eating:
Dave's Killer Bread
Tasty bread with no weird ingredients. This stuff is substantial and organic. Right now we have the Powerseed.

watching:
How I Met Your Mother
People have recommended this show in the past and I didn't listen, I'm so sorry we waited this long to get into it. It's lighthearted and funny and sharp and I've become a devoted fan. Bonus if you can spot the Whedonverse actors who pop up for an episode or two.

reading:
Ladies of Grace Adeiu
I picked this book up from the library because the cover was interestingly vintage/old middle school cloth and screenprint looking. A library sticker was covering up the front of the book so that all I saw was "Susanna _____, author of the bestselling Jonathan _____". That tured out to actually be "Susanna Clarke, author of the bestselling Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell". The Ladies of Grace Adieu is a collection of retold fairy tales and I find them to be completely enchanting. There are illustrations by Charles Vess which could be taken from the pages of your favorite old storybook. This has been an unexpectedly, magically, lovely impulse.

loving:
wrap sweaters
It started with a marked down DKNY sweater from TJ Maxx which I wore so often I went and bought a similar one from Target to wear around the house so I could keep the first one nice. Now I want more because they are very cozy.

playing:
Bobby Carrot Forever
(For the iPhone.) This is among the Chip's Challenge style of games. It's been surprisingly engaging and fun.

Lucky you! I have some of the not yet in stores Starbucks Via instant coffee to give away. I really like this, and you can read about my adventures in getting to taste it here.

I have enough for ten winners, each will get a package of the Colombia and Italian Roast varieties and each package has three servings in it. To enter please leave a comment at with this entry, the winners will be chosen by random number and as usual the fine print applies.

You have until this Thursday, Feb. 26th at 5 p.m. PST to enter. Winners have been chosen, thanks to everybody for entering! I'll let the Random Number Generator pick the winners and I'll get the samples in the mail as soon as I can, hopefully they will reach you before the official release date of March 3rd.

Here is something to try should you find yourself with all the ingredients in your house: bacon stuffed waffles. We came across the idea in Mark Bittman's How To Cook Everything. Very simple, just pour a little batter in the waffle iron and lay a couple of slices of bacon on top before closing it. Leave a bit of space between the bacon slices so the batter can puff up and over the bacon:

We topped the waffles with an over-easy egg, and I drizzled a little maple syrup on top, Scott preferred his without the syrup. He is clearly crazy.

Then Scott found a face in his second waffle: