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good

June 30, 2011

sparklet said both “i love you daddy” and “mine” for the first time today, the latter while grabbing things out of my hands. you’ll forgive me, but i’m going to just focus on the first part right now.

basement

June 29, 2011

photo of the week // twenty months

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basement

out: hobart st. porchfest

June 26, 2011

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out: hobart st. porchfest with the talimos, mount pleasant, washington, dc

out: kids farm

June 25, 2011

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out: kids farm, national zoo, washington, dc

trip #0: boston, ma

June 24, 2011

i’m in boston for the fourth-round of a job interview. hard to believe my nearly seven years at the conservancy might be over in a week or two.

video: i’ve got no clue what this is

June 23, 2011

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLivxmktHSo

… but i’m pretty sure i recognize my daughters kneecaps in that stroller.

ring of fire chicken

June 23, 2011

beside my on-going crush on nigella lawson, the best chef on tv is alton brown.

not only is he able explain nearly everything in the world of cooking in a way that makes sense (though the grape juice commercials are a bit of a stretch) i can watch him grill a whole chicken for 30 minutes, even though i honestly can’t imagine anything less edible than the notion of breaking up a chicken, picking it up by its ankle, and then gnawing on its thighbone.

that said, his recipe for ring of fire chicken is next to godliness in my book — even though i will happily use an (utterly verboten in alton brown’s world) pre-deboned breast of chicken.

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