afraid of each other...

November 7

A Year Ago

2009

2010

We Grew It, Let's Eat It! On NPR

The book made it to the airwaves this weekend. Listen in for giggles, Scott Simon stomping on squash, and dreams of ice cream plants. You can find a copy of the book through the Tenley Circle Press or Amazon. Happy growing!

Mrs. Bush

(thanks to May-Ying for taking this pic!)

Yesterday I met, and briefly photographed, Laura Bush for NPR. It was pretty neat.

Shaw

Kermit on Constitution

Rattle Jazzle Riot League

It's been quiet over here lately mostly because me and a few friends have launched a new blog, Capitol Hill and Company, extolling our adventures on and off DC's Cap Hill. Check us out!

22: Wizards v. Bulls

21: Impulse

Smitten Pics

©smittenkitchen.com

I've been obsessed with the food pics found on Smitten Kitchen and Sprouted Kitchen. They are simple, straightforward, and for the most part don't over use insanely shallow depth of field so typical in food blogging these days. And the food, ugh! the food looks amazing, it drives me nuts! How! how! So I snooped until I caught a glimpse of the set up in the reflection of this bowl.

You see the key here, and what I lack in my culinary life, is light. If I could spend all morning making that next great delicious thing and prop it up next to that perfect morning light window maybe I too could take wonderful food pictures. But in reality, I tend to stay up way too late on a weeknight with my favorite red pot and badass food processor. So when it comes to showing off my culinary exploits I'm left with only the oven light at my disposal and perpetually crummy frames.

Oh, how I envy you ladies.

18: Easter?

It's still February... right?

The Making of a Fire Eater

The Making of a Fire Eater from becky lettenberger on Vimeo.

04: SNOWPOCALYPSE

School is canceled, work is canceled, Virginia is in a state of emergency and as of now, just a few flurries... oh DC. I spent 50min in line at Safeway last night which allowed me ample time to survey my fellow dc-ites purchases: economy sized margarine, 2lb bag of sugar, three loaves of bread, 5 juice cartons, Funyuns, raw shrimp, and of course plenty of booze.

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A mid-week snowball fight