Scrub This Idea

October 7, 2011

Recently, I had a “flashback” to the 1970s (when I was the Queen of DIY). If you gave me a hot glue gun and some beer cans back then, I would create a coffee table. Yes, I’m afraid I did. Scary, isn’t it? Even more frightening is how little time it took to assemble enough [...]

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Strap It On

April 20, 2009

A trip to the Dallas International Guitar Festival was in order this weekend. The first thing that caught my eye were the colorful vintage guitar straps. Who could resist being drawn to examine beautiful patterns like the one above (offered by a Chicago company called “Souldier”? Not me! I was fascinated that they recycled vintage [...]

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Resurrected Rye

April 9, 2009

My name is Shelly, and I am a grateful, recovering Culinary Snob. The squirrel isn’t too happy about my recovery, though. That’s because it means that he isn’t going to get that hunk of rye bread that got “burned” in the freezer! “Culinary snob … what in thunder?” you ask. Well, ordinarily I would chunk [...]

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Seven Meals From One Bird

January 5, 2009

This chicken did not die in vain. Its delightful carcass will sustain Mr. Tucker and I through seven meals. “The heck,” you say. It’s true! There are two tricks to stretching this into many meals: Don’t put it all on the table, or you will just keep eating! Divide the meat immediately. And, after you [...]

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