The Spy Wore Red: Nazis, bullfights, and sequins oh my!
WARNING: This is a fun read. If you don’t like to have fun while you read*, stay far far away.…
Our wedding and the Whore of Babylon
You may not have known this, but it's Embarrassing Story Monday today! Aren't you excited? On the menu today: a…
White balance in-camera and post-processing
What is white balance? Well my friends, I'm going to try to explain this in my own words. Professional photographers,…
Mush
This dish . . . well, I can't tell you exactly how it came about, but it's been evolving during…
The Cooking Disaster Chronicles, Part 1
It was called “Summer Garden Delight”. It was summer time. We were bored. I was young and innocent. The kitchen…
I am Christy Miller. Wait, no! I mean, read the Christy Miller books.
(Disclaimer: this is for the wimminfolk. The dudes can read some Terry Pratchett instead.) Are you a preteen or teenage…
Thick Strawberry-Banana Smoothie
This is the smoothie of my dreams, and I have to have it every night or I shrivel up into…
Jamaican Latte
My friend Carrie and I met for coffee last week at a cafe here in Chicago called "The Bourgeois Pig".…
Playing with Photoshop
Photoshop is a recent acquisition of mine. And due to certain family members being enrolled in certain graduate schools, I…
Terry Pratchett: why I’m addicted, and why you will be too
Terry Pratchett is like candy. But candy that gives you a sugar rush in your intellectual funny bone. I could…