I've been working on something...

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Sprout Fund's Hothouse this Saturday

Thursday, August 27, 2009


I'm excited for the Sprout Fund's Hothouse Benefit on Saturday. I haven't had a real reason to wear a dress in a long time! Plus, the tickets/directions are pretty.


This Happened: Stories from my Life

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Sunset on Istanbul

"Tell us a story from your life."

I was taken totally off guard. It had never occurred to me to mark off segments of my life for public consumption, and I went blank. The embarrassment of this moment lingered with me and as I moved onward from that day, twenty years into my life, I collected short segments and marked them specially to be retold again.

Partial Fail: Macarons #4

Saturday, August 15, 2009


Another attempt at macarons, another partial failure. The taste is close to correct, but the batter is too runny, I think. It spreads out too much on the cookie sheet and then doesn't rise high enough.

This time, my little sister helped me fail, too.

Another Bacon Tart

Tuesday, August 11, 2009


Third time I've made a version of the bacon and green onion tart, and I can't recommend it enough...

[Edit 2/25/10: Fourth time I made this Bacon Green Onion Tart. Just as tasty as ever.]
Green Onion + Bacon + Parsley + Swiss Tart

Inflatable Buttons

Thursday, August 6, 2009


There's some amazing work being done in my department on making interfaces more accessible to people with varying capabilities. Make Online just featured one of these.

Edgewrite is a development in a similar vein as well.

Found! Black Candles!

Monday, August 3, 2009


I've been searching for some black candles in an acceptable scent for awhile. Yankee Candle has a black Midsummer's Night scent that essentially smells like men's deodorant. Turns out the holy grail of black candles was hiding in the depths of Ikea.