Bethlehem City Hall Plaza

First wedding of the season

Back in April I went to the wedding of one of my favorite people.  Katie Selig and I had some great times together; we were in a writers’ workshop together ...

Cruisin' for some boozin'

California: Day Four

On Sunday Liz and I skipped church and headed off to Napa. Noah got drunk as soon as he got off the ark, so I didn’t think God would strike ...

Flowers!

California: Day Three

The trip from San Francisco back to Santa Cruz with Liz and Brian was pretty rough.  I was terribly embarrassed to ask Brian to pull over at the first exit ...

Nicola+Golden Gate Bridge+Bike=Pretty Confident

California: Day Two

Friday morning Rachel and I slept in later than planned, but soon we were on our way.  I dropped her off at work again, spent a few hours in Starbucks, ...

Coffee+morning Nicola=happy

California: Day One

It’s been so long since we updated that I used that as yet another excuse to avoid the blog.  That last post might have been a teaser, if anyone actually ...

A preview of things to come…

Nicola is going to California

Right now I am rushing to type this in the airport, as my flight leaves in half an hour and surely, surely, in this backwater Florida airport, they will begin ...

How to make a Wacky Cake

For once in my life I followed the recipe almost exactly.  I found the recipe through Cheap Healthy Good; here is the original recipe.  Here is what I did: First ...

Random wish list

This adorable mouse brooch.  I should probably buy it before it gets rotated out. A Wilton Brownie Bites pan.  I wouldn’t have thought I needed one of these, but a ...

Things I have done while I haven’t been blogging

Like Tizz, I have been trying to keep busy, with varying success rates depending on the day.  Today for instance, I spent three hours futzing with the blog, only to ...