Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.

Tag: slice.of.life

  • Progress

    There’s a hole in our house where the new AC is going to be. Visible progress my friends, I will dare to hope that we will be able to sit in our living room without pouring sweat within the week.

  • Slow Cooking

    The past several weeks have been some of the hottest of the year, with temperatures frequently going over 100 °F. It’s during these times of extreme use that home climate control systems tend to simply give up, a fate that befell our air conditioning unit one week ago today.  Even the nights are in the…

  • Flowering Tea

    We had our friends Dan and Ashley over a while back, and they brought some amazing flowering tea. I had never seen anything like this before and I was quite impressed.

  • Snorkeling in La Jolla

    We’re in La Jolla right now, where thanks to the magic of smartphones and 3G I can share a few picture. I’ve never been snorkeling before, and it is incredible. Turns out the aquarium actually does make their environments look like the ocean. I doubt there’s a conspiracy theory about that, but if there were,…

  • Spaghetti with Lemon and Basil

  • Melted Spoon

  • Lake Perris Island Adventure

    Lake Perris Island Adventure

    Yesterday a bunch of us took a boat out on Lake Perris. Perhaps because it is still technically winter, there weren’t that many people there. We were able to take our picnic out to the island and have it all to ourselves. On the way back, we sent the first group of people back to…

  • Free Pancake Day at IHOP

    Free Pancake Day at IHOP

    We heard that IHOP was giving out free pancakes yesterday. Being grad students, a whole group of us went, got the free short stacks, and ordered little else. Delicious!