by niccolapiccola | Sep 16, 2013 | food, Quick dinner ideas, salads
No! It’s a pizza-salad! Maybe this is me and Andy’s invention, but the two foods I love most are salads and pizza, so we decided to combine them. I know, you’re probably thinking why not just eat the salad first and then the pizza? Why, because...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 12, 2013 | Camping, food
“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in it’s roar; I love not man the less, but nature more.” Childe Harold I’ve just returned from...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 6, 2013 | Desserts and Yum Yums, food
I am truly amazed by the countless ways you can use an apple, and I’m not talking about the device I’m using to type this post on! Apples. Green, red, yellow, brown. Apple sauce, jams, butters, pies, cakes, breads, juices, stuffings and I could go on, but...
by niccolapiccola | Sep 5, 2013 | Desserts and Yum Yums, food, yoga
Nothing about my life is slow. I’m a mover and a fast-shaker, and I get tired when I slow down, so I don’t! That’s why I love practicing in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition. The practice itself is fast moving and there’s no time to talk or think,...
by niccolapiccola | Aug 28, 2013 | animals and such, food
There. I said it. And I’m not taking it back. Andy and I just left the Oak Park Vet Clinic where we had to put down our cat Bear. This is a cat who made most nights sleepless for us, who would only drink water from the bathtub after Andy showered, who...