When I started this blog three and a half years ago there weren't a lot of food blogs around, unlike now! I had two options for a template...one with coffee (which I felt was too clichƒ© for a Seattle area blogger) and a watermelon. As you all know, I went with the watermelon. Now, I like watermelon, especially on a hot Summer day with a little salt sprinkled on it, but really, the watermelon was starting to get to me. Right around the time of my 3 year blog anniversary I started thinking I needed a change. Since I am computer illiterate and my husband, though a computer software guy is not a web designer, I decided that maybe I should hire someone. One of my regular reads in the food blogging world, Cannelle et Vanille had recently gotten a “face lift” on her blog and I was admiring it greatly. It wasn't what I wanted for me, but I felt it really captured the feel of her blog. Aran makes such beautiful and sophisticated baked goods and pastry and her new blog design … [Read more...]