I am so excited to have purchased a new camera I have done nothing but take pictures all weekend long! Especially of this lovely lady: 
And of course I’ve been playing around with food pictures too:
The remains of truly amazing Peach Nectarine Pie 
Baby Cauliflower from the Farmer’s Market
The Guacamole Series.
And yes, I love making guacamole in my mortar and pestle. Kids especially love to make guacamole in this. You can get really terrific, inexpensive mortar and pestles at any large Asian grocery or restaurant supply store. Here in San Francisco I went to Kamei on Clement Street in the Richmond. I think that I paid about $25 for mine. I keep my guacamole simple—I like it to have a little bit of a rough texture, a squirt of lime juice and a couple of drops of Siracha,(chili garlic sauce) just to enliven it a bit.
