May 2008 – Urban Simplicty

Chives: A Sign of Renewal

It’s an exciting time: I recently planted most of my garden, and despite the cold spring this year some of the herbs from last year are flourishing nicely. Besides the usual suspects (tomatoes, peppers, zucchini) I try to mix it up a little bit each year. Thus, I was so excited when I came acrossContinue reading “Chives: A Sign of Renewal”

>Chives: A Sign of Renewal

>It’s an exciting time: I recently planted most of my garden, and despite the cold spring this year some of the herbs from last year are flourishing nicely. Besides the usual suspects (tomatoes, peppers, zucchini) I try to mix it up a little bit each year. Thus, I was so excited when I came acrossContinue reading “>Chives: A Sign of Renewal”

Kibbee and Rice

Kibbee is a traditional Lebanese dish that can be eaten baked, fried, or (yikes!) raw. It’s a mixture of lamb (sometimes I use beef), bulgar wheat and spices. When I was a kid I would gobble this stuff down raw…not any more…too risky today with food born illness. Anyhow, I did my own variation byContinue reading “Kibbee and Rice”

>Kibbee and Rice

>Kibbee is a traditional Lebanese dish that can be eaten baked, fried, or (yikes!) raw. It’s a mixture of lamb (sometimes I use beef), bulgar wheat and spices. When I was a kid I would gobble this stuff down raw…not any more…too risky today with food born illness. Anyhow, I did my own variation byContinue reading “>Kibbee and Rice”

New Chinese Trike

I found this used Chinese trike on craigslist about a week ago and bought it on the spot. It’s more of a novelty than anything, but it’s a real workhorse. It’s geared low and the maximum speed is probably like 5mph, but that’s not a bad thing because the brake system sucks, to put itContinue reading “New Chinese Trike”

>New Chinese Trike

>I found this used Chinese trike on craigslist about a week ago and bought it on the spot. It’s more of a novelty than anything, but it’s a real workhorse. It’s geared low and the maximum speed is probably like 5mph, but that’s not a bad thing because the brake system sucks, to put itContinue reading “>New Chinese Trike”