All Things Chill

My photo, her flowers, our books

1st Course: Beet and Tuna Tartare with Wasabi Cream
2nd Course: NY Strip Steak with Zucchini Ribbons and Chimichurri Sauce
Tuna tartare isn’t dead! YAY. I’ll be honest. I have to give credit where credit is due. The one time I have seen this delicious combination of beets and tuna was 3 [...]

CHICKEN CHICKEN CHICKEN. LOL. Last month, I decided that I’ve favored the beautiful chicken thigh/leg meat to breast meat for far too long. I always choose it due to the fact that it has a deeper flavor profile during stews and marinades… which is true, but that doesn’t mean that breast meat [...]

LOL. One of Deb’s many pictures of my birthday shindig. MOST AWESOME PICTURE EVER. Looks like we’re getting ready to dance in a Kanye West video! Just ordered prints of it and will try and blow it up as big as possible.
MEEEMMOORRRIIEESS.
~Spec

Taterpots! Liana and I picked this lil’ guy up from Greg’s on Hawthorne street (OMG cuuuute neighborhood) last weekend. Clifford, his newly ordained name, has the ability to look totally like a potato *AND* grow small herbs out of a little hole in his head. Doesn’t he look happy in the picture [...]

Trying to crank out this blog post as fast as I can since we’re taking a quick trip to Portland today! WHHHEEEEEEE. This is an arugula and strawberry salad with a very mild blue cheese and an aged balsamic dressing. Both the strawberries and arugula were from the New Roots CSA delivery [...]

A few weeks back, Liana and I subscribed to New Roots Organics, a CSA based not far from where we live. CSA stands for community supported agriculture – essentially, you pay a CSA money for access to tons of in-season, local (when possible), organic and sustainable produce. Some have a pickup service at [...]

A bit of a serious-toned night shot and an informal HAY LIANA WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON OUR NEW TABLE video blog! I know you probably don’t peruse the IKEA catalogs regularly, but our table is the UTBY, a great wood / stainless modern combination bar table used for our lil’ kitchen nook! [...]

WOW IT’S BEEN A WHILE, HUH? LOL SORRIES. It was supposed to be 72 degrees outside yesterday, so I invited Deb and Matt over to have dinner since they originally asked us to go to a baseball game today. INVITES BEGET INVITES – KARMA PEOPLES, KARMA!
So, I twittered (follow that link Joy!) [...]

Beef and Tofu Stir Fry

My Employees Gave Me a Bday Cake!

Sorry Gary, I’m stealing your line.
The video above is an exact replica of what my xbox360 is doing right now. Apparently, my friend Joveth says that it’s most likely a GPU (graphics processing unit) issue. IT’D BE AWESOME IF IT WAS A TRIPPED OUT PONG, but it’s not. And I was going [...]