June 2009

The Week in Bentos: June 23-26, 2009

June 27, 2009

We were running late on Tuesday, so I had to throw Wyatt’s lunch together in a hurry. He got a half banana, a dinner roll, a hot dog cut into strips and some catsup to dip it in. All he ate from this lunch was the bun.

Wednesday I sent peaches with sprinkles, turkey pepperoni, and [...]

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Project 365: Week 25

June 24, 2009

June 18, 2009: The big rose bush in our back yard is in full bloom. This photo only shows a tiny smidge of the plant. It’s gorgeous and it makes me regret not taking better care of it.

June 19, 2009: We got a preview of what Augie will look like 40 years from now while [...]

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Ichiban Kan Closing Its Online Store

June 24, 2009

For all you bento lovers out there, I just saw this article on the Ichiban Kan blog saying that they are shutting down their online presence. I am in no way affiliated with Ichiban Kan, but I’m saddened to hear that this will be happening as they are the only online source of bento boxes [...]

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Home Grown Lemon Bonanza!

June 22, 2009

One of the things I like best about living in the area I do are all of the fruit trees. In just our immediate vicinity, our neighbors’ yards have pear, plum, apple, apricot, and lemon trees and our next door neighbors’ kiwi vine grows over the fence into our driveway. Occasionally, we are the lucky [...]

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The Week in Bentos: June 13-19, 2009

June 19, 2009

Hi guys! I’ve got extra bentos for you this week because Wyatt and I went to the zoo with some friends on Saturday and we took our lunches along with us.

Here’s the lunch I packed for Wyatt. Look familiar? I am so bored of blueberries, salami and buns, but he loves them so there’s no [...]

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Project 365: Week 24

June 18, 2009

June 11, 2009: I went shopping at the new Berkeley Bowl. Berkeley Bowl is an institution in our area — well-known for their incredible, huge selection of produce and horrible parking. The new Bowl seems to have retained the good (check out the root vegetable section here!) and solved the parking problem with a larger [...]

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