Author: Annelies

Art Unexpected

A glass house. Mark Rothko chapel. A museum built by disco. Walker Art Center. (the free outdoor sculpture garden boasts a giant cherry perched on a spoon) A gigantic balloon dog. The Fisher Collection (you need a friend who’s a G A P employee at corporate. wink. wink.) With all these interesting spots, it’s time… Continue reading Art Unexpected

Gingered Chocolate Orange Muffcakes

I love a challenge. Well, let me preface that by saying maybe not the kind that makes a mathlete’s head whir and spin or even the kind you might see on Survivor.  The other day on Twitter, Linda (aka SaltySeattle) initiated a baking party of Muffcakes, all to be posted on December 27th. While she… Continue reading Gingered Chocolate Orange Muffcakes

Bittersweet Chocolate Cake with Candied Cranberries

May his memory be for blessing. A year ago,  I didn’t know that Christmas would be the last time I would see my Dad alive. A year ago, we sat around a humble dinner table decked out with Christmas finest and enjoyed a meal, a conversation, some laughs and some tears. He had come to… Continue reading Bittersweet Chocolate Cake with Candied Cranberries

Gingerbread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Boy, this year has flown by. Two months in as Beck and I have begun playing the adult version of house. You remember that game, right? As kids you meet and decide who’s going to play which role, and maybe even serve little china cups with make-believe tea. Perhaps your guests involve stuffed animals or… Continue reading Gingerbread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Mexican Wedding Cookies & a Cookie Swap

Over dinner one night in Oakland, I swapped stories and ideas with Luna. We share a love of tea and as such had decided it would be fun to meet up and bake at my new digs using tea. Weeks and a wedding later, the idea was revisited and began growing until I swapped out… Continue reading Mexican Wedding Cookies & a Cookie Swap

Pumpkin Cream Pie

There is so much to be thankful for. Many kids love the gifts that Christmas brings, but from a young age, I found myself enchanted with Thanksgiving. It quickly became my favorite holiday. This might have had something to do with the food. It might have had something to do with family. It might have… Continue reading Pumpkin Cream Pie

Word as Art- R.H. Quaytman

Modern art. Canvas of miniscule stripes atop larger canvas of miniscule stripes. Just another painting hanging at the MOMA. Or is it? Upon closer inspection… A poem that Borges would like! The artist, R.H. Quaytman we discover has coyly engaged verse from Jack Spicer into his paintings. It starts, “The poem begins to mirror itself/”… Continue reading Word as Art- R.H. Quaytman

Giving Thanks & an Elegy by Yehuda Amichai

Many people give up on poetry. They think it does not have anything to say to them after high school English class. Perhaps, they think, it is for a certain social tier or for people who have time. I’m not sure of the why, but one of the when’s of their return to poetry can… Continue reading Giving Thanks & an Elegy by Yehuda Amichai

Chicken Sausage with Lentils and Salami

Two weeks before the time my finger would find a circlet of white gold wrapped around it, the chaos and nervous jitters had come and been communicated through. What remained were the small embellishments for the party celebrating a newly cemented us. Weddings often bring people together in unexpected ways and one of the pieces… Continue reading Chicken Sausage with Lentils and Salami

Word as Art

In college, I discovered that many things in life are free. Then again came the reality that a whole heck of a lot of things aren’t. Sometime during my sophomore year, I stumbled upon a delicious secret. It kept my weekend evenings regularly packed. It kept me well versed and amused at the theater. I… Continue reading Word as Art