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I used to organize my 3 floor to ceiling shelves full of cookbooks alphabetically by how I remembered them. By title if it was a classic like Joy of Cooking, by author if that's how I know it (Nigella's, for instance) or by country. That's how I found out I have a LOT of Indian cookbooks and many many Jewish ones.

Now I'm stuck with organizing by size due to the new bookshelf arrangement I needed to make in my new place. I can't find anything that way. But my cooking is more interesting because I never know what I'm going to find

Sweet sweet place! I'm in St Paul and I bet I know the "swanky" neighborhood with old buildings that are walking distance to small businesses and restaurants. I've always wondered what the apts in those grande old buildings were like.( If you're where I think you are, you'll get my hidden hint back there)

Is it really noisy there? I've always wondered that too.

You had me at "my neighbors and I got together". That's so hard to manage these days and I'm hoping some of the concierge initiated gatherings in my high rise turn into regular things. We're all very friendly in the elevator and laundry room, but then the walls go up.

Oops. Forgot the name of the litter:

Drelsey's Precious Cat - Senior

And this is why I'll NEVER have all open shelving in my kitchen. I do have some that are neat and pretty, but mostly the inside of the cupboards look like this. Or worse

more cooking for ONE! And not just cauldrons of soup or giant pans of lasagna etc. that can be frozen. Apartment fridge freezer compartments fill up fast.

Making things in 2 serving sizes are great for single life, since they leave just enough leftovers for lunch on another day...but not for a week's worth of lunches.

Simply cutting some kinds of recipes in half doesn't always work, so if a big recipe CAN be cut down to 2-3 servings, please add that comment if possible.

Sugar. I'll be adding the sugar. Probably add it on top of each of my servings. (I like the crunch)

And it'll taste like my mother's

I've extended my kitchen into the living area more than once. I have a china cabinet from my mother, and of course that's a lovely high end piece of furniture. But I've also used a 3 drawer IKEA "kitchen island" that gave me 2 shelves below and a lovely counter top for prep work or more storage.

Nothing wrong with putting pretty bowls on bookshelves either, if you dont' need them on a daily basis.

OH how I wanted a Berkeley bungalow, but I know I could never do it justice the way you did. Everything was perfect, and I think my favorite comment in the interview was "Little did I know that animals with black hair and couches with white upholstery are incompatible."
As a human companion to two black AND white cats, I'm learning that lesson times two.

Yes yes yes! I once moved just 10 miles up the road to a fantastic apartment with 15 windows and a view of trees and ponds out of all of them.

When I moved to another city, to an apt sign unseen, I loved the area, but after a year I moved across the street and up 10 floors to achieve quiet and a view like none I even expected. The building, managed by the same company, also has a long long list of perks I never expected. I feel like I live in a luxury hotel.

And did I mention QUIET?? and the VIEW? I hope I don't have to move again for years, though. I have a lot of books....