A scavenger’s delight!

Today is the local large trash pickup day which means that a lot of our neighbors piled up all sorts of furniture, beds, bits of building materials and anything else they no longer wanted on the streets last night so everything could be picked up this morning. Since...

Fajita seasoning from scratch

I don’t use this seasoning with much but it’s essential for our chicken quesadillas. It couldn’t be much more simple and why buy the packaged stuff when you can make your own? Of course, we don’t even have the option to buy it which is exactly...
Chicken quesadillas make me go YUM!

Chicken quesadillas make me go YUM!

Last night we had one of my staple favorites in this house which is chicken quesadillas. I love the blend of roasted bell peppers and onions, spicy chicken and gooey cheese between two slightly crunchy tortillas. In fact, one nightt they were particularly good and I...

Our terrazzo entry hall

I actually started this post months ago, thinking one of the times we talked to our Italian tile guy, we’d remember to ask him if he knows someone who does terrazzo. But we didn’t and he didn’t notice the floor so this post just sat dormant…...

The neighbors lose some charm…

Over the past week, we have been watching as our neighbors slowly but surely cover up half of the timber frame beams which face the alley running beside our house. It was a pretty cute house although they have done lots of modern improvement to it over the years (and...