Thom scrubbing the windshield on the way to vegetarian dim sum.
Me watching Thom work (that's what I do best).
Tung at veggie dim sum. In Hannah's glasses - but don't they look good on him?

today's menu

for this evening's party we've got a lot going on...

hor d'eouvres:
foccacia (from the greenmarket)
endive spoons with blue cheese, walnuts and cranberries
phyllo cups with brie and pear
mushroom pierogi
mushroom agnolotti dipped in mushroom parmesean sauce (from fairway)
artichoke bruschetta
caponitina bruschetta

dinner:
sweet potato bisque with sour cream (trader joes)
my famous couscous lentil salad
orecchiette with broccoli rabe, tomatoes and "sausage"
sweet and sour pumpkin and acorn squash
pumpkin pie with whipcream and thom's version of a vegan russian

we'll see if everything actually gets made. there's usually at least one disaster. documentation to follow...

a talent I wish I had

It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw
up.The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of
it’s mouth.Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the
stomach’s contents and then swallows the stomach back down again.

Stuff you didn't know

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don't hate me

it's awesome. Thanks Hav.

seriously?

juicy crittoure

so simple

via i believe in advertising

that purple one looks a bit like Jasper

for when we win the lottery (my that list is getting long)

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yum

Borough Ice Cream

via Brooklyn Bride

it all started with the habanero tequila...

now on to the vodka!

the weirdest things happen in Tampa:

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the “loser,” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.

I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.

Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.

When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3×5 card reading, “Please use this M&M for breeding purposes.”

This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this “grant money.” I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.

There can be only one.

you can pretty much guarantee there will be a picture of Thom doing this.

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today might be better than christmas

In honor of World Bread Day a picture of my absolute favorite - Olive Bread. Crusty, chewy and salty. Yum.

some people spend their time far better than i do

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New melamine bowls add some more color

adventures in jelly making

I have Miss Haverly Damon to thank for my love of hot red pepper jelly. When I came across an all natural hot pepper jelly recipe I knew I had to try it.

Thom and I went to the greenmarket in Grand Army Plaza Saturday morning to get the ingredients. The guy didn't want to sell me the peppers. He kept saying "they're awfully hot." And I said - "I know! That's what I want them!"







Straining away...


The finished product.

You have to eat it with cream cheese!

It was a crazy process and there were a few incidents of flying apple mush (it's hard to get that cheesecloth secured). But it tastes pretty darn good. This was just a trial run so I'm sure there's more jelly-ing in the future. Next time with more chili peppers.

Jackie and Matt joined us for dinner Saturday night. We made a delicious dinner with some creamy spaghetti - sure to become a dinner staple. I don't have any pictures of our dinner - we were a little hungry and got to it before I could take a picture.

And Thom made delicious after dinner drinks with coffee-flavored Silk. Yum.

black kids

love 'em

via cool hunting

some people are weird

bookcase bed

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if you really, really loved me

pretty please

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fantasizing about the next vacation

Cierre de Campana
Edna y el azul de un mar


earth album - a great source of inspiration.

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martha would not be proud

Val made caramel apples which ended up sticking to just about everything. Even the mustard in the fridge...And they were just about impossible to get off the plate so we could eat them. Thom had to pry them off with a knife. But we prevailed! And they were quite tasty.

a little gross to me

but a big part of the reason why Thom drives 6 1/2 hours to Provincetown.

i forgot one

Thom and Jasper running around on the beach. The next day a woman we ran into remembered them from the beach. Impossible to forget.

late afternoon drinks

Jasper makes a friend

The Ptown Greenmarket

Pincushion flowers - so cool!

at the beach for sunset

p-town!

Dancing the afternoon away.
Thom being indecisive while ordering.
Yup they're adults.
We're in Provincetown this weekend getting our last bit of Summer on. And it's like 80 degrees so it's easy to pretend it's really June. Eeek! We're getting married in exactly 6 months!

I've seen this posted a couple of times - by DesignMilk and Design*Sponge.

And the chandelier is nice and all. But I really want one of the pup.

kinda makes me wish we had been there.

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Dove Onslaught

Not exactly what I do all day. But still this is some pretty cool advertising.

gorgeous. i want.

via More Ways To Waste Time

soaking up the sun

What I'd rather be doing than working...