January 26, 2004 at 8:00 am
- a phone call from chris bianco
- our fascination with blood oranges. and we found blood orange juice at trader joes’s.
- dinner at the bar at chez henri
- dinner with gordon at karen at franklin cafe. and drinks at delux. my old stomping grounds. and back to back weekends at delux.
- dinner rush
- another batch of artichoke and ricotta ravioli
- i got a new pizza stone. but i haven’t used it yet. maybe this weekend.
- discovery of the weekend: jerusalem artichokes
- super size me. i have to see this
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January 19, 2004 at 8:00 am
- hudson hine carpenter
- no, he’s not mine, dummy.
- the pats are AFC champs again. h-town, here we come!
- star hill dairy buffalo mozzarella
- it took me exactly 1.2 episodes to hate this season’s cast of the real world
- haveing a weekend with nothing to do.
- on thursday morning last week, my car thermometer read “-9″.
- i’d love a new notebook computer, thanks.
- we signed up for a cheese class at formaggio
- we’re finally catching up on our tivo watching
- after about 4 years and countless pizzas, my pizza stone broke. now i can finally get a new one!
- like everyone else, i just read The Da Vinci Code
- i can’t decide which band i hate the most now. it used to be creed, but now it’s a toss-up between 3 doors down, nickelback, and evanescence. i mean, they’re all just terrible, but which sucks the most?
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January 12, 2004 at 8:00 am
- the saxe wedding.
- the phoenix weather. sunny, mid-70’s, perfectly clear. i could get used to that.
- our rental ford escape. a surprisingly nice ride.
- getting to wear my tux again.
- is it really possible that we went the entire weekend in phoenix without a single trip to baja fresh? although we did go to ajo al’s and los olivos norte
- the babay watch continues. it was nice of the baby to wait until we got back from phoenix.
- getting pats game updates during the wedding.
- pane bianco. ok, i know it’s still early january, but we had the sandwiches of the year already. i mean, really unbelieveable. housemade mozzarrella, tomato and basil, and tuna with kalamata olives, red onion, lemon, and arugula. but the bread is what makes them incredible. up there with the pizza bianca from Forno in the campo di fiori in rome. i really can’t say enough about them.
- did i mention that we went back 2 days in a row to get the sandwiches. and bought one for the plan ride home. and then forgot the sandwich in hotel fridge on our way to the airport and considered driving the 20 minutes back to the hotel to get it. seriously.
- note to the organizers of the phoenix marathon. the airport is not a good place to have the marathon thereby closing off every road within a 10 mile radius of it..
- we’re in phoenix for all of an hour before we find one of the best grocery stores we’ve ever seen.
- bringing down the house. such an incredible story.
- i saw joanna kerns, the mom from growing pains, in front of me in the security line in phoenix. i don’t think anyone else recognized her though.
- our impromptu dinner with kirstin and lucas at dok bua
- the mysterious buried treasure of Oak Island
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January 5, 2004 at 8:00 am
- the third consecutive 3 day work week.
- new years dinner at oleana
- being the stay-at-home wife on friday.
- it’s official. we’re old and subrban. the latest evidence: being at Target at 9:00pm on friday buying me a new nosehair trimmer.
- udupi bhavan
- the best ravioli we’ve ever made. artichoke, ricotta, and parmesan with olive oil, parsley, grated parmesan, and lemon zest.
- trying to recreate the shrimp, tomato, and arugula pizza that we had in positano
- not leaving the house on new years day.
- arrested development. my favorite new show on tv.
- “she’s a dark area. with points”
- introducing harriet and dickie to russo’s and formaggio
- the hogen/carpenter baby countdown continues.
- the Gap really hates us. i think about 38 pairs of jeans have been bought and returned in the past month.
- the search for a new suit is on!
- i now have 6 years of top ten archives. that’s nuts
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