Seven Snaps! 10/13/12 - 10/19/12

Perfectly centered. Feline instinct.

A gift from the beer fairy!

Up you go.

Bathed in sunlight.

So helpful with page proof edits!

Research material.

Pasta time!

Seven Snaps! 10/6/12 - 10/12/12

Heading home.

They only cuddle when the weather gets cold.

Cider! Yes!

I spent a lot of time on Caltrain this week. Good thing I love public transit.

Another thing I love? Potato soup.

I'd love to have a bowl of potato soup on this stoop.

Landscape gazing. (Note: my doppelgänger?)

Seven Snaps! 09/29/12 - 10/5/12

Lady Alice apples!  A new variety to keep an eye out for this fall and winter.

Perfect lunch spot. (Rainier Fruit, Yakima, Washington)

Chardonnay grapes nearly ready for harvest

So long, Yakima!

I should probably know what mountain this is. Halfway between Yakima and Seattle?! 

Can you spot Randy Clemens? 

Harvest pizza. So good. No leftovers.

Rainier Fruit Tour: A Sneak Preview!

I'm still sorting through all the pictures from my recent trip up to Yakima, Washington to tour the apple orchards of Rainier Fruit Company, but I had to share this picture. This is Ron Wolf, one of the orchard managers at Rainier, and his big smile captures so much of what I grew to love and admire over this short trip. These people truly care about the fruits they grow and put to market—more than that, they genuinely love their work! More soon, and I hope you all have reason to smile as big as Ron today.

Seven Snaps: Crazy Cat Lady Edition! 9/15/12 - 9/28/12

Max!

I'm squeezing this double dose of Seven Snaps in between one trip (back to Boston for family visits) and the next trip (up to Washington State for an apple picking press tour). You may notice a slight... preponderance...of cats in this week's round-up. These things happen. Max is our favorite East Coast cat and he resides with some of our favorite East Coast pals, with whom we usually stay when we're back in Boston. He's also uncommonly photogenic.

Not much in the way of news happening. Copyedits on True Brews are in (thank goodness) and I just saw the first sample design. Wowzas. It's pretty magical to see the recipes and the photos and the design all come together. In my totally biased opinion, this book is going to be a looker. Pub date is set for March 14, 2013, FYI. Feels like still so far away, but I have a feeling it will be here before I even realize it.

And so without further ado, I give you some snazzy snaps for your Sunday browsing pleasure:

Morning coffee date with my main squeeze

What?

Beer-tasting notes!

And....GO!

Lunch in the park

Mushrooms, prepare to meet butter.

Scott's not digging the Virgin America party plane.

 

Ah, Boston.

Surveying the land

The Pru

I'm judging you.

Beignets at Highland Kitchen, what what!

Home again. Cat snuggles ensued.