pushing the panic button

what kind of horrifying evil is lurking in the woods that would be responsible for this… that’s right whilst enjoying my morning coffee and peering calmly out at the flower garden it suddenly dawned on me that the very sturdy wrought iron post that had the bird feeder attached to it was missing? missing?? what […]

rhubarb

Okay Okay, so every man and his dog has already written their bit about rhubarb, blah blah blah and your probably all thinking well the slow poke’s bringing up the rear and I’ve missed the boat on this one… BUT wait a minute, I just ran by a couple of supermarkets and they had plenty […]

man vs nature

This was the sky on the way upstate last night… I mean come on Mother Nature, 21 out of the past 25 days its friggin rained…  um me, along with the rest of the forlorn, fedup, dripping punters, in this part of the world, thinks enough already! The question was with all this torrential rain […]

wishing

I wish I had spent more time with my Grandmother when I visited last, I wish we had spoken more often whilst I was away, I wish I had gone to the hospital the night she died, I wish she hadn’t died, I wish I hadn’t missed out on the last 20 years of her […]

a staple

My friend Amy, Executive Chef from Angelica’s Kitchen in NYC and creator of the shiny new blog coconutandquinoa gave me this…. I immediately winced, hoped she didn’t see me and shoved it in the back of the cupboard, lets just say I’m not a fan of whole wheat.  I’m barely a fan of pasta but […]

New Jersey’s a wild kingdom

In between the constant rain I went for a stroll around Jersey City…. I think they either have some sort of adversity to live animals, OR people are really into their animal ornaments… you be the judge.

wild mushroom pie

When you co-habitate with a vegetarian and you have friends who are vegetarian and those friends are awesome cooks (you know who you are), it’s a little intimidating when you invite them over for dinner.  At some stage in the friendship you have to pony up to the plate and whip something up that’ll knock […]

biologicals

I bought these for Mr Weiss for his birthday this year, aren’t they awesome? Echoing cells splitting, they are called “Biologicals” and come from the crazy genius mind of Citizengershaw Designs, available here, a truly unique site that needs to be seen by you all.  Nothing like the tick tock of time (x 5) to […]

let’s talk about eggs

I have a fool proof method to make yourself the perfect soft boiled or hard boiled egg, every single time. Place eggs in a pot and cover with about 1 inch of cold water.  Bring to a boil, count off 30 seconds, turn off heat, cover and set timer for 3 minutes for soft boiled […]

weekend bits n bobs

These guys were frolicking all over the lawn Saturday morning…. In between down pours we went for a walk in the creepier part of our woods…. rows of giant evergreens, dead from the waist down, an eerie half tree graveyard sorta looks like “where the wild things are” or an Ent about to walk… Inspired […]