Lunch Lately

January 10th, 2013 | Posted by Alison Spath in Lunch - (6 Comments)

Today I’m here with a couple of my recent lunch time regulars. Some days I eat lunch all by myself. When the big kids are at an afternoon class and the baby is napping, I get to eat late lunch in peace and quiet with just myself and maybe a literary friend too. I’m re-reading …
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Slow Then Fast Food

August 28th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (9 Comments)

As we were first settling into our new life as a family of five, there was a lot of snack food consumption going on around here. Pretzels, granola bars, tortilla chips, crackers… I loaded our cupboards with quick and easy foods because well, they were quick and easy. I stuck with foods that weren’t awful, …
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This American Life

July 22nd, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (9 Comments)

A couple of days ago I went for my first run in a long, LONG time. The log from my Garmin tells me my last run was in early January, so that means it’s been nearly 7 months since I’ve done much more than walk for exercise. Overall, it went well!  I was able to …
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How to Froth Milk at Home

July 19th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Breakfast - (9 Comments)

Whenever we get coffee from a coffee shop, I always get a Cafe Au Lait. I love the steamed milk in my cup, it’s just so… steamy. And frothy. And foamy. And seemingly impossible to reproduce at home without some giant, loud frothing machine. During pregnancy, I totally lost my taste for coffee. But thanks …
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Weed Number Three…

June 30th, 2012 | Posted by Alison Spath in Parenting - (19 Comments)

is a HE! Allow me introduce our newest addition, Baby Casimir! Casimir, who shall also be known as Kaz, is the little man who has filled our hearts to the very brim with gratitude and love. He made his grand entrance on Thursday morning, June 28th (10 days after his due date!) weighing in at …
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