Author Archives: allifer

A Very Woodchuck Gift Guide

Posted on December 10, 2011

For some of us scrabbling around in our mid-20s, gift giving is an art that doesn’t correspond to a lot of gift guides floating around out there (cuff links?!)  I thought that I’d slap one together that collects some of … Continue reading →

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Shedstory: part 1

Posted on December 4, 2011

So we’re building a shed. K. wasn’t working this week so we got a jump on this project in order to have it done before the snow falls.  Also, once you get married you have to build a shed together; … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday NNL and a party postmortem

Posted on November 13, 2011

Today is the birthday of a very special roommate. N. is 25, one step closer to being officially over the hill like me (26 and proud!) To celebrate, K. and I decided to throw a party at the last minute. … Continue reading →

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Cats and cookies

Posted on October 28, 2011

Different people have different superpowers.  Some people can find a four leaf clover every time they walk through a field.  Some people can do math in their head (probably with the aid of witchcraft.)  And I can make myself at … Continue reading →

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The hipster question

Posted on October 26, 2011

Every so often someone refers to me or the Woodchuck crew as “hipster.” The hipster aesthetic is an ever-changing thing, impossible to pin down (because once a style becomes established enough to recognize outside of the scene, it is no … Continue reading →

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The thing that made our wedding a success

Posted on October 21, 2011

…was the golf cart we’d rented for the week. Our wedding weekend was a largely DIY affair that owed most of its charm to several days of volunteer labor on behalf of the wedding party and various family and friends.  … Continue reading →

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Woodchuckfest veg*n chili

Posted on October 2, 2011

So last night we threw a party at the place for our wonderful Buffalo crew, the tribe of likeminded folks we’ve been lucky enough to find.  The occasion?  K. and I are getting married next Saturday.  Yeah, I’ve been a … Continue reading →

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Rose hip tea

Posted on September 7, 2011

So.  Those are the rose hips from the other day.  Most ended up in my freezer with the hops from the same Buffalo backyard, waiting until I feel like making jam with them, but I used a few to make … Continue reading →

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Tomato Jamstory

Posted on September 1, 2011

The story of this tomato jam will be short today.  In a last-ditch attempt to rest this wrist situation (hard to do when so much of life requires at least a small degree of use of the dominant hand) I … Continue reading →

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On the road again: words mostly

Posted on August 19, 2011

Yesterday J. and I briefly were in Canada – or to use our own dialect, we decided to anada.  Anada is a word we came up with in the customs line to describe the process of “going to Canada.”  There … Continue reading →

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