Planting the vegetable garden
Today the Nosy Parker family planted our vegetable garden. My cousin and his awesome wife built us this gorgeous, huge raised planter box last year so we could grow our […]
The first plums from our tree!
Today we finally picked the first ripe plums from our backyard tree and they were sweet, juicy and wonderful! Remember when we were all excited that the blossoms had just […]
Top 5 in Venice, Italy
Today’s post is dedicated to friends with the incredible fortune of traveling to Venice, Italy this summer. The Nosy Parker family has spent a lot of time in Venice — […]
Maui salad, sort of
Today we recreated one of our favorite big meal salads from the best salad place ever: Mixt Greens. When I worked in San Francisco, I loved racing across downtown for […]
Fish tacos & a visiting friend
Today the Nosy Parker family enjoyed fish tacos with a visiting friend. We hadn’t seen Sandy since we moved away from Santa Cruz. It was wonderful to see her again, especially […]
The return of summer produce
Corn on the cob is back! It was tonight’s dinner and it’s a favorite in the Nosy Parker family. We went crazy for it last summer. Between the corn and […]
First cherries of the season
Today’s #OneGoodThing was this beautiful bowl of cherries — the first of the season! Summer fruits are my absolute favorite healthy food. These cherries were sweet and delicious — and on […]
Bobbie and her Mandelbrot
The Nosy Parker family enjoyed lunch with our wonderful friends Bonnie and her mom Bobbie today. We absolutely love these two! It had been a while since we’d seen them; […]
Laughing with Jenny
Our friend Jenny came to visit us today! We hadn’t seen her since before we’d moved and it was wonderful to catch up on life together. As you can see, […]
Our two favorite veggies
Tonight the Nosy Parker family was wiped out and decided to stick with an easy dinner featuring our two favorite veggies! We’ve been obsessed with sautéed broccoli lately and can’t seem to […]
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