My friends, there has been a recipe drought on Aarti Paarti. Aarti Paarti, a blog primarily geared toward the food lovers (which I suppose means that if you’re a food fighter, this isn’t the place for you. It really isn’t. Bren and I watched “Fried Green Tomatoes” last night, one of my favourite films, and [...]

Did you enjoy watching Jeff’s Chip Chenoweth? Isn’t he hilarious? Look for him in an upcoming Aarti Paarti!! I know you’ve been waiting with bated breath for a look at my new shoes (ha!). Thanks to Jeff to showing me his friend’s store, where not only do they watch you walk in order to figure [...]

I’m so excited! I’m off with my friend Jeff to get some new trainers! I mean, running shoes! When I get back, I’m going to show you what my present running shoes look like. They are… a fashion statement. Let’s just put it that way. New healthy me, I’m coming for ya! In the meantime, [...]

This weekend, Bren and I went on a breakfast date, something we used to do with much frequency in our previous well-heeled life. But since there is so much to celebrate, we decided to splurge a little! So we went to Tavern, the newest restaurant from James Beard Award winner, Suzanne Goin; it’s an ambitious [...]

I wish I had a massive timpani right next to me at all times, to add just a touch of drama to what I say when I need it. Because what I have to tell you requires an entire orchestra of timps to do it justice. So without further ado… drum roll please! Click here. [...]

Sometimes, it feels like the magic is gone in these spiffy, whizz-bang days of ours. But sometimes, if I stop and think about it, I realise the magic is still here. It just manifests in different ways. Take, for example, my friend, Miss McQueen (first name held back in case you don’t want the whole [...]

I’m sort of obsessed with Selda Bagcan at the moment, who I’d never heard of until this past weekend when I heard her music playing at a bar. Watch/listen to the video, and I think you’ll understand why… amazing! -x- aarti

Both Bren and I got the SAME psalm as our assigned reading this morning; pretty amazing considering we are doing different reading plans, AND that I’m so many months behind where I’m supposed to be that I’m now ahead. Does that make sense? I mean, I’ve been reading selections for April for the past two [...]