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As Pictured Below: Our House

Posted in As Pictured Below, Cats, Home, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 12, 2009| 1 Comment »

plumbingIt’s just not proper homeownership without holes in the floor and exposed plumbing.

Like zombies, renovation projects take on a life of their own.

Window leak + crappy bathtub = tear out the tub to fix leak. We were going to replace it anyway.

Ah, but the floor tiles should go down first to line up properly with the base of the new supershower. And if we’re picking out tile for the floor AND the shower, shouldn’t we be thinking about what the new countertop is going to be made of? And if we’re getting new countertops, we’ll have to have the cabinets refinished.

What? We’re not sure we have cabinet refinishing in the budget anymore?

HGTV, you magnificent bastard. We’re going to have a proper chat one day.

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As Pictured Below: View from the Top

Posted in As Pictured Below, Home, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2009| 3 Comments »

bricks

So what the real estate agent doesn’t point out when you’re buying a two-story house is the blatantly obvious: The second story is awfully far from the ground. Far as in go buy a 32-foot ladder far.

Luckily, the husband and I aren’t afraid of heights (these kind of heights, anyway), so we were able to caulk a leaky bathroom window this weekend. Tragically, it doesn’t seem to have been the leak we were looking for. To find that one, it looks like we’ll have to remove the bathtub from the master bath a few months earlier than planned.

The American Dream: It involves more drywall dust, cursing and soldering than you think.

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As Pictured Below: Danger Ducks

Posted in As Pictured Below, Huntsville, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , on October 1, 2009| 3 Comments »

ducks

To take a walk around Lady Ann Lake, I often have to make my way past the Guardian Ducks of the North Side.

The scary, scary Guardian Ducks of the North Side who are not content to eat bread tossed on the ground, but have to take it directly from your hand.

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As Pictured Below: Back in Time

Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 19, 2009| 2 Comments »

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I took my new Chuck Taylor All Stars out for a test drive last night. Good news: They still make my feet look 1.5 times bigger than they really are, and they totally remind me of seventh grade, when I was on the junior high basketball team.

I was tall and I could shoot, but I just wasn’t that good at basketball. The fast pace of the game frustrated me – I’m a planner. Plus, it was hard to be a cool outcast when you’re with the incast.

Turns out you can also wear your Chucks while you’re hanging out with the drama club and smoking under the bleachers, where nobody notices that your feet seem a lot bigger than they should be.

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As Pictured Below: Post-Taste

Posted in As Pictured Below, Eats, Huntsville, Photographs, tagged , , , , on September 15, 2009| 1 Comment »

tequila
I learned a lot about tequila at Cantina Laredo’s latest tequila-tasting. I now understand, for example, that you don’t have to drink everything the waiters put in front of you.

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As Pictured Below: Cupcake Crescendo

Posted in As Pictured Below, Eats, Huntsville, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »

cupcake

I know, I know. Cupcakes have to be reaching their peak on the trendiness scale. They’re served at weddings and corporate retreats. Hipsters line up outside Magnolia Bakery at midnight to get their buttercream fix.

Fine. Just give me a moment to enjoy the newly opened Gigi’s Cupcakes in Huntsville, Alabama.

I don’t remember eating too many cupcakes growing up. The ones I do remember were nothing special, just cake on a smaller scale. Today’s cupcake offerings, however, are as fancy as any pricey wedding cake ever was.

I brought home two cupcakes from Gigi’s: Lemon Dream Supreme and Strawberry Short Cake. They both packed a light flavor that didn’t give the first hint of artificial flavoring, and they were topped with what was, frankly, way too much icing for most people. I love too much icing, however, especially that penultimate bite, when I realize that I’ve consumed more sugar in one dessert than I usually eat in two weeks.

Oh, the buzz. And the hangover.

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As Pictured Below: Free Market

Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , , on August 17, 2009| 2 Comments »

cuffs

Wow, Target. I’ve never seen broken handcuffs littering the ground before, and I’ve been to Mardi Gras A LOT.

I can only hope some poor guy escaped before he was forced to look at shower accessories.

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As Pictured Below: Dude

Posted in As Pictured Below, Cats, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 13, 2009| 1 Comment »

Shhh. I can totally hear colors.

I recently broke out the catnip, hoping to stoke 13-year-old Yang’s appetite. I also added two Double Wide Cat Scratchers from Trader Joe’s to a expansive collection of cat accessories.

Now I have two stoner cats who sleep on their respective cat scratchers for hours at a time until they’re forced to make a mad dash for the kitchen when they hear the refrigerator open.

Anyway, they’re eating better, although I don’t think they should be scarfing down so many Doritos.

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As Pictured Below: An Unbouncy Tigger

Posted in As Pictured Below, CSA, Eats, Photographs, tagged , , , , , on August 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »

T-I-double-guh-err, that spells Tigger

This fragrant beauty was packed in the latest CSA box. The Tigger melon is an Armenian heirloom variety, and is sweeter than any melon I’ve ever tasted. It’s about the size of a softball, with the consistency and flavor of a cantaloupe.

It was almost too pretty to eat. But I persevered.

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As Pictured Below: Entertain Me

Posted in As Pictured Below, Cats, Photographs, tagged , , , , , , on July 29, 2009| 5 Comments »

Yang owns many things.

Yang has tired of "Nip/Tuck" Season 2. Truly, it has exhausted us all.

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