Last night for supper I made a classic meal – hot dogs and mac & cheese – with the slightly unusual additional sidedish of Italian-style broccoli – blanched and then sauteed in olive oil with lots of garlic and red pepper flakes. Well, and the dogs were “special” too – bacon dogs from 4505 meats. […]
Mark went for a walk and I ate vegetable leftovers for dinner, braises, I guess: Molly Wizenberg’s cabbage braised in cream and Splendid Table’s tumeric braised potatoes. We talked about staying in and watching movies on DVD or streamed – with dessert. With thoughts of all the frozen fruit I’ve got downstairs – peaches, blueberries, […]
While we were sitting eating this lasagna – prepared from the recipe on the Barilla no-cook lasagna noodles box – we were trying to remember what film fest movies we’d seen when. I’d written what we’d gone to in 2010 and 2009 and 2008 and even 2006, although that year, I just mentioned seeing I […]
I woke up with a sore throat and headache and decided to call in sick, and stay in bed. The staying felt great – I dozed and read with both cats holding me down. And I’m sure the cats loved it too – the heat was on even in the middle of the day, and […]
I’m really good about doing the laundry, but less so at folding & putting away. This morning I folded three baskets worth, and not only that, finally hand washed the sweater & skirt that have been waiting for me to do that since last spring. Good thing it’s still too cold for bare legs, so […]
I’m doing the food for a wedding in May – I think it’ll be a fun one. It’s going to be at a barn about 15 miles away, and the people getting married are trapeze artists – members of Madison’s aerial dance troupe, Cycropia. John is going to come to help and photograph, and I […]