Everyone knew someone from one the popular bands and almost inevitably from something related to a church youth group somehow? Everyone had a “Tim from Tripping Daisy” story.

My parents were convinced I was going to be shot every single time I went. I definitely got into shows I was clearly underage for. Everything was gross. It was great and I also miss it.

That makes more sense. Yes, the adjacency clears this up. I thought they were one of the bands that didn’t really escape Deep Ellum scene.

Ok, I’ll bite. You were not a teenager in DFW in the 90s, why do you have a Hagfish sticker?

One batch of banana bread for the boxes and one for us for the week and we’ll box ‘em up!

The Best Gingersnaps With two types of ginger, these cookies are complex and spicy, but mellowed by earthy sweet molasses and the graham-y whole wheat flour. The burn of raw ginger will mellow in the oven as the dough bak...

Next up are these impressively gingery ginger snaps that I’ve made enough to actually use a full bottle of molasses before expiration www.seriouseats.com/the-best-gin...

Best Chocolate Chip Cookies (Popular Recipe!) - Sally's Baking These ultra soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies have readers raving about the recipe. And the best part is you don't even need a mixer!

Rounding out the chocolate delegation with a classic chocolate chip. I wouldn’t usually do a new recipe for a gift but I have great faith in Sally. sallysbakingaddiction.com/chewy-chocol...

Next up was two boxes of Ghirardelli dark chocolate brownies because you’re not going to improve on that.

Strawberry Jam Bars With Cardamom Recipe These sandwich bars are a delightful mix of textures and flavors The preference here is a red fruit jam for its acidic pop, but you can go with any jam you have on hand The nuts give an additional cru...

Dough for this is first up cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...

I loved the concept of the 6 different cookies from one dough from a couple of years back. I made half of them, but this is the one I kept in the repertoire

Buckle up. It’s cookie box time.

Aspirational!

We are in peak “I know you’re busy, but…” season.

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The fact that the 90s is to our kids what the 50s was to me and my spouse is a continuous assault on the brain.

Me: “I have a plan to get up, get ready, make breakfast, do chores, leave house by 7:15” Second Child: “I constructed a Rube Goldberg machine to make it impossible to open my dresser drawers”

It’s 9:15 and my children are only mildly purple now. Happy K-Pop Demon Huntersween to all the other moms taking down a dragon braid on a sugar high kid right now.

Was that marker a washable marker? “Ugh, mom, ALL markers are washable”. Halloween 2025 may be full of lessons.

The Internet is haunted today and I’m going home.

The colors of the sky, hills, and plants in the Bay Area in October is positively unreal and every year I lament that I can’t take the whole month off to wander SF and hike in Big Sur.

You sent your niece a Decemberists poster for Christmas

Shoot, I’ve only seen one of you in person at a time so can’t rule it out.

Baby’s first “the math is broken”.

I got to field the first encounter last night of “MOM!! This problem has no end, it just keeps going”

Well that was a good jolt

My stars it’s like the back of the Observer in 1996

Modest Mouse was a different show same venue this summer. The Greek really stacked the nostalgia acts this summer, but we’re going to see Big Thief in a couple of weeks there.

We just saw the Pixies at the Greek a couple of weeks ago so definitely not judging.

Omg what decade is it?

Anyhow, have fun! That’s such a nostalgic marquee!

It was before Wes died, I’m thinking 1998 or so and I think the Curtain Club.