After what seems like a few months without rain here in St. Louis, today has been damp and stormy. I have spent most of my non-photography hours reading up on marketing for my business (yawn) and enhancing the SEO for my various websites (snore). Both of these activities are crucial for my business, but boy […]
My schedule has continued to be a bit crazy lately, although almost everything that has been keeping me busy has been exciting and fun. There is still a lot to do in the loft and then of course there is the pesky task of running a photography business. Earning a living really eats up your […]
Whoa there, what happened to the first half of the summer? With the move and everything else that has been going on the days really are flying by. We are working hard setting up the studio and getting unpacked which always takes longer than expected. We are also trying to prioritize some of the larger […]
In most of my moves from apartment to apartment over the years, I’ve usually had to move out of one space and into the next in the same day. This time around, since we closed on our loft last week, I’m in this transition period between two spaces. Over the last few days I have […]
Just a quick update and an iPhone shot of our new space, sans furniture except for a couple of rickety chairs that came with the loft. We are super excited to be moving into the space in a few days (after some intense cleaning etc). It’s such a weird feeling to be a homeowner. The […]
It is pretty amazing how things can change in a year. On this day in 2010, Dr. Fiance and I were staying in a temporary apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The apartment was just over 100 square feet, had zero ventilation, and we were sleeping on an air mattress that took up […]
Ever since I started making the “five minute a day bread” back in the fall, I’ve been pretty much going through the motions. I tweaked the recipe a bit to a point where I can bake consistent and tasty bread with practically no effort. This is awesome, and has ruined me for most grocery-store-bakery breads […]
Yeah, so turns out that I have been pronouncing “quinoa” like a rube and not like the well-heeled food aficionado that I should be. Apparently, it is not pronounced as mighty “quinn-o-a” which is how I’ve been saying it hither and yon, but more like “keen-wa” or in some circles “kee-NO-aa.” I feel like Whole […]
Dear Dried Beans, You and I, dried beans, have had a long and occasionally rocky relationship. I initially purchased you by the bagful, full of hope that you would be so much better than your canned counterparts. You are cheaper, and you contain less sodium. You take up less shelf space in my kitchen and […]