Author Archives: mariko

pizza on the grill

Posted on May 27, 2004 by mariko

Yo, peeps, still knitting on Gigi, so today I thought I would talk about grilled pizza. I know, I’m sorry, no knitting content (though let me tell you that I did snag that Debbie Bliss wool cotton from the stash … Continue reading →

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toys

Posted on May 26, 2004 by mariko

I finally finished off my kinder egg supply. Here is a sampling of the toys I got: Much to my dismay, I got about half of dozen of that darned coyote leaning against the gas pump. I got a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in candy/chocolate | 8 Comments

stash arrival

Posted on May 25, 2004 by mariko

When I got home today I found this on my back steps: Click on the box to see what’s inside! I stared at it for a while trying to figure out what it was, and then it hit me–it was … Continue reading →

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gateau au yaourt

Posted on May 24, 2004 by mariko

One of my favorite food blogs is chocolate & zucchini. Food blogger Clotilde lives in Paris, and as a result, I’ve learned a lot about French foods and customs. Last week she had a recipe for Gateau au Yaourt, or … Continue reading →

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frankenchair

Posted on May 23, 2004 by mariko

The webbing on a couple of our lawn chairs has deteriorated, so I “fixed” one of them today. I had found a Kwik-Kover replacement at a garage sale and decided that would be much easier than unscrewing and rescrewing a … Continue reading →

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When the calves come home

Posted on May 22, 2004 by mariko

I finished a little skirt today. It has an elastic waistband, because Action Hero Melissa told me that every girl needs an elastic waistband skirt in her closet. I was actually inspired by the Hedster, who whipped up a little … Continue reading →

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from chaos to, uh, not so chaotic

Posted on May 21, 2004 by mariko

Though I am not a completely disorganized person, I am also not a totally organized person. I guess you could call me a half-assed person–kind of lazy, lax on the details, you get the picture. Well, I decided to make … Continue reading →

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sleeve purgatory

Posted on May 20, 2004 by mariko

The ever clever Bonne Marie has discovered a way of minimizing the trials of sleeve hell–knit them first. This is what she has one do for Gigi. Yup, get ’em over with first, and it won’t hurt as much! I … Continue reading →

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dishrag central

Posted on May 19, 2004 by mariko

Leave it to cancer-fighting Megan to send me this link to Japanese dishrag heaven. Be careful, though–I don’t know about you, but seeing all the beautiful dishrags nearly caused me to lose control of my bladder! Apparently there are two … Continue reading →

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okonomiyaki

Posted on May 18, 2004 by mariko

I am finding it hard to find bloggable topics this week, so today I will jabber a little bit about okonomiyaki (man, that’s hard to type), also known as Japanese pancakes. That is actually a deceiving description, since the only … Continue reading →

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