happy stuff.

in an era of trimming down my google reader in a vain attempt to spend less time on the computer, it is only a very exceptional blog that gets added to my list these days.  yesterday, i followed a link from somewhere and “discovered” made by joel.  granted, this is not the first time i’ve [...]

songs i find myself singing all the time: who’s my pretty baby by elizabeth mitchell and/or woody guthrie–this one lends itself to all sorts of improvisation like “who’s my stinky baby?” and “who’s my funny baby?” etc. and is a wonderful all-purpose song the big ship sails on the alley alley oh by kate rusby [...]

this morning, mr. happy stuff took me to sardine for brunch.  we’ve been meaning to try it out forever, and today was the day.  we ate amazingly delicious food …. baked creamed eggs with gruyere, proscuitto and spinach with a side order of the most delicious cheese grits for me, grilled sausages with the most [...]

tonight we tried another new restaurant.  it’s called “the haze” and it’s by the same folks who created our favorite sushi place *so we were pretty sure it would be yummy.  and we weren’t disappointed.  the thing that sets it apart from other bbq places is that you order your meat (brisket, chicken, pork, etc.) [...]

last sunday, we enjoyed brunch on the east side with friends.  as we were chatting, they mentioned the new bakery nearby called “batch bakehouse” and were raving about the deliciousness there.  even though i was completely full from brunch, i insisted that we stop by the bakery afterwards to pick something up.  sadly, when we [...]

last friday,  i met with a friend for breakfast and a little bit of painting.  we decided to meet this time at the new ironworks cafe which is run by local highschool students.  i don’t often include logos here on my blog, but i just love their logo and in fact, i loved all of [...]

here are two albums i’ve been meaning to review on the blog for quite some time.  the first is a cd i would have never guessed i’d like so much: do you remember the song from a dell computer commercial awhile back that began, “i am green today…” in a sort of dreamy voice?  that [...]

this morning when i walked upstairs to take a shower, i saw a little kitty face in an unusual spot.  she was just sitting there, in the tub, looking at me.  and i just had to take a picture.  it just cracked me up too much. today was mr. happy stuff’s birthday, so i took [...]

my dad’s birthday is a few days before christmas and this year he wanted to take a family trip to the smithsonian in washington d.c. for his birthday present.  we were happy to oblige. the day was bitterly cold and windy, but we managed to make it from our parked car to a chinese restaurant [...]

whew.  we made it back from our epic holiday journey a few days ago and although the suitcases and boxes of presents have all been unpacked and put away and the laundry has even been washed, the unpacking of the over 700 photos we took has been slooooooowwww….  we had such a nice time and [...]