… and I couldn’t be more excited. We’ve put a lot of work into the functionality of the new site, and I’m really happy to be able to give our CL content the home it deserves online. Updates and links to come!

##1. My bill is $186.29. Yeah — I know, families have it higher … but I’m just one person! ##2. Their website wouldn’t let me register After waiting on the phone for a while, I discover it’s because I’m in their system as “Fries Laura” … not the other way around. Course, there’s no way [...]

When you change the [domain] name of a blog, you change all of the links associated with it. Therefore, anyone who had it bookmarked, or subscribed to its RSS feed, or linked to it or really *anything* that you’d do with a blog online won’t be able to find the content you’re planning on producing. [...]

Oh, is this girl in trouble or what? Zocalo opened up a taqueria right around the corner from mi casa. $1.95 tacos on demand? Can you hear me getting fatter? Chicken in mole verde, Carnitas & Chorizo con papas.

Ugh. Urban culture 4 sale. Shell buys graffiti artist. p.s. I know this has been around since November. I don’t get out much, OK?

On a whim, I purchashed this 97 cent cup that promised to grow me a watermelon. How surprised was I when the damn thing actually started to grow … on my desk, no less? Here’s hoping for a big watermelon come summer … * future title for amazing accomplishment

Results from the first round of testing with my Vacuum Food Sealer. OK, Foodsaver.* ##Test subject: duck breasts ###Method * Marinated a few days in a combo of tangerine juice and garlic. Placed on a tray in the freezer to solidify. Vacuum-sealed. Frozen for two weeks. Plunked out of fridge in the morning, defrosted in [...]