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Tomatoes! Jalapenos! Hibiscuses..es..es!

July 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Look what we’ve got on our roof deck right now:

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These grape tomatoes are SO sweet and delicious.

We’ve also got these:

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I haven’t tried the jalapenos yet. Letting them get a little bigger. We have 6 more pepper plants of all different kinds, but they are further behind these jalapenos.

I’ve never grown tomatoes or peppers before and am so surprised and happy that they are bearing any vegetables!

We also have loads of herbs and flowers up on the roof. I planted two hibiscus plants. One died when we were on vacation. The other, she’s a beaut! -

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Polynesian Grilled Chicken Revisited With Waist-High Basil

August 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Back in 2004 I tried a Polynesian grilled chicken dish. I remember liking it but never made it again. I don’t know why. The other day I was thinking about it because I had fresh herbs, chicken, peppers and onions so I decided to make it again. Dallas made rice (he always makes the rice) and we ate them together. He loved it. Recipe here.

The salad I made with dinner is a pretty standard one for us. Lettuce, mandarin oranges, toasted almonds, edamame, watercress, green onion. I had some mushrooms that day so I threw them in too. For dressing, we either make our own using Dallas’ mom’s secret recipe or we also love Olde Cape Cod toasted sesame, soy, and ginger dressing (all natural and fat free!).

This is our out of control basil that I used in the recipe. It’s almost waist high!

Flowers!

June 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Flowers
Roscoe Village, Chicago

Last month I went to Home Depot with Jen and bought everything I needed to plant some flowers in railing planters on our deck. When I came home from a couple weeks on the road a lot of them were dried up from lack of water (Dallas has also been traveling almost every week for business), but I think with some good trimming and a lot of watering, they’re on the mend. At least I hope. It makes me happy to walk outside and see flowers.

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2007: Hanalei Valley Lookout — On our drive we stopped at the Hanalei Valley Lookout, [...]

2006: Mitsuwa — Tuna Sashimi :: Mitsuwa, Arlington Heights, IL Octopus Sashimi :: Mitsuwa, [...]

2005: Construction and Deconstruction — Construction, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago Deconstruction, East Ukrainian Village, Chicago Top photo [...]

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2004: Anti-War Protest — Anti-War Protest, The Loop, Chicago Nancy and Josh and I came [...]

2002: I laughed so hard at this — Maybe it’s really funny. Maybe someone slipped laughing gas [...]