Casey Leigh's Profile

In Rhode Island, a "Cabinet" is a milkshake, while in the rest of New England, a milkshake is a "Frappe," pronounced "frap."

J.C.A., I understand your reluctance to entertain questions about how you came to the city/state you live in-I am uncomfortable when people ask me how many children I have. So I have a stock answer I use that is truthful, but not my whole story and then try to change the direction of the conversation. That being said, I love asking people if they are natives of the area. I've lived all over the country and can generally find something in common (geographically) with the person I'm talking to.

I've made this twice in 24 hours and have another dough rising right now. My dough was also sticky (I made it in a food processor and the second time in a mixer) but I just hoped for the best and it turned out fine. Elusivone, I was using new AP flour and whole wheat flour and had your same problem-maybe it's the temperature in my kitchen (a little on the cool side). My first two loaves were with rosemary, but for this next one, I'm going to try some grated Asiago cheese.

There's a great piece in the NY Times today showcasing two 270 sq ft studios. Small can be beautiful and I like what the sister did on her budget of $500.

I keep the bills I pay monthly for two years. I have two sets of 12 manila folders, one that begins "January Odd" and the other "January Even" for the odd and even years. When a bill comes in, I pay it, write the date it was paid on the bill and then file it in the appropriate month. Paperless billing would be easier, but after two weeks of no power or cable post-Sandy, I can't quite bring myself to do it.

@mkat, I cut out the pages with the recipes and write the date on each one before putting it in a folder marked "Recipes to try." I look at the folder every once in a while and if I haven't tried the recipe in a year, I toss it. No great loss, as I don't think they'll ever be a time when there won't be yet another magazine article with more recipes to try.

All your cookies look so beautiful!

I like the idea of getting rid of wire hangers but doesn't that mean I have to rehang the clothes that come back from the dry cleaners every week?

My infant twins slept with us on the third floor in bassinets until they outgrew them, then they moved down to a second floor nursery (while we remained upstairs). We had a baby monitor, so we heard each little peep and mewl, and didn't worry about the upstairs/downstairs factor. Could you make the downstairs room the nursery and have a guest bed in there as well? That would mean moving the baby up to your room when guests come, but that's certainly doable if the visitors are infrequent. I would make a master bedroom at the far end of the attic with the big window and use the first space as an office. Good luck!

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