Monthly Archives: February 2013

Pâté for Valentine’s Day!

Some gals like Godiva on Valentine’s Day, my personal peccadilloes are the heart shaped boxes of chocolates with the plastic flowers and pâté! It’s my once a year indulgence – spread over really good bread, and topped with cornichons. It’s ridiculously simple … Continue reading

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Dumpster Denied

I’m celebrating an anniversary of sorts this month.

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Card Engineering 101

February 14th is right around the corner, and what could be better than a handmade Valentine? A pop-up Valentine, of course! Yesterday, I had the good fortune to spend the morning teaching eight delightful young men the fine art of … Continue reading

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Sleigh Ride

Here’s a snowy self portrait of John B. Capewell along with an unidentified companion seated in a sleigh. Capewell is seated on the right. It looks like the photographer set up his camera, hopped back in the sleigh and is … Continue reading

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Channeling My Inner Bubbie

My introduction to brisket was years ago during a staff dinner at a restaurant I was working in during Passover. It was love at first bite – so tender that you could cut it with a fork in a pool … Continue reading

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More thoughts on the Hackintosh

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Mon Grand-Père et ses Enfants

I was digging thru an old jewelry box over the weekend looking for a necklace and I came upon some old B&W negatives. Curiousity got the better of me, so I threw them on my scanner to take a better … Continue reading

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