Michelle’s Epic Tamales...

Michelle’s (and now your’s) EPIC TAMALES Serves 10 Here’s a variation of a recipe that’s been in my family for a long time. I’ve definitely changed it to my liking. You do the same to make it your own! Ingredients: Bag of corn husks 3 lbs beef brisket 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups Masa Harina (fine corn flour) 2 TBS melted butter 5 cups water divided 1 cup milk 4 TBS canola oil 2 cups enchilada or red chili sauce (Las Palmas is the best!) 1 bay leaf Kosher salt Directions: In a medium braising pot, simmer beef in 2 tablespoons of...

Hair Bender...

One of the top coffees I recommend you try before you die is Stumptown’s blend called the Hair Bender. My first brush with this beautiful blend was when my husband gave me the Hair Bender for my birthday (I think it was!). The coffee came in this beautiful Anniversary jar. What fancy packaging! But then came the true test .. my first cupping. I was totally impressed with this Latin American, East African, and Indonesian blend. Here is Stumptown’s own write-up on the Bender: Our Hair Bender Blend features fully washed coffee as its backbone and can have five...

Reality v Dream...

Here is my dream: A Cortadito or two from Liberty Market. And here is my reality: Mounds of laundry from my house. Many responsibilities take precedence today. Enough...

Fundraising Idea 1.3 – The Audienc...

So this will be a brief post, but I wanted to sort of dive deeper into the audience interaction part of the dinner theater (please see previous posts to catch up!). I mentioned how every audience member receives a character name and their character is somehow connected with the major players of the play. (Hope I’m making sense here.) It can be extremely successful including audience participation for this event, however, not at the expense of their dignity! What I’m saying is that you want to have a little interaction with audience members and major characters...

Bleh!...

I think I’ll post my final thoughts on the ‘dinner theater’ fundraising stuff tomorrow. It’s Sunday and my mind is everywhere but here! In the meantime, you can check out this website for some Do It Yourself fundraising ideas. And here is their latest newsletter. (By the way, their site design is horrible.. just a warning, but there are some legit ideas there!!) Until...