Tweet Toni Morrision’s Carrot Cake via Oaktown Spice. Golden Milk Pancakes via Oaktown Spice. Muffuletta. Olive Salad.
Category: Hobbies
House Repairs
Tweet Should I renovate? Fit windows with heat-shrink film or weatherstripping. Improve insulation. Solar Panels PG&E Solar Cost Calculator. Sunpower, 1-833-999-2938, SunPowerSolarSystem.com.
DC Sightseeing
Tweet Start at Union StationLibrary of Congress 8:30am – 4:30pm Tu – Sa https://www.loc.gov/visit/Renwick Gallery 10am – 5:30pm daily https://americanart.si.edu/visit/renwickNational Gallery of Art 10am – 5pm M – Sa 11am – 6pm Su https://www.nga.gov/visit.htmlPostal Museum 10am – 5:30pm https://postalmuseum.si.edu/visit/index.html Louisiana & D St NW; X1 bus Foggy Bottom Station, 9 stops, Constitution Ave NW &…
Bay Area Gardening
Tweet Master Gardeners of Alameda County Asian Vegetables Mizuna Mustard Komatsuna (Spinach Mustard) Loose Leaf Chinese Cabbage var. Beka Santoh Thai Red Stem Basil Lemongrass
Fruit Crisp
Tweet Winter Version Easy to make fruit crisp using Nutriate hot cereal mix. If you like softer apples, microwave the diced apples for 5 minutes. Squeeze the lemon over the apples. Optional: add extra (1 teaspoon) Ceylon cinnamon to the topping Fall Version
Kizomba and Bachata
Tweet Instruction Ciara Junge, ciarajunge@gmail.com; 2015 February – April, Wednesday nights, ABA, Park street, Alameda. (In 2014 Thursdays, 8 – 9pm, $10, Just Dance Ballroom, Embarcadero, Oakland.)
NYE SF 2015
Tweet Most Interesting Westin Hotel & The Aloft, Millbrae, KISS FM NYE 2015; “KISS DJ will be rocking out at the Westin Main Ballroom – We will be grooving out to 70s Disco in the Westin Bayshore Ballroom and keeping the beat up with the WILD DJ at the WXYZ in the Aloft.“; 8pm –…
Bay Area Dance Venues
Tweet A listing of Bay Area venues conducive to West Coast Swing, Blues, Bachata, Stepping, and/or Kizomba dancing. For snack, meal, and beverage assortments perfect for dance conventions, please visit Nutriate. Last updated 2019/11/18 (updated / added: 11/18 Starlight; 10/22 Comstock Saloon, Lungomare; 10/7 Musicians section; 10/4 Il Pirata, Allegro; 9/21 The Local, Habanas, Pagan…
Bicycling
Tweet Checklist Helmet – Check the expiration date! The foam breaks down over time. Brakes and gears in good working order – A bike that hasn’t been ridden in a while probably needs lubrication inside the rear gear box as well as on the chain. Newer gears ‘bite’ the chain better but also cause the…
Remnants
Tweet (Refer to the Writing Notes post for word usage and to Food Vocabulary for food-related words and terms. Also see Text Fragments and Famous Quotes.) “find your Prints Charming” – from a 2012 September 18 Bed Bath & Beyond email advertisement for ordering decorator fabrics online. From the Jim Butcher short story “Day Off”, “he…