I spent much of my adult life across the country from my best friend. But we still managed to watch the Oscars together–we’d just call each other 20 times during...
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Persistence Cooking
Baguette has a cold, which makes her both snuggly and querulous, sometimes in the same moment. Which means that it’s not necessarily easy to cook. But since I’m making an...
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Spinach and Tomato Tortellini Soup
In my efforts to eat what we already own, I discovered an enormous package of cheese tortellini in the chest freezer we have in the garage. This recipe only uses...
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More Random Thoughts: Insomniac Edition
I’ve been crazy busy for the last couple of weeks, which means that I haven’t had time to think enough to develop a real blog post. It doesn’t help that...
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Santa Barbara Is My Happy Place
Donkeys and zoo and park and cottage and more park. And, of course, a new hat.
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My Valentines
As I’ve mentioned, we’re not a big Valentine’s Day family. But that doesn’t mean I neglected to say “Happy Valentine’s Day” to Mr. Sandwich this morning. I’m not a monster....
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Baby’s First Pillow Fort
Last night was another one of those nights when Baguette woke up at 2 a.m. or so and didn’t really go back to sleep. I brought her out to the...
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What’s In Your Wallet–Er, Earthquake Kits?
For why we have them, take a look at the first post in this series. A little while ago Mrs. Sandwich posted about things she found in the closet, and...
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Dr. Strangekit – Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying (a little) and Love the Big One (a little)
For those of you who asked about our earthquake kits, here is the first in a series of guest posts by Mr. Sandwich, our family’s Emergency Management Coordinator. What I...
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Best Saturday Ever (So Far)
Yesterday Baguette started taking swim classes again, and then we had lunch at Carl’s Jr. with Bestie and her family, in what has become something of a Saturday tradition. (It...