I’m celebrating the turn of the new year with a photo project. I will be taking (at least) one photo a day, every day for the next year.
I’m planning on doing a weekly round-up here on caitlinchilds.com, but I’m kicking the challenge off with my photo from today.
Sara Sanger of The New Trust, performing at the Phoenix Theater, 01/01/2010
Mike and I went to the Winchester Mystery House yesterday (henceforth called the Winchester House because calling it mysterious is stupid) and had a great time sneaking what photos we could! We tried not to go in with too many expectations, and since neither of us were expecting to tour a house filled with ghosts and spooky noises, I think we enjoyed it a lot more than the yelp reviewers. The house itself was actually smaller than I had imagined, most of the rooms are really quite small, and while it’s not as “mysterious” as hyped, it’s still a great old building with some very cool architectural details. Worth visiting if you’re into Victorian architecture or kitschy tourist activities (which I SO am!).
The most epic advertisement ever: A resolute man, armed with one of these Rifles, particularly if on horseback, CANNOT BE CAPTURED.
The Winchester House
Unused Tiffany Glass Windows
Spiderweb Glass Window with 13 Jewels
Way back in October, Rigel, Spencer and I took Akasha to a Pumpkin Patch to pick out our Halloween pumpkins. Being a whole year older than our last visit, Akasha was much more involved in the choosing of pumpkins.
Rigel and Akasha
Akasha Found her Pumpkin!
It’s been a little over a month and a half since my coworker Jason came into work and shot himself. I’m still really mad at him, and I still have random flashbacks to those intense moments. I know I will never forget that day, and I don’t know if I will ever be able to forgive Jason, or even think kindly of him, but what I can do is remember one of the things we did bond over and that is scones. Jason was a great scone baker and I loved talking to him about the delicious scones he brought in from time to time. The recipe is below.
Ingredients:
3 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 sticks cold, unsalted butter
1 cup buttermilk
grated zest from one orange
1 cup dried cranberries
parchment paper
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 425º F
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda & salt in a large bowl and mix thoroughly. Add butter and work with pastry blender until mixture resembles rough cornmeal. Add zest, cranberries, and buttermilk, stirring just until liquid is distributed (do not over-mix!)
Make a ball out of your dough and place it onto a lightly floured surface. Press dough down in a rough circle about 1/2″ high. Cut into triangular pieces and place them onto your parchment paper covered cookie sheet. Brush with melted butter.
Bake at 425º for 10-12 minutes.
As anyone who took AP US History from Mr. Cortopassi can attest: Alexander Hamilton was a snake and the Federalists can be blamed for almost everything.
Mr. Cortopassi is my favorite teacher of all time, and it is in his honor that I am posting this epic video of playwright/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda’s performance at the White House’s Evening of Poetry of the first song off his forthcoming rap album “The Hamilton Mixtape.” Yes, that’s right, he’s writing an entire hip-hop album about Alexander Hamilton. Evidently along with being a money-hungry federalist snake, Hamilton was an OG.
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