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Philadelphia Skyline: view from the South Street Bridge 2007
I have two assistants who love to curl up on the warm fabric when it comes out of the dryer.  Oliver and Niko are both rescued kitties.
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Oliver enjoying an afternoon nap.
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Niko loves his window seat.


Currently I am obsessed with fabrics!  I love baking, sewing, watching tv (Yes I watch TV and I freely, openly and proudly admit that I WATCH TV!!) and my pets! Someday, I hope to own a small house in the country where I can have chickens for fresh eggs.  Have you ever looked at a book of chicken breeds? They come in hundreds of breeds and colors and they are so gorgeous!  I also like goats and would like to have some of those too.  Until then, I live in in the Fishtown part of Philadelphia. 

I love to cook.  I collect cookbooks and will often spend hours looking through them to find interesting and challenging recipes.  I don't look for easy, cheap or simple.  I go for the recipes with ingredients I have never heard of, search the Italian Markets and Spanish grocery shops in South Philly, or the Polish Markets in Port Richmond, the Reading Terminal Market or even the many shops in Chinatown.  Then haul it all home to get to work.  This is often how I will spend Sunday, in the kitchen, making something good!

By the way, have you been to Di Bruno's or Claudio's in the Italian markets?  What are you waiting for - run, get your purse, grab your keys and GO NOW!!