I started my Year in Review in Pictures in 2009 (2010‘s review, 2009‘s review) as a complement to my text-heavy Year in Review full of tools, sites, and statistics I started in 2006 – I’ll be posting that later this week. In January, I started to share some pictures from a great trip to Thailand [...]

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It’s tradition for me to post about the birthday cake I make myself on my birthday (that’s today). (For past birthdays, read about Drunken Devil’s food cupcakes, Kitchen Sink cookies, Chocolate Brownie cake with homemade caramel, and a Chocolate and Coffee Mousse Cake) This year, things have changed a bit for me. If you’ve been [...]

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On Friday (or Thursday eve, to be exact) I’m going back to the BlogHer conference, this year in San Diego. I have been before as a volunteer in both 2008 (SF) and 2009 (Chicago), and in 2010 I was also scheduled to be a volunteer but I got a new job and had to reschedule. [...]

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I’m very honored to be interviewed for Pret a Voyager’s Boarding Pass series. Pret a Voyager is also known as Anne Ditmeyer, an American living in Paris. I found her site several years ago and I love the intersection of design and travel she portrays. Most of all, I love her Boarding Pass series which [...]

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We’re inching even closer to summer which means I start to avoid actually heating things in my apartment, including the oven. Salads and one-pot meals on the stove take precedence (who wants to wash dishes when it’s nice out?) Ok, not so sssh, but I’m on a diet. One of the things I’ve been emphasizing [...]

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