March 2009
Stars - Take Me To The Riot.
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February 2009
Typical Melissa Purchases:
1. Paper doilies
2. Dinosaur cookie cutters
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Thank you 7th grade home economics teacher
and Natasha - your efforts to teach me sewing techniques has resulted in me hemming three of my vintage dresses this afternoon.
I feel so accomplished. I SEWED SOMETHING. IN A STRAIGHT LINE. and it still looks like an actual dress and not a clump of mangled fabric. woohoo!
Also, Natasha and I did “home yoga” today.
this was a bad idea because our combined yoga skills are only...
“The best pairing for fried chicken is a very brut champagne”
– classicwines.com
Yes! I knew it.
CHAMPAGNE AND FRIED CHICKEN - What I would eat every single day of my life (with hot sauce, of course) if clogged arteries and hangovers didn’t exist.
Attention, withoutmelissa.
hershapeinthedoorway:
I talked to the editor, beth, of Altered Couture, about your little doiley project, and she loved the idea! So get those seamstressy juices flowing!
That’s awesome! I’ve been at work on it this evening while everyone watched a movie. It’s coming right along. I’ll be sure to document each step in the process with lots of photographs! So exciting and...
How to cut costs and still have a fantastic...
I’ve got a wonderful friend who is recently engaged, and in an effort to help her shave a little cost off of her wedding budget I’ve put together a list of ideas that we utilized on our big day. I got to thinking that maybe some of you might find it helpful too.
1. Cake. Brent and I decided we were pie people. Instead of serving cake, Brent and I asked a group of our grandmothers,...
So what is it exactly that you do, Melissa?
I’ve been getting this question alot from blog readers lately.
Some weeks I’m traveling city to city and others, I’m plopped in front of my computer in my bathrobe for hours on end.
I actually work in marketing for a software company. I’ve been there for 3 years now and they were the reason we relocated to San Francisco. Since June of last year, I’ve handled sales...
“If Harvey had not been taken from us 30 years ago, I think he’d want me to say...”
– Dustin Lance Black
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Reason #1231283776 why I love my neighborhood:
Our neighbor 4 buildings down is in baking school. Every day this week, Annette has left a paper bag full of her freshly baked “school work” for us to sample. Ciabatta, bagettes, wheat loaves. Ah-mazing!
