Lula and Leni

Yeah yeah I know the hubbub of the hurricane is way over but I have to share our adventures of that lovely weekend. First of all we were very lucky. No power out. No trees lost. Just a bit of a chimney leak which I had kinda forgotten about from last...

My love and I spent Labor Day in our nations capital. We were celebrating a three day weekend and a year of togetherness. It was a truly lovely day of city exploring together.
We started our day at the National Museum of American History. We were both a bit disappointed at how many war focused exhibits there were but we did love seeing Julie Childs kitchen. She was a Smithie like me you know :) Check out this part of the exhibit...

One of our favorite pastimes on the Bay is to stroll along the shore line and look for stuff. Wood stuff. Metal stuff. Glass stuff. If we like it then it comes home, goes into the shed, and someday becomes art. This past weekend my mom hosted a junk...

The truth is, I hate making pie crusts. I generally make everything myself to avoid the trans fats of processed things but I almost always buy pie crusts. So, I decided to completely forget about the pie crust and use potatoes (my loves favorite veggie...