Monthly Archives: October 2009
In Honor of Evey and Dorothy…
I’m posting my version of the treat that both of of them made often: wonderful little blackbottom cupcakes. Think of those big chocolate cream cheese monstrosities from Starbucks, but bite-sized, and way less catastrophic. And homemade!
Now that Evey has passed, and my grandmother has been gone for years, these little cupcakes are a nice tie [...]
Stranger
Apparently, it’s odd interactions with strangers day here in the Land of Lauren.
Outside a store, a woman in a wheelchair looked up at me and said, “It’s soap.”
Later, this conversation happened in a parking lot:
Woman with cart: What does your shirt say?
Me: Hilton Head Island.
Woman with cart: Where is that?
Me: South Carolina.
Woman with cart: Oh. [...]
The Value of a Good Buttkicking
I was having a rough day yesterday – mopey, out of sorts, and feeling like my life wasn’t making much sense. At some point in the afternoon it occurred to me that I probably had some things to work out on the mat. I went to a nice hot, sweaty vinyasa class in the evening, [...]
An Open (Love)Letter to Loehmanns Department Store
Dear Loehmanns,
I am writing to tell you that I think you are positively keen. Why? Because your lingerie department is full of oddly sized, inexpensive bras in fun colors and shapes. We’re a perfect match, you and me. Your lingerie department is small yet robust, much like yours truly. You have lots of matching sets [...]
My Secret
Part of the inspiration to open my blog to others’ secrets is knowing that I have an enjoyable release for my secrets: I get to work with them through fiction. Not everyone has that joy, so why not share my space?
Some secrets we keep, some secrets keep us. After a few secret-intensive years in my [...]
Post PostSecret
Tell me a secret.
Before I get to my thoughts about the PostSecret event at AVAM this afternoon, I am asking anyone who happens across this post to leave a secret in the comments. Don’t think too hard – whatever comes to mind first. Take just a moment, use a fake email (secret@laurenflax.net) and name (secret). [...]
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Today was Scott’s birthday. In honor of his oldness, I baked a cake.
This is the Phabulous Philadelphia Pumpkin Chocolate ChampionChip Bun(d)t Cake. I made a few tweaks to this recipe since I posted it last October, and it is really just spectacular. There were only five of us tonight, and currently there are two pieces [...]
Prey Tell
I was getting ready to leave for my second class of the day, with nothing left to do other than bring Max in from the yard. The rain had started a moment earlier, so I figured he would be on the porch ready to come in. Instead, when I looked out the window, I saw [...]
Now You See It, Now You Don’t, Oh, wait. Maybe you do.
I learned three important things this week (and it’s only Thursday):
1. If I change a post from public to private, or if I delete a post after google reader has gotten hold of it, it is pretty much out there forever. Embarrassing. So, if you happen to be one of the very few people who [...]
I’m Listening.