Nothing Ever Happens on My Street
Reporting on the minutiae of the day
Monday, February 11 - Sunday, February 17 The Week in Cocktails #1: At brunch on Saturday, the bartender told me he had been watching a lot of Muppets shows with his daughter and it has impacted his Bloody Mary making in the most Gonzo way. Gonzo for Blopdy Marys The Week in Cocktails #2: I… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #90
Monday, February 4 - Sunday, February 10 The Week In Dough: The people at the place where I make dough, aka work, asked if would bake them something with chocolate. Well, I might not love work (who does?), but I do love my co-workers. So, I spent spent some quality baking time Thursday evening. This… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #89
Monday, January 29 - Sunday, February 3 The Week in Drinking: Dry January, my yearly exercise in not drinking alcohol to prove to myself how much I love drinking alcohol, ended on Friday. Staying 100% sober was more difficult for me than in years past. I blame the news cycle and blah January weather. I… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #88
Monday, January 21- Sunday, January 27 The Week in Butter is on Sale: Last week I was running low on butter. So I bought some. This week, Kroger put butter on sale. So I bought some. And yes, I know, now I have too much butter. Time to get baking. I decided to start with… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #87
Monday, January 14 - Saturday, January 20 The Week In Brittle: A sale on raw peanuts was just the nudge I needed to try my hand at homemade peanut brittle. A Southern candy, I've had good and bad peanut brittles but the recipe from the Treasured Harvest Raw Spanish Peanut display seemed easy enough despite… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #86
Monday, January 7 - Sunday, January 12 The Week In Stamina: Dry January, a month of refraining from drinking alcohol, has been tougher for me than years past. I blame the news cycle. Who doesn't want/need a drink after merely glancing the headlines? Anyway, my path to 31 days of sobriety was eased by Pam,… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #85
Monday, December 31 - Sunday, January 6 (It's 2019!!) The Week in No Photo Evidence: Wow! My camera roll is scant to start of the new year. This space un-intentionally left blank. The Week in the New Year: I bid 2018 farewell in my jammies, reading a book, and sipping bourbon. At midnight when I… Continue reading What I Learned This Week: #84
