Sup, bra! You in for some ‘za? Should we get appos first? Aright, high five!YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAH! [shudder] Talking like this makes me want to punch myself in the face. But all the pizza I’ve been eating recently seems to be lowering…
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It is absolutely dumping rain outside, which is a real event for Southern California. Somehow it manages to do this just during the day at work, and when you want to be snug at home in front of the fire,…
Productivity
Every so often you get a burst of energy, a huge wave that lifts you up and propels you forward. When it happens, you gotta ride it all the way into the beach. Saturday morning I decided to do some…
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Regardez?
Menu 1-15-10 mod Here’s the new Aurora Bakery menu. My weekly sales have dropped to between zero and one, which is quite a relief. Now I can just bake for us at home. And for dinner parties. And places we…
Beware Unlabeled Flour
Before the Holidaze, I was running low on flour. Not good considering the amount of baking I planned to do. In the last week before Christmas, all local stores were out of bread flour of any type, and I didn’t…
Never Enough
Once you become a parent, you measure yourself only by your shortcomings and mistakes. Odd, since I don’t do that in my professional life, but personally as a father I can only see the things that I do poorly. And…
Holidays Over
It’s official now. The Christmas tree is down, ornaments shoved into a box for another year. Did I wrap up Christmas lights carefully so I can unwind them and place them on the tree with nary a curse word next…
Party! Pizza Party!
Baby Harbat made her own pizza last night. My little baker is growing up so fast! I did help a little with a few things, but she did everything from mashing down the dough into a flat crust, tearing off…
Vacation
Why am I already dreaming about another vacation? Maybe it’s because I was sick on this last one, or wasn’t mobile. Or perhaps because having a toddler means a vacation is full-on oversight time with little time for yourself. Maybe…
Some Thoughts on Stinky Food
I like food. I like smelling things. This holiday I got some of both and it wasn’t always pleasant. The 2009 Holiday Stinkathon begins with one of my favorite things: cheese. Actually it is my wife’s favorite thing, and for…
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