Entries from August 2009

August 10, 2009

Grand Lake Farmers Market

We definitely have become fans of the Grand Lake Farmer Market.  We’ve known it existed but we’ve never gone there until we moved to North Oakland.  Upon the recommendation of our server at B, we decided to go the week after we moved into our house.  It was a blast.  The vendors are almost uniformly [...]

August 7, 2009

Recipe Success – Pork and Tomatillo Stew

It was one of those perfect Saturdays.  The sun was shining.  The people at the farmers market were their friendly selves and we were able to get a million things done in the space of two hours.  One of the reasons why we got our weekend errands done with such dispatch was because they were [...]

August 3, 2009

Two reviews – Julie and Julia/My Life in France

In anticipation of the Julie and Julia movie, I decided to write a joint review of Julie and Julia the book and My Life in France. One I like.  One I didn’t. You can probably guess which one is which.
Here’s what’s so weird – I related more to a dead lady who lived a big [...]