A longer post is coming soon, but in the meantime, I wanted to share a few pictures of my new summer haircut, courtesy of Caitlin at Bliss Salon (yes, another Caitlin!). It's based on this picture of ...

With that pesky cloth wipe project finished, I had time to sew two changing pad covers yesterday. I followed this basic approach, but I modified the dimensions and added some shaping to accommodate th...

Hello! Not quite time yet for a belly picture this week, but I figured I might want to do more frequent posts now, since the baby could come at any time, and I'm sure I won't feel like writing a post ...

So, Ladies Rock Camp! This was a fundraiser for Portland's Rock and Roll Camp for Girls. It's a 2.5-day-long camp, where women who have little to no experience with an instrument learn to play that in...

I went to Nicola at 220 Salon for a much-needed haircut last week (at Susan's recommendation), and I was really happy with the results. I asked her to cut it like Miranda July's hair, and she did! For...

Some things I've been meaning to tell you about: I couldn't resist the okra at our farmers' market, but I wasn't sure what to make with it. I tried Madhur Jaffrey's recipe for okra with tomatoe...

A few weekends ago, we headed over the East Bay for our third and final performance of the season at Berkeley Rep. We stopped at Poulet for lunch. It reminded me of how JZ Cool used to be before it tu...

We have enjoyed a string of nice, relaxed weekends recently. I love it! Last Saturday was especially nice. I made us a breakfast of Blueberry-Yogurt Waffles (from Dorie Greenspan's Waffles from Mornin...

This has been a pretty relaxing weekend. Patrick went down to San Luis Obispo to attend Eric's housewarming party, but I stayed behind because I was desperately in need of a lazy weekend. And that's...

Catching up, in list form: We have harvested two Crane melons from our garden so far. They're small, but they taste like melons all right! The flavor is similar to a cantaloupe, but with a hi...

Since the 4th of July fell mid-week, I took Thursday and Friday off and enjoyed a nice long 5-day weekend. I did a little relaxing, got some stuff done, and even made it up to the city for a day. It...

Earlier this week, I made Skillet Chicken and Rice with Peas and Scallions (from Cook's Illustrated) using fresh peas and torpedo onions from the farmers' market. It ended up being a frustrating expe...

I've enjoyed the autumnal dinners we've had recently. Maybe I have a beta-carotene deficiency, because I can't get enough winter squash and sweet potatoes lately. At the beginning of the week, we ...

We haven't been doing much of note recently, other than enjoying life. I got a haircut; nothing unusual. My new hairstylist always styles my hair curly without asking me, and I'm always too cowed to...

Yesterday, I got my hair cut at Juut. Nothing remarkable. I've found a length I like, and I'm sticking with it for now. None of the hair pictures we took turned out great, but here are two if you'd...

We did all sorts of fun stuff today. I got my hair cut at Juut while Patrick rode his bike in the cold. Then we caught the train to San Francisco and walked around the Ferry Building. I love it the...

Wedding stuff soon, I swear! I'm working on a page with information about the wedding before I write about the day itself. I found it helpful to read about other peoples' weddings while planning our...

Saturday, October 8, 2005 Wedding Day! Tree, Erin and I woke up at 6 am and ate grapes and danishes for breakfast. Rebecca was supposed to show up at our room (at the Big Sur Lodge) at 7 am, but ...

Okay, let's do this! (All wedding- and honeymoon-related entries are back-dated) Friday, October 7, 2005 Wedding Eve I took the day off of work (my co-workers were surprised I hadn't taken more...

I had a wonderful (and small) bachelorette party today--just me, Tree, and Erin. I don't have as much fun around big groups of people, so this was great. First, we had lunch at Legendary Palace in O...

We made a good dinner tonight. It was based on an article I read in Natural Health while getting my hair highlighted at Juut this morning (originally I was going to get it all done last week, but the...

I feel like we're living a little bit outside our means at the moment because of all the wedding spending that's going on, but I think we're fine. Spending will be curbed drastically once the wedding...

So, this weekend. On Saturday, I drove down to Carmel for my trial wedding hair and makeup appointment with Rebecca, who was recommended by her sister-in-law, Freya, Ventana's recommended hair and ma...

I've run into a bit of a snag with the wedding planning in terms of finding a place to do hair and makeup for me and my cohorts (that would be Tree and Erin) the day of the wedding. I had a trial app...

I had a good day today. This morning, I got up relatively early and drove to downtown Palo Alto to have my once in awhile Juut visit. The sun was shining, I had the new Nine Inch Nails CD playing, a...

Patrick is making us lasagna for dinner while I do laundry. I'm so happy with this life :) I'm glad it lived up to my expectations from those 2 years of living alone in Boston. Also, I love my job!...

I had a fun day in the city today. I met up with Tree, and we tried on dresses at Bella Bridesmaid. I was afraid that they'd be snooty, but they weren't at all! Our saleslady was really friendly an...

I had a wonderful day today! First I went to Juut and had my hair colored and cut. A pricey proposition, but I enjoy it, and I'm only planning on doing it a few times a year (once more in May, then ...

Nothing of much importance to say, but I'll say it anyway. Life is good right now. I was thinking the other day that it finally feels like my life is back on track, and that this is where I'm suppos...

We had a fun Sunday morning. First we walked to the farmers market, intending to finally buy something there (we always just look around and leave without buying anything), but there were hardly any ...

