Less is much much more..
Over the past week I’ve been thinking a lot about possessions and why I feel this urge to keep acquiring things. A few months ago I bought an iPhone. It’s a really cool gadget but not so great at being a phone. I like the look of it. I like the features mostly. Being able...
Off to the PNW
Soon very soon.. kind of not soon enough I’m off again to the grand old Pacific Northwest. Michelle is (finally) turning 30! To celebrate the occasion we’re going to the coast and having a 3 day girly weekend plus a couple days in Portland too. Cooking, drinking, watching stupid movies, roasting marshmallows, walking by the...
The name..
A couple people have asked me where the name NeedleCloud comes from. The name was inspired by this great little needlepoint art piece done by a friend of ours, Ben and his wife Betsy. I was sitting here trying to think of a new domain name for my blog and looked up at the piece...
Stir-Fried Chicken w/Radishes, Chipotles & Lime
I keep forgetting to post this recipe. Last week we went to the Wicker Park ‘Farmer’s Market’ and got a couple things (not really a farmer’s market more like 3 tables with a so so selection of random things). But we did manage to find a few things that looked really great. One of them...
What is love to those who laid these stones
A million years ago (well only nearly two) we had our wedding reception. At that reception we had cameras. I had the best intentions of taking those things right to the lab to be developed but they sat… and sat…. and sat. I’m such a procrastinator. Finally I took the damn things to the photo...
The term ‘turned on’ remained in my kitchen
We caved. After 5 months of broadcast TV, we are getting cable again. I know, I know, we were doing so well. Not getting stressed out by the number of channels to choose from, comfortably complacent watching episodes of ‘The Moment of Truth’ and a million Law & Order’s.. Life was good until we found...