Entries from July 2009

July 27, 2009

Digs Bistro – A Tale of Two Evenings

J and I have this thing when we go to restaurants in the Bay Area, we end up totally connecting with the staff. It happened at B, it happened at Aunt Mary’s (review to come) and it happened last night at Digs Bistro.  Located in our ‘hood on the corner of Sacramento and Dwight Way, [...]

July 13, 2009

Pavlova – Two Ways (or Damn you Barefoot Contessa!)

It’s been intimated that J and I have some eating restrictions, me with the diabetes and J with dairy allergies as well as an allergy to artificial sweeteners.  That makes dessert a huge challenge.  I’ve resolved this challenge by making the same desserts two ways – one with Splenda and dairy (for me) and the [...]

July 8, 2009

A weekend of deliciousness

How was all of your July Fourths?  This was the first July Fourth I spent in Oakland, as last year, I was down in SoCal visiting my parents.  It was truly a blast and great to have a longish, lazyish weekend.  Because J and I are who we are and we live in what I [...]

July 1, 2009

You asked for it

House pictures!  Here you go.