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Perhaps I'm the voice of dissent here...I think almond milk is GREAT in coffee. I get raw milk, too, but I think almond milk is even better in coffee than whole raw milk. Or at least as good.

Here's what I do: I soak raw almonds every day or couple of days, overnight, in salted water. (About a tbls of salt to a cup of raw almonds). In the morning while making my coffee, I peel the skins off the soaked almonds. Peel is a strong word, as usually the almond just pops out of the skin (sometimes flying across the room!) Then I blend them in blender with about 1.5 x's water. This is a MUCH lower water ratio than I see other people doing, but this is "cream" to me. Then I strain it. You can buy nutmilk strainers or make your own, but I use a nylon resusable produce bag which works perfectly. Then I add a bit of vanilla (do it to taste). Make sure the vanilla you use is NOT the kind with alcohol, but instead pure vanilla. Adjust vanilla and salt to taste.

I think it's fabulous in coffee, but the trick is to make it much more concentrated than most recipes call for, IMO. Wishing everyone peace and good health!

Really cute house, with fun stuff, just way too much of it showing all at once (so much it was hard to even finish the tour).

Silly, contrived: Empty bed photo, followed by dress/shoes displayed on bed photo, later followed by the female wearing the outfit? It reminded me of the "faux cooking" photo from another house tour. Pure cheese.

"They’re low maintenance, pretty to look at (so many colors!), and with a mod fish bowl, they actually enhance your home—that’s my idea of the perfect pet!"

This reminds me of the South Park episode where Tinkerbelle commits sucide rather than be Paris Hilton's pet.

Get a pet rock instead. That will fulfill your decor requirements without causing needless suffering.

I'll let you know what I think after I finish cleaning up the drool off my keyboard and picking up my jaw from the floor.

Congratulations on finishing school! Thanks for the house tour: I really like how uncluttered and spacious it feels.

All I can think about now is wishing I were invited to Lotusmoss' house for T dinner. Your menu is exquisite.

In general, for the mixed group of "raw only/picky/allergic/ethics/politics/eating disorder/doctor's orders", the only sane answer is POTLUCK. Or meet in a restaurant.

I love dogs insanely.

I have three dogs, two large and one tiny. When I have a party, they are ALL corralled in a seperate space away from the festivities. My guests who like dogs are welcome to go say Hi, but I don't want roughhousing, happy, excited dogs to accidently knock something over, and I don't need or want happy, lethargic dogs lying all over the floor so that guests have to step around them. And the dogs don't need all the tidbits that everyone is going to feed them -- one tidbit from one guest x 20+ = dogs with tummy aches.

As for my non dog-enthused friends? They don't have to seem like divas for not wanting fur all over their clothes or getting squigged out by a lightening-fast dog lick to their hand. I cherish my friends, whether they share my love of dogs or not.

Absolutely beautiful. It inspires me to do something with my tired foyer.

I LOVE it!!!!!! Anything for a pupper....

I really don't understand the appeal of the ripped-spine books bound in twine, but clearly that's just me, because the Restoration Hardware store near me has a pile of them in nearly every setting.

The small stacks of books--off the floor--are very nice, like the owner is about to use them. I love it when my hosts have a few books on the coffee table for me to peruse. If the stack is too high, I feel weird rearranging the stack to reach one near the bottom or middle :-D

I don't like books stacked on the floor and used as furniture. In real life, the only people I know who did this were broke college students who hadn't yet been able to curb-shop a bookcase.

The books on the typewriter are no more attractive than dishes piled too high in a dishdrainer.