by Monica | Apr 27, 2010 | Announcements
I have had fun the past couple of weeks connecting with some new friends and reconnecting with others. Do you ever get lonely, even when you are surrounded by lots of people? It happens to me sometimes, especially in relationship to work, because we don’t really...
by Monica | Apr 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
My hard drive was corrupt last week and that is why I could not post. For the past 3 years in a row my hard drive has gone kaput around this time of year. This time I had a feeling… it was not very tangible, the startup was taking a fraction of a second longer...
by Monica | Apr 9, 2010 | Announcements
The Poulsbo Farmer’s Market opens tomorrow and I am really looking forward to it! It will be fun to see who is there and what they have and what I can use for a catered dinner we are doing next week. Port Orchard will open on the 24th and that is the other one I...
by Monica | Mar 31, 2010 | Announcements
Hanging out with Ruth Reichl was really wonderful! I had so much fun and really I owe that to my friend Cynthia, who went with me that night. Dawn ended up having to work and missed out on the whole thing, and Cynthia decided to go with me. We started out at the Hwang...
by Monica | Mar 23, 2010 | Announcements
Ruth Reichl is coming to Tacoma for a free event! I cannot wait… My BFF Dawn is meeting me to go see her and I will be star struck for a couple of hours. Saturday, March 27 at 7 pm.. it is a library event being held at Clover Park Technical College in Lakewood...
by Monica | Mar 16, 2010 | Announcements
Did you see my last column in the paper? It is HERE if you didn’t, or if you just want to read it again and again to be sure it is really there…or is that just me? Lately I have been thinking quite a bit about where I get my food tastes, what brought us...
by Monica | Mar 8, 2010 | Announcements
It’s snowing! Crazy and true, I gotta love the weather here. It’s odd since it is about 40 degrees, and has been all day… and it has been spitting snow all day as well. It was gloriously sunny for awhile, just like it was last week, though today it...
by Monica | Feb 23, 2010 | Announcements
THANK YOU SUNSHINE! Business was great this past week and I believe it is in large part due to the fabulous sunshine that we have been experiencing. Mother Nature has been great to us and even as it is pouring down rain right now I am so grateful for those few days of...
by Monica | Feb 15, 2010 | Announcements
I ordered Boeuf Bourguignon last Saturday at Brix 25. Mark and I had dinner there with my BFF Linda and her husband Bob, and it was fabulous. I have not ordered beef in a restaurant for nearly 20 years, so this was a momentous occasion! Chef Lyman uses grass fed beef...
by Monica | Feb 5, 2010 | Announcements
I know I have been away longer than usual… I have had writing-shyness for some reason that I do not fully understand. It isn’t exactly writer’s block since I am not really a writer and I have lots of things to talk about. It is more like this:...
