An Urban Girl Living at 6990

Now that I am no longer a graduate student and have had a couple of months to rest my mind from all that reading and writing, I have been contemplating re-entering the blogging world.  Not that...

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Birthday Biscuits and Gravy The first two months of 2012 had some great baking successes. In particular, I was doing some special birthday baking as I seem to end up with a ton of Capricor...

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As you know, the holidays have been hard on me as we move farther and farther west. It just so expensive to get back home… so we just don’t go. Which makes me a little sad as I miss my fa...

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As Robert and tried to recall some of our more savory successes, these three were the ones that came to mind. I quickly noticed some themes. I guess it is fitting since we live in the Southwest. ...

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I have not reneged on my commitment to recap the latter half of 2011, but I am waiting, um, on my “photographer” (husband) to provide me with some photos… So, in the mean time, here is w...

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I am starting with food as I found it the easiest for collecting my thoughts and getting back into the rhythm of writing. I am going to break it down into separate blogs to keep it from being too...

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I feel like I should do that "tap, tap, tap... is this microphone on?" moment. It has been so long since I posted anything that I had to re-log in! I really fell off the writing wagon with the s...

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For those of you who may not know this, I love reading food blogs. My discovery of the purpose of Google Reader has saved my life (as well as lots of time). I am probably not a good blog follower...

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Yeah, yeah… I know… I have totally fallen off the blog bandwagon. You would think with summer and no classes, I would have been better. I guess I have just needed a mental break. Anyways, I h...

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We received a beautiful surprise of apricots with our CSA share last week. We snacked on a few, but before I knew it they were starting to turn a little soft. I decided that they would make a ...

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It is summer festival time! It is one of my favorite things about the summer season. No matter where you live, it seems there are all sorts of fun, outdoor events planned to fill your weekends. F...

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FRESH COMMUNITY MARKET VEGGIES - YUM! Let me begin by setting the stage (or table as the case may be) for you. We sat down to dinner with Robert’s parents who are visiting Flag for a whi...

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I really thought I would be better about blogging once my summer got under way. Ha! Here's to hopefully getting into a better groove. Enjoy! With my semester drawing to a close and knowing that...

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Is not exactly what I expected. I am rounding the bend in completing my first full year in Flagstaff, and along with that, my first experience of all four seasons at 7000 feet. I guess I shoul...

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Apparently grapefruits are the April seasonal citrus that is arriving in our CSA. I don’t mind grapefruit. Occasionally, I like to eat one or have some Ruby Red juice. However, R hates the bitt...

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I HAD TO SHARE THESE BEAUTIES WITH YOU. Ironically, BEETS have actually been a rare root vegetable in our weekly share. I am truly not a big beet fan. I like to pickle them, like these, or w...

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So, I have had a bike pretty regularly in my life for as long as I can remember. I think my first “big girl” bike was purple and got it for Christmas one year. In fact, that particular presen...

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Okay, so I am a wee bit embarrassed that I am just NOW posting my final Costa Rica story. What can I say? This semester is keeping me hopping, and these entries are a little more time consuming s...

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Whew! I was shocked to realize it has been almost a month since I last posted a blog entry AND I still have one last Costa Rica one to wrap up and post (this weekend). Sheesh! I suppose it should...

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For R’s birthday this year, I wanted to combine everything he loves: cheesecake, chocolate, and sea salt caramel. I proposed a Friday happy hour at Mia’s, which provided an additional challen...

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We spent New Year’s Eve on a tour of a spice plantation called Ville Vanilla . This was absolutely one of the coolest things I have done in a while. For the tour, our guide explained the growin...

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A NICE VIEW IN TAPANTÍ Our first hike was actually in a cloud forest. Is there a difference between rain forests and cloud forests you might ask? Or maybe you wouldn’t have, but we did...

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People always get super envious when I mention that we are making a trip to Costa Rica to visit Husband’s parents and brother. I am always a bit more nonchalant as I regard it as a family trip ...

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As I started writing this, I realized that I am becoming one of the THOSE cooks who share a recipe they threw together with lots of vagueness about what to do. However, I am not a particularly ad...

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I became an aunt for the first time on June 12, 2010. I am definitely a big fan of being an aunt. I feel extra cool and stuff, and I don’t have to worry about all that scary parenting! Due to...

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