Tuesday, January 27, 2009

my home.

this is where the "magic" happens:
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i wish i had more counter space, as most of that extra room down by the fridge is now occupied by cookbooks and various appliances, like our toaster and our juicer, as well as a cutting board, etc. we have now hung on the wall under the cupboard a rack to hang my cooking utensils on, and installed lights over the sink so dan can do dishes in the evenings, because he is my hero.
all in all, not too shabby for a brooklyn kitchen. (we can even see the empire state building from the window by the sink.)

this is where i should serve dinner:
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but rarely do, because as you can see, it is not a very delightful room. it is the middle room in the apartmment, so there is no natural light.
i have just recently hung a pakistani quilt my mother-in-law gave me for christmas on the wall behind the table, and it looks beautiful there, but we still have some work to do before it becomes the dining room of my dreams. and i don't think it'll happen while we are living here.

so, this is where i usually serve meals:
(and by serve, i mean unpack the bags of chinese food we delivered.)
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(pictures taken at different times, in case you're curious about the varied decorations.)

and we eat on the coffee table...
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...while watching a movie on our new tv.
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and sometimes, dan is lucky enough to come home to this:
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(with morningstar farms burgers on his plate, and turkey burgers on mine.)


it's small, but it's ours.

5 comments:

  1. Yeah! Marie! You are joining the ranks of the domestic goddesses!

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  2. Dude, my boyfriend and I both love MorningStar burgers, and neither of us are even veg-heads!

    Thanks for the kudos on my blog. You are the sweetest! I'm glad you loved the cupcakes. And I know you will rock out with those biscuits. They're really good! ;)

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  3. I think the next time I get to come out there I'll test out my soon to be killer gastronomy skills all up in your faces.

    I'll start thinking about what to make right now.

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  4. Yumm morningstar...I had a veggie burger for dinner last night. Your apartment is so cute!! I always thought NY apartments were so much smaller??

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  5. they are much smaller. we are super super lucky to have the entire top floor of a brownstone building. it's amazing. we also have a huge bedroom and a small office off of that.
    i love our home.

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