This weekend was really a return to the Astoria salad days, when I would spend the day toddling from one fascinating grocery store to another, and then spend hours cooking dinner.
Category: Food
A good day
As you might have noted from the constant references to the KC and the Rover, I haven't been getting out of my neighborhood much. Which is a great testament to Astoria, but I was going a little stir-crazy when Tal called on Saturday to urge me to go to the barbecue in Flushing Meadows.
News from a country mouse
"...lunch at applebee's which surprised me by being good... who knew? or am i really turning into country mouse, satisfied with barley? shoot me...!"
City Mouse, Country Mouse 2
Unless you are magically, cosmically, soulfully connected with your fellow travelers, just wandering around will very quickly wear everyone's patience thin...
Hang on to your seats
I'm serializing this CMCM story.
City Mouse, Country Mouse, part I
Last week, before the Froog died, I was in Seattle, or really, Duvall, Wa. My little brother lives there, teaching at the Wilderness Awareness School.
RIP, Froog!
Shrimp dip
She tells me how her crusty old aunt is at the shower, talking to her mom about things maternal.
Catching Up
I've been busy traveling, and am just about to head off for a couple more trips, so briefly, my life in food for the past couple of weeks: