Entries from October 2008

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Fork You Live this Saturday + season three launch

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As you can see from the video above, we’ve finally got some fresh Fork You goodness for your viewing pleasure. This is from a Fork You Live that we did at Foster’s Homeware last spring, where we made a selection of dips and dippers (all easy and all so very, very [...]

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

On being something of a Phillies fan

While I’ve never been much of a sports fan in any sense of the word, I’ve definitely been swept along lately in the energy that having the Phillies in the World Series. So much so, that I recently participated in a fan video for uwishunu (a blog run out of my office). And, sitting here, [...]

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Gathering windfall apples on Sauvie Island

During my childhood, there was a stretch of several years when, during the fall, my mom, sister and I would drive out to Sauvie Island. We’d park in the grassy lot at the Bybee-Howell house and pick up windfall apples from the antique apple orchard there. We weren’t allowed to pick any off the trees, [...]

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Updates from my urban life

My sister blew through town earlier in the week, bringing with her a handful of new songs, John Elliot, Mudge the accupuncturist and lots of chaos. She rolled in a minute or two after 4:30 pm on Sunday afternoon, pulling her ‘new’ Subaru station wagon into the parking garage just as I was leaving to [...]

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Fork You Live and Raina Rose

I’m probably far too late in posting this, but for those of you who are still reading this mostly-neglected website, I’ve got a couple events happening this weekend for your consideration.
This Saturday at 2 pm, Fork You Live returns (after a two-month hiatus) to Foster’s Homeware (399 Market Street). We’ll be making apricot-glazed chicken wings, [...]