From the monthly archives: June 2010

Kitchen DIY: Home Brewed Kombucha Tea

By On June 22, 2010 · 4 Comments · In Recipes and Food

My pal Mike Lieberman was kind enough to send me a “scoby,” which is the colony of beneficial bacteria that you need to start your kombucha. The process is sort of long, but it’s not complicated at all. Most of the time involved isn’t active time, it’s things like waiting for the tea to [...]

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Friday Roundup: The Show of Awesome

By On June 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Events and Classes

Hey Portland people! I’ve been busy as a bee attending panels and crafty demonstrations at the Summit of Awesome and am super excited about tomorrow’s open to the public event: The Show of Awesome!

The show features 40 fantastical crafters, and I’m honored to be one of them! What better way to [...]

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Portland Bound

By On June 15, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Events and Classes, News

You guys, I am excited to say that in just a few hours, I’ll be heading to the airport and then to Portland, Oregon for the Summit of Awesome!

The Summit is a three day event of crafty panels, demonstrations, and activities where crafters can learn and network. The organizers at

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Mulberry Buckle

By On June 14, 2010 · 2 Comments · In Recipes and Food

Hey, so remember that mulberry tree we discovered? It turns out, there are mulberry trees all over my neighborhood! On Friday, the birds got to our tree out back before I did, so there were maybe five mulberries that I could reach on there. Dangit!

Luckily, I remembered a really heavily-producing tree just [...]

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More Hot Sauce Love

By On June 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Recipes and Food

So, do you guys remember my Sriracha problem from last week? Jason over at Hot Sauce Planet totally felt my pain and emailed to let me know. I did a little bit of digging through their site, and there are some intriguing things on there, like habanero bloody Mary [...]

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