Deep Thoughts From The Past Week
1. Feedback from people that get you and what you do is invaluable. I have had two interactions this week, one with a wholesale customer and one with a magazine…
Homemade Mayo
As so many of my friends have asked if I really make my own mayo and why, I thought I'd share my thoughts on homemade mayonnaise today. Truthfully, mayonnaise has never been…
Beautiful Forbidden Rice Ramen in it's uncooked form
Beyond the 10 for $1 Ramen
Cheap ramen noodles are the devil! No not really, I was just channeling Bobby Boucher's mama. But anyway, the delicious ramen noodles that most of us ate copious amounts of in…
I also had a "Deep Doodle" this week.
Random Deep Thoughts from The Past Week
1. As a designer, there is no better feeling than having customers who not only "gets you" and shows this by buying tons of your work, but want to tell…
Let’s talk about soup
This winter I wanted soup. It was cold and damp, basically the kind of weather that just begs for it. I also was feeling too lazy to make it from…
Ice cream is my new best friend
A side effect of the whole wisdom tooth debacle is that even when the advil is casting its pain managing web, and although the swelling has mostly gone down, the…
my typical breakfast
A year of eating Paleo
I was looking back through posts from last winter and was amazed that it's been a little over a year since I began eating paleo. At this point its just a…
I now declare my body a candy free zone…again
My candy addiction* has gotten out of control again. Funny that I am reaching the peak of hating myself for my sugar addiction the week of halloween...well or not really…
My cooking moves towards comfort food and is filled with root veggies as soon as the leaves start to change.
Top 5 Fall Favorites
Even though the temps are still reaching the mid 90's during the day here in Austin, it still feels delightfully like fall. I have some friends here who could care…
Pile o' bling rings in the Manic Trout studio...because its the season of the bling.
A few of my favorite things from this week
It been a short week, thanks to the flu. I realized today that this past weekend kicked off the busy season. In week #1 of the busy season, I was…