Oh, hello. I’m Mo. I live in Brooklyn, NY and enjoy writing, cooking, reading, watercolor, and other pillars of eighteenth-century domesticity. I’m taking at least one photo every day of 2012. You can also find me on Twitter and my food blog, Apartment Dining. Ask me anything.Tumblr (3.0; @mocahill)http://blog.mocahill.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5_v7QrIW0zY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Ok, lip-dub proposal video. Even though you include two of the viral video trends I usually dislike, you have won me over. Break out the tissues. Charming levels are off the charts.</p> <p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/nerdist">nerdist</a>)</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/23796121058http://blog.mocahill.com/post/23796121058Sat, 26 May 2012 10:21:44 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z52zjjRD1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7185621874/" title="Solarium">Solarium</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>The most peaceful spot at Storm King.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22984420787http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22984420787Sun, 13 May 2012 14:37:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3z4wbqP6S1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7185632074/" title="Five Swords">Five Swords</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>I spent yesterday afternoon at <a href="http://www.stormking.org/">Storm King Art Center</a>. The weather was perfect for sculpture gardening. </p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22984164082http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22984164082Sun, 13 May 2012 14:33:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3m57cFFBD1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7149263237/" title="Day 121: Empty shoes">Day 121: Empty shoes</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>I forgot to take a photo almost every day for the past two weeks, but this one sums things up.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22529371066http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22529371066Sun, 06 May 2012 14:11:00 -0400photos365 projectshoes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m306lol2I91qz7gs7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m306lol2I91qz7gs7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anglobibliofile.tumblr.com/post/22316325477/noraleah-boys-selling-3-bacon-panini-in-park">anglobibliofile</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.noraleah.com/post/21736193401/boys-selling-3-bacon-panini-in-park-slope-its">noraleah</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Boys selling <a href="http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2012/04/lemonade-stand-season.html">$3 bacon panini</a> in Park Slope.</p> <p>It’s over everyone.</p> <p>Go home.</p> </blockquote> <p>This screams caption contest… Hipster grade schoolers selling panini in Park Slope, with mandolin:</p> </blockquote> <p>This sums up my neighborhood perfectly. </p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22350755420http://blog.mocahill.com/post/22350755420Thu, 03 May 2012 20:01:55 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2x02rTDRo1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kitchenarchive.com/2012/04/23/molasses-sugar-cookies/">My Grandma Cahill’s recipe for Molasses Sugar Cookies is on Kitchen Archive today.</a> I can eat a dozen of these in one sitting.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21647890005http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21647890005Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:01:17 -0400kitchen archivefoodphotos<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2welrFD9L1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7103413429/" title="Day 112: Cottage Apple Pudding Cake">Day 112: Cottage Apple Pudding Cake</a> on Flickr.</p><p>My Great-Great Grandmother McDonough’s recipe. </p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21597013710http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21597013710Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:37:02 -0400cottage apple pudding cakebakingkitchen archive365 project<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2vu7mu2Cs1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7095366299/" title="Day 110: No accidents!">Day 110: No accidents!</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21567457394http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21567457394Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:16:33 -0400365 projectbannerseagleflag<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2uvnokI3A1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/6949291428/" title="Day 109: Grapefruit addict">Day 109: Grapefruit addict</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21536647055http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21536647055Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:50:11 -0400grapefruit365 project<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2upmbtmhg1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7095360373/" title="Day 108: Bike lock">Day 108: Bike lock</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21528599108http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21528599108Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:39:46 -0400365 projectphotosbike lock<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2u16oBwtX1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7095357387/" title="Day 107: Central Park">Day 107: Central Park</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21495109487http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21495109487Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:51:59 -0400365 projectcentral parkphotostrees<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2s4fzuxeu1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Forget standard recipes with ingredient lists and dry instructions; old recipes written in poetic verse yield much tastier results. I found a recipe for spaghetti and meat sauce in my Grandma Cahill’s collection that was written as a rhyming poem. I followed the recipe on Sunday. <a href="http://kitchenarchive.com/2012/04/20/spaghetti-for-four-hungry-people/">See the results on Kitchen Archive. </a></p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21433480114http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21433480114Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:07:00 -0400kitchen archivefoodpoetry<a href="http://www.kitchenarchive.com">Introducing Kitchen Archive: Old recipes, new generation</a>: <p>Kitchen Archive is my new food blog devoted to old family recipes and recipes from my growing collection of community cookbooks. I promise lots of baked goods, recipes written in poetic verse, and some finds from my grandmothers’ recipe clippings (e.g. 1960s diet guides and retro food packaging).</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21270981089http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21270981089Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:26:42 -0400kitchen archivefood<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2kn73MxcS1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/6936844722/" title="Day 106: Lemon bars">Day 106: Lemon bars</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21207292311http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21207292311Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:11:26 -0400365 projectphotoslemon barsbaking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j7is23LY1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Vines<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j7is23LY1qaxcfbo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Checking the time<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j7is23LY1qaxcfbo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j7is23LY1qaxcfbo4_500.jpg"/><br/> Rocks!<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j7is23LY1qaxcfbo5_500.jpg"/><br/> Keeping it casual<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j7is23LY1qaxcfbo6_500.jpg"/><br/> Oh, hello. <br/><br/> <p>Yesterday was perfect for a trip to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. I dragged <a href="http://www.ramseyess.net">Ramsey</a> along so he could watch me take pictures of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/sets/72157629097635024/">flowers</a>.</p> <p>(Truth: He was happy to come along, but because we’re mature adults, we can’t do anything <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/sets/72157606737037191/">without</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/sets/72157623905288311/">turning</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/5382653160/in/photostream">it</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/4903541086/in/set-72157624625428707">into a bit</a>.)</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21156350502http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21156350502Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:35:00 -0400photosbrooklyn botanic gardenflowers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2hkqtvHHT1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/6931377638/" title="Yellow">Day 105: Yellow</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this afternoon.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21101906315http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21101906315Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:25:00 -0400brooklyn botanic gardenflowersphotosspringcherry blossoms<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2g8g364wB1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/6929337906/" title="Day 104: Cheese bubble at Grimaldi's">Day 104: Cheese bubble at Grimaldi’s</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Team lunch Friday: Grimaldi’s pizza in Brooklyn Bridge Park.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21062326088http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21062326088Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:02:00 -0400365 projectphotosgrimaldi'spizzafood<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2eeosq3Oq1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/7072630133/" title="Day 103: Night flowers">Day 103: Night flowers</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21006073249http://blog.mocahill.com/post/21006073249Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:22:03 -0400365 projectflowersnight365photosproject 365<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cibljdnh1qaxcfbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/electronomo/6923468390/" title="Day 102: Zombies">Day 102: Zombies</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Game night at work. </p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/20943723789http://blog.mocahill.com/post/20943723789Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:45:20 -0400zombies365 projectboard games365photosproject 365<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2biv01cJ51qzy4ewo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://slaughterhouse90210.tumblr.com/post/20902860775/i-once-thought-i-was-capable-of-murdering-him">slaughterhouse90210</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“I once thought I was capable of murdering him. Today I feel only a mild regret that we were not more civilized with each other at the time. Still, it was amazing, all those explosions, that recklessness, that Technicolor wreckage. Amazing and agonizing and almost lethal.”<br/><span>— Margaret Atwood, <em>Cat’s Eye</em></span></p> </blockquote> <p>Oh, Lilith. You were one of my role models as a young, introverted ice queen in training.</p>http://blog.mocahill.com/post/20934097186http://blog.mocahill.com/post/20934097186Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:27:00 -0400frasier