And now a few After shots to go along with my Grocery Store Flowers post for Apartment Therapy- yellow mums, lilies, alstro, and carnations in a teapot... Now joined by burgundy mums, alstro, & carnations in a spray-painted gold jar... And ooooh, in a rare spot of sun! Continue reading

A few befores&afters to go along with my recent Flower Processing post for Apartment Therapy: spider Mums before & after... Goldenrod before & after.... And Wal-Mart's overpriced finest (not very fine, it must be said) before & after. Continue reading

In which I frantically attempt to get things out of the garden & into jars. The world's most low-key zucchini pickles, a combination of the Zucchini Pickles, Cafe Zuni Style from Poppytalk and Smitten Kitchen's Pickled Vegetable Sandwich Slaw. I didn't have any turmeric, I did not take the time... Continue reading

Perfect grapefruits from a coworker's family orchard. The inevitable tangle after a trip home in my bag. Ah, much better: about-to-be-stewed, with sugar. The results: recipe from Pure Vegan, plate from Leah, tea from Blue Bottle Coffee SFMOMA. Happy birthday to me! Continue reading

Celery, hummus, almond butter, currants, pomegranate seeds, chickpeas, and peas. For a dreamy stoop picnic with Leah & Heidi. Continue reading

Wayne Thiebaud's Cakes, recreated in actual cake, with Leah Rosenberg. Continue reading

Echinacea, little bluestem, blue indigo, spirea, & serviceberry, in a pit-fired vase by Nedda Atassi from Gravel & Gold For Christmas I gave a vase, along with a promise to keep it filled with pretty things. Stay tuned... In situ, with apothecary jar matchstick bottle by Jen Pearson, another gift.... Continue reading

Hydrangea, buddleia, blue eryngium, eucalyptus Hyacinth, sweet peas, and lots of 'em Hyacinth, eryngium, and thanks if you can help me figure out what type of gentiana that is Peonies, sweet peas, dahlias Anemones, allium, blackberries, dusty miller I must admit: this one might be my favorite since it's as... Continue reading

Peonies from faraway lands, tulips, narcissus, bay (Le backside) Ornamental kale, hydrangea, tulips, more peonies Continue reading

Because sometimes you need some fluuuuuuuuuff... Double tulips, every type of narcissus you could ever need "Something white, creamy..." Peonies, double tulips Sweetpeas, peonies, fireworks grass, tiny mystery flower "Something white" Roses, double tulips, carnations "Pretty, pink, from one little girl to another" Tulips, narcissus Continue reading

"She likes dark things, but she's not goth...something pretty but edgy" Tulips, coral fern, magnolia branches "Something VERY cheerful" Viburnum, ranunculus, and...I forget the name of the darling little lanterns! I don't think they asked for anything in particular, so I just freestyled Double tulips, hydrangia, buddleia, some type of... Continue reading

"Something tall, maybe viney or branchy, white, textural, modern, artistic" Pussy willow, willow, hippeastrum, mossy branches (For the first time I tried designing the arrangement on the floor, since everything was so freaking tall!) "Tall, for an entryway" Magnolia branches, crespidia, hippeastrum, French Tulips "Something dramatic, for an artist" Magnolia... Continue reading

Today, the lovely Leah & Imin hosted the 1st annual Jews For Dim Sum on the steps of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. I made cookies. Almond cookies are often given at the end of the meal at Chinese restaurants, though their fame is overshadowed by that of... Continue reading

My friend Mike and I go out for burritos & margaritas ('ritos & 'ritas) about once a month, so when his birthday arrived, I wanted to make a cake that related, somehow. (Actually, I think I promised him a cake-filled burrito baked into a cake...) A burrito cake seemed out... Continue reading

...But you're going to want to get her back there as soon as possible. If you can swing it, I highly recommend living at one end of the Mission while one of your favorite people in the world lives at the other end. Over the years, Crystal & I had... Continue reading

As you might be able to tell from the light in these photos, I made some little autumn thank-you cards very, very early this morning. Well, not very very early, but early for a project to have been completed by me. I passed out with a fever last night at... Continue reading