• Home
  • People
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
  • Blog
Menu

Sunday Routine

how we find peace, order, and enjoy our lives. on the weekends.
  • Home
  • People
  • Contact
  • Subscribe
  • Blog
×
rachel-reading.jpg

Rachel Lauginiger

Cass Daubenspeck January 12, 2014

Who are you? What do you do for a living? 

Rachel Lauginiger. I work as a private chef. You can find me at Kitchen Surfing under the title "Butcher, Baker, Cassoulet Maker."

DSC_3410.JPG
street.jpg

Sunday Duties

Sundays, like most other days, involve at least a bit of frenzied work. I cook Sunday morning for a couple in Murray Hill. In the past this worked out well, since my husband is usually DJing Saturday night, and will sleep late. Sunday is my reset day for the week. I need to make sure my regular clients have approved the menus I sent them, and then I make my grocery and prep lists. It always feels a bit like finishing homework before going back to school.

IMG_0651.jpg

Waking Up

On Sunday I'm waking up in our little subterranean apartment, and lately, always hoping to see snow blanketing the front of the brownstone. I just got my wish this week!

Breakfast Junkie

First thing I'll do is sneak out of bed so as not to wake Duane, who has typically been up all night. Usually I just shower and head out the door. I am a breakfast junkie, and get very grumpy if I am not fed and drinking coffee in a short amount of time. But on mornings when I have to work early, it's just easier to deal with it in the outside world. There is a decent coffee shop on the way to the subway where I'll get a black coffee and the first of sometimes many breakfast items.

DSC_3453.JPG
coffee2.jpg

All of It

I love breakfast foods. I really love it all. So, breakfast usually depends on whatever we have in the house that day. Yogurt and granola, oatmeal with prunes and cream, homemade bread with cherry jam, eggs any possible way. Everything from scratchbread. There is a good bagel place by the couple I cook for, so I will usually pick up breakfast item #2, to share with Duane when I get home, plus the New York Times, my favorite bit of a Sunday. It still always feels like a luxury to me. Once I get home, Duane is usually up and we will make juice and I'll have more coffee or tea.

IMG_0649.jpg

Musicians for Dinner

Whether or not I have company on Sunday is different every week. I have been so busy the past two months, it's hard to remember any sort of routine. If people aren't over to play music, it is generally a quiet Sunday. I'll read the paper and finalize menus with clients over email. I have to catch up on all the work I ignored Saturday. I think having more people over for late Sunday lunches will be my goal once January is over and I can think again.

IMG_0642.JPG
rachel-duane.jpg

Time for The Times

The Sunday New York Times is a weekend-only ritual. I have been complaining about a lot of the writing in the Times for about two years, but I just have to read it. There is only on place in our neighborhood that I know sells it, a tiny little deli that is so hectic. For some reason it always feels like there is a fight about to break out.

Saturdays are a little but more ritualistic, because that is when the Fort Greene farmer's market happens, as well as the Brooklyn Flea, in the warm months, anyway. So, Saturdays usually involve a nice walk through Clinton Hill, marveling at all the old mansions.

Weekday vs. Weekend

Typically, I would say that there isn't any difference except the radio programs. The work I do on a Sunday and a Thursday could be interchangeable. It just depends on what I've picked up that day. I will say that being out in the world on a weekend can help me slow down a bit, even if I am working. Sundays especially, when it feels like the whole city is a little slothful, I allow myself to relax, to hustle a little bit less.

chicken1.jpg
DSC_3460.JPG
DSC_3510.JPG
DSC_3458.JPG

Ideal Weekender

In a few months the ideal "end to a weekend" will definitely involve being in the backyard. Working in the garden, having a nice dinner, and reading until the sun goes down. There is so much work out there that I am eager to do. Now that we are entering the depths of winter, though, I am happy to stay indoors and laze around my apartment. If I can watch an old movie, cook lots of vegetables with Duane, and do the crossword puzzle, it has been a wonderful Sunday.

sunday-dinner-main.jpg
Tags brooklyn, rachel lauginiger, bed stuy, sunday routine, new york times, supper
Comment
Blog RSS
instagram Block
This is an example. To display your Instagram posts, double-click here to add an account or select an existing connected account. Learn more
Porta
Porta

Praesent id libero id metus varius consectetur ac eget diam. Nulla felis nunc, consequat laoreet lacus id.

Etiam Ultricies
Etiam Ultricies

Donec id justo non metus auctor commodo ut quis enim. Mauris fringilla dolor vel condimentum imperdiet.

Vulputate Commodo Ligula
Vulputate Commodo Ligula

Commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.

Elit Condimentum
Elit Condimentum

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper.

Aenean eu leo Quam
Aenean eu leo Quam

Quisque iaculis facilisis lacinia. Mauris euismod pellentesque tellus sit amet mollis.

Cursus Amet
Cursus Amet

Sed purus sem, scelerisque ac rhoncus eget, porttitor nec odio. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Pellentesque Risus Ridiculus
Pellentesque Risus Ridiculus

Vivamus pellentesque vitae neque at vestibulum. Donec efficitur mollis dui vel pharetra.

Porta
Porta

Praesent id libero id metus varius consectetur ac eget diam. Nulla felis nunc, consequat laoreet lacus id.

Etiam Ultricies
Etiam Ultricies

Donec id justo non metus auctor commodo ut quis enim. Mauris fringilla dolor vel condimentum imperdiet.

Vulputate Commodo Ligula
Vulputate Commodo Ligula

Commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl consectetur et. Donec id elit non mi porta gravida at eget metus.

Elit Condimentum
Elit Condimentum

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vestibulum id ligula porta felis euismod semper.

Aenean eu leo Quam
Aenean eu leo Quam

Quisque iaculis facilisis lacinia. Mauris euismod pellentesque tellus sit amet mollis.

Subscribe

Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates.

We respect your privacy.

Thank you!
  • Sunday Routine
    Hannah Kirshner http://t.co/MhBu1MywF0
    about 4 years ago
  • Sunday Routine
    RT @leonnyc: Sleep is just a transportation device to coffee and breakfast.
    about 4 years ago
  • Sunday Routine
    "I arrive with my camera and a light heart."@fiercelycurious on meeting her artists & makers. http://t.co/bEuOeo4gGP http://t.co/ii0lJNCEwf
    about 4 years ago

More on Sunday Routine

Chioke Nassor, tv writer/director

Chioke Nassor, tv writer/director

Rachel Lauginiger: Butcher, Baker, Cassoulet Maker

Rachel Lauginiger: Butcher, Baker, Cassoulet Maker

sunday-dinner-main.jpg
Tom Mylan, head butcher at The Meat Hook

Tom Mylan, head butcher at The Meat Hook

Emily Gould, author of And the Heart Says Whatever

Emily Gould, author of And the Heart Says Whatever

Tao Lin, author of Taipei, at home

Tao Lin, author of Taipei, at home

Melissa Gorman, co-owner of Ft. Green restaurant, Martha

Melissa Gorman, co-owner of Ft. Green restaurant, Martha

Atossa Abrahamian, journalist

Atossa Abrahamian, journalist

Jim and Julie Babb, owners of Awkward Hug

Jim and Julie Babb, owners of Awkward Hug

Jeff Laub, bartender/barber

Jeff Laub, bartender/barber

Adina Grigore, CEO of beauty line SW Basics

Adina Grigore, CEO of beauty line SW Basics

Screen shot 2013-10-06 at 7.02.13 AM.png

hellosundayroutine@gmail.com  |