Soy Chorizo: Part Duex
A few months ago when Trader Joe’s opened up nearby, I wrote a blog post in praise of soy chorizo. Recently, I made the pilgrimage back to Trader Joe’s – everything in NJ is 20 minutes from everything else – and created a new, incredibly versatile recipe: Rice & Beans with Soy Chorizo 2 Tbsp. EVOO (or however much EVOO you think you need – can’t ever have enough!) 1 medium onion, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced (I’m a big fan of using what I have, so used a red pepper instead – go with what you have on hand!) 1 cup uncooked brown rice 2 cups vegetable broth 1 bay leaf (IDK, this type of recipe always has a bay leaf but don’t know that it adds all that much – leave out if you’d like) 1 14...
Life.
Almost 3 years ago, when I started using Twitter, most people were baffled by my enthusiasm. Granted, I experimented with just about every social media platform springing up like weeds at the time (a student of mine even wrote a poem about it), but Twitter definitely became my social media BFF. Now, just about everyone I know is on Twitter – and, yes, I’ve commented that it’s like Elaine’s overrun with kids from Jersey – so I’m truly surprised when I read tweets, posts, and comments that separate virtual from real life and note that if you’re on the former, you must not have much of the latter. Of course, using social media to make this point is definitely ironic to a Marshall McLuhan fan like myself. Putting that aside, I return once again to...
WordPress
I really wanted to call this post “WordPress: the One Your Mother Warned You About”, but after this yesterday’s discussion regarding the need for brevity in titles, I removed the clarification. However, it is what this blog post is all about. Until this past weekend, my current blog lived at wordpress.com. I created a few blogs on that platform in the last couple of years; it’s easy to set up, if you write a post about being “this close” to Martha Stewart you might be featured on Freshly Pressed, and let’s face it, blogging should be about content not design so modifying one of the standard themes offered wasn’t a deal breaker. As I began not only to blog regularly last fall but also consume a steady writing...
In Praise of Ravelry
Got your Google+ invite? Yes? Created some circles, placing people where you think they belong in your life then moving them about every time someone else you know appears on the site? Wish the circles would overlap because you just can’t resist a decent Venn diagram? Want a Ninth Circle of Google+ where you could banish those people you never want to interact with? Well, I can’t help you with any of those questions but asking them got me thinking about how and why I use social networks. Maybe it goes back to those chat rooms when AOL was the only game in town and I had two kids in diapers (not to mention the two huge dogs and one large husband to care for) so uninterrupted face to face chats with friends over coffee or at a bar just weren’t...
funkychunks.net
This Jersey Shore soap making company already had a website created in Squarespace but wanted a custom landing page to really engage visitors with the website. Squarespace, a content management system that automates a significant amount of website creation, allows users to easily maintain and update their websites with little design and coding knowledge. Funkychunks asked me to provide a “beach themed” design using a photo slideshow and images of the products. The result was a colorful yet simple custom design at funkychunks.net that encourages shoppers to explore and purchase Funkychunks exceptional handemade soaps. For more information about how your website would benefit from Squarespace integration, please contact...
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