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Category: Life
Guac and Roll! (Wince.)
This is my mom.
Isn’t she cute? I know. Here’s one of my parents togezza:
They’re totes adorbs. I love it. Doesn’t my dad look mysterious with that hat and the sunglasses on? He’s kind of like a spy. Anyway.
My mom is a talented woman and has done many extremely awesome things in her life, but one of my favorite extremely awesome things that she has done is to make guacamole. Many times. On several important occasions. In my not-so-humble opinion (for this is, need I remind you yet another time, my blog), my mom’s guacamole is absolutely unparalleled. She’s got it all down – the ingredients, the texture, the taste, even the perfect chip to go with it (Frito Scoops – you don’t have to agree, but don’t knock it till you’ve tried it).
Zen and the Art of Pizza Making
[DISCLAIMER: The title of this post could potentially fool one into thinking that there is a pizza recipe somewhere in this post. And if one was thinking that, one would be wrong. I will say that pizza doesn’t really require a recipe – you just put sauce and ingredients on the dough and bake it. So if that’s what you were looking for, you are very, very welcome.]
This weekend has been an amazing, refreshing, restorative few days comprised of delicious food, amazing friends and beautiful weather. Not gonna lie, it was pretty satisfying to type that last sentence. ‘Cause it’s true!
We were graced this past week by the presence of Snuggles, one of our BFFs from college, and his buddy, Tall D. The two (very smart!) boys took a much-needed break from East Coast work and humidity (yuck!) to come bask in the Colorado sun for a few days, and we took good care of them – the not-so-secret part was, we LOVE having visitors and they took care of us just as much in that sense.
Notcho Grandma’s Chicken
[How would you like to breathe THAT when you walk outside of your house?]
Actually, it is. I’m going to share a family secret with you today. Don’t tell nobody! Actually, do. It’s a pretty delicious secret.
But first of all: Boulder has been in the news this past week, and unfortunately it’s not for very happy reasons. We’ve had some wicked wildfires going on just to the west of downtown Boulder, right over the Flatirons (the foothills here) and unnervingly close to our apartment. It’s a major bummer – over a hundred homes have burned down at this point, and authorities are saying it’s probably going to take another ten days or so to contain the fires. Also, this town smells like a damn bonfire.
No Labor Allowed!/I’m Sorry.
Happy Labor Day Weekend! Okay, now that’s out of the way.
When I first started writing this blog, I did two things. I a) apologized in advance for what I was sure would be a failed experiment in trying to post regularly, and I b) made that apology look unnecessary by posting virtually every day for like a week. Like it was all a dirty lie.
Well, listen. I’m trying, OK? Every once in a while (read: very often), life gets in the way and I just don’t feel quite interesting enough to be pushing my life/thoughts/photographs/recipes/jokes on other people. However, I’ll try to include a little bit of all of those in this post to make up for it. While still keeping it short, because let’s face it, I’m TIRED.
TESS TAKES OVER THE WORLD! 
