http://www.stayfortea.com Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:09:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What have I been doing these past few weeks? Obsessively playing in a scavenger hunt organized by the SF Street Food Festival, which culminates tomorrow. My team, Eyes On The Pies has been steadily kicking butt, making friends with some other people we met through the game, cooking and eating ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=372 I have a few goals for this website, and the primary is for it to not be so vacant most of the time! Thus, I am going to overhaul this errant blog and give that fresh and well-scrubbed look that I vaguely have in the back of my mind. What will ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=368 (adapted/modified from a ReadyMade.com recipe) A very filling, delicious salad full of good-for-you ingredients. I feel that some of the measurements on the ReadyMade website are a bit off, when it comes to the amount of quinoa they suggest for the recipe. It also may depend on the type of quinoa, ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=354 Hello dear all who visit, I thought I would share with you another overdue update. I have a new job. The previous job, while a great working experience, ultimately did not turn out to be the most ideal fit after being there for almost 6 months. An opportunity came along to apply ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=348 Hi, hello. Whoever is reading this: I'm sorry! Do you remember me? I apologize for a lapse in posts. It's been a busy couple of months. NYE was mellow. A fancy pajama party in a Diamond Heights apartment overlooking the city. There was much champagne, curry, tropical fruit, conversation, old timey ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=328 I'm sorry for lack of updates. In mid-August, my 3.5 month long period of unemployment ended and I started a new job working on the facilities management team of a museum. Since then, I've simply had no time to update because I've been working fairly long hours. However, I am ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=326 This weekend, J. and I went to two shows. We saw Laudanum and a few other bands at the Oakland Metro on Friday night, and on Saturday we went to Worm Ouroboros at El Rio. Jesse cooked us a really lovely summertime meal: Cold soba with dipping sauce, tofu, kobocha squash, ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=322 It's been trying, here. A few other obstacles added to the already challenging course. I've been skulking and moping about the house, but also trying to keep busy. Here are three things that are neat, that made me happy in my domesticity: 1. Dorot frozen chopped herbs - got these at ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=320 I have not made a post in a long while. A lot has happened since then. At the end of April, I lost my job of more than two years. It was shocking, completely unexpected, but ultimately something that I ended up accepting and dealing with. I dove into the paperwork ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=316 My friend Nomi recently finished a long project - a lace shawl off a pattern called "Myrtle," from a beautiful book titled Victorian Lace Today. Having spent some time making our way through the Faberge, Tiffany, and Lalique exhibit, now on view at the Legion of Honor Museum, we emerged ... http://www.stayfortea.com/?p=306