I enjoyed today greatly; it was my first real weekend day in a while (now that I'm done with my retail job, I get my weekends back!). We were good little spenders. We used various giftcards to get...

First of all, Patrick and I donated money to the Red Cross to help the tsunami victims. Perhaps you should too! We are so lucky to have the lives that we do. Second of all, we had a wonderful vis...

For the record, here's what my haircut looks like when I let my hair dry normally (with a little anti-frizz serum for good measure). This is me making a monkey face (not intentionally, but that's how...

I had an unplanned day out today. I called Liquid this morning to make an appointment for next week, and it turned out they had an opening today at 3:30, so I decided to go today and spend the rest o...

Lesson I learned today: wet wool really does smell bad! (I learned this while handwashing the wool sweater I splashed soup on last weekend) No sheep farming for me! Oh, and I took a hairdryer and...

I solved my picture problem, so here's my hair, before and after. And if you want more pictures, here they are (open in new window): Another picture of my haircut You still want to see pict...

[I'm having some technical difficulties, so I can't post pictures of my new haircut just yet. But I will as soon as I can...] I had a very nice day out today! First, I went to Liquid where Holly ...

My VCR has tricked me again! I always forget to change the time when daylight savings time happens, and then when I set it to tape stuff, it tapes the wrong thing because it's an hour ahead/behind. ...

I wonder how much work it'd take to make my hair look like this: I bet it requires hair dryers and curlers and mousse and who knows what else to achieve such nice curly hair. But maybe I'll pr...

My walk home this afternoon was almost balmy! Weather.com said that it was 35 out at the time, but it felt more like 50 to me. I guess after the past few weeks of "arctic blasts," anything feels war...

My hair dyeing last night went pretty well. It's darker, and still kind of red. I took before and after pictures, but they don't look all that different. Anyway, maybe now my hair will look more n...

I really need a new wallet! Remember when I lost it, and the nice guy returned it to me all taped up (because it was splitting down the middle)? Well, now the tape has started peeling off, and it's ...

One of the things I don't like very much about myself is how self-conscious I can be. I try to tell myself that nobody really cares how I look on a given day except for me. But I still walked around...

My hair's back to normal now--the curliness came right back when I washed it. I think the haircut turned out pretty well--the shorter layers did make the shape of my hair nicer. Good deal. I didn...

Whee, straight hair! I love how my hair looks when it's straight, but don't get too excited, because as soon as I wash it, it'll go back to its old self. I won't know whether my haircut was ac...

My hair's a different color! I dyed it with Feria Cinnamon, the same color I used a year and a half ago. It's okay, but I don't think it looks as good as it did that first time. Maybe it's because ...

I bought some Macoun apples to make pie with. They were on sale, but I had to buy a 5 lb. bag of them, so I'll have lots leftover. I think I'll make applesauce with the extra ones! Plus I found som...

Today we did a lot of sleeping, eating, and walking, and not much else. But first, the results of my teeth whitening endeavor. Click here for the unflattering before/after picture. The results are ...

I just ate my first fresh fig! I saw them at the store today, and I figured that since they're pretty hard to get fresh, I should take advantage of the opportunity. It was a Calimyrna fig, and it wa...

Okay, here we go (and might I just add, I had a wonderful time on this trip, despite how busy we were): Tuesday: My flight got into San Francisco around 8pm. Patrick picked me up, and then we wen...

Today I got an impromptu haircut! I'd already planned on going to the mall this afternoon to use a $15 off card that was only good this weekend, and it occurred to me that I could use a haircut. So ...

My visit to the salon went great! To recap, I went to Judy Jetson salon in Cambridge (near Porter Square). My stylist was Randy, your stereotypical male hairdresser, but hefty and bald, with a goate...

More ring pictures--the scanner definitely worked better than my camera. Click each pictures to see a bigger version, if you're interested. I was looking at old journal entries...

Patrick and I went all over San Mateo today because he doesn't have class until tomorrow (but he does have an IM basketball game tonight). We went to Barnes and Noble, where he bought the super-duper...

Well, my hair's back to pretty much its natural color, and it'll probably stay that way for awhile. It looks fine. It's not like I'm going out trying to pick up men or anything, so I don't really ne...

Tomorrow I'm going to try coloring my hair again (last time didn't go so well). This time I bought a color that matches my real hair color (I'd describe it as dirty blonde; Clairol says it's light as...

I'd like to modify my previous verdict that my haircut is fine. It's too short. As you can see in the picture on the left, I can't tuck it behind my ears, and it puffs out all funny (one of the bad ...

Well, my hair is shorter now (picture coming soon). I had planned on getting it cut at Supercuts, which I thought was in Harvard Square, but after a lot of walking and backtracking, I found out it wa...

This sucks! I loved Skinmarket so much! Their line of brown sugar products was so great. Can any of you Claremont people tell me if their store at Montclair Plaza is still open? Not that it really...

Lesson of the day: after you've dyed your hair a dark color, you can't dye it light blonde. Good to know! I now have light red hair with light blonde roots. It actually looks pretty cool, so I don'...

Well, my hair is a different color now. It's red when direct light is on it, but it also matches the hair color on the box (which is more brown than red, I think). Weird. I included that last p...

I dyed my hair tonight. If you recall, at the beginning of May I tried dyeing it brown with sucky results. This time, I tried a darker shade, and my hair is actually brown. I think I like it...Patr...

My typography book is finally online for you to look at. Click above to see it. I also set up a page where you can order one, though I can't imagine some random person buying a copy ($50 is expe...