Archive for September, 2004

09/27/2004

  • susanne’s birthday week. yes, she got a full week. but only 2 carvel cakes.
  • lumiere. god i love this place. i think this is my third time here, and i haven’t had a bad experience yet. a great chef-owned bistro where you always see the chef working the pass, and his wife greeting you at the door. plus perfectly executed dishes. and the door handles are all over-sized spoons and there are scrabble tiles for the bathroom signs.
  • the new england mobile bookfair. this place is insane. and rows and rows of cookbooks.
  • the balthazar cookbook. our first attempt to cook out of it was a success. although we could have done without the ton of butter in the recipe. i think i’ve had my fill of butter for the month.
  • the garden state soundtrack. a really good soundtrack for a rainy day or a depressed college kid.
  • the huron village street fair. featuring food, music,and pet-owner lookalike contest, and pony rides!
  • what’s better than toll house cookies? this is one of my first memories cooking with my mom as a little kid. and yes i got to lick the bowl.
  • the sox taking 2 of 3 from the yanks. bring on the playoffs!
  • US Weekly. the gift that keeps on giving. it’s just pure trashy reading, which is why it’s so good.
  • friday’s mexican fiesta. grilled fish and grilled chicken tacos, grilled caramelized onion and monterrey jack quesadillas, grilled avacado, grilled corn, and tomato salad, and black beans and rice with cilantro pesto. and we’ve been eating the leftovers all weekend. not that i mind.
  • the brady brady brady weekend on tvland. i could have sat and watched all 48 hours of it. ok, i probably watched a couple of hours of it. they’re just as good as ever.
  • uh oh, i think we got sucked into another season of the bachelor
  • so you wanna be a rock and roll star. wow, being a rock star sure sounds sucky.
  • great chefs of the world. before the food network ever existed, this was the cooking show that i loved to watch. no fancy-smancy production or annoying hosts. just really talented chefs showing how to make a dish.

09/20/2004

  • holy crap, where the hell did the fall come from?
  • speaking of falling, we still believe, um, i think.
  • this week is the birthday of a very special some one. and yes, she likes to celebrate it for an entire week. and spend the majority of it eating frites and carvel cake. and it’s thursday, so don’t foget to wish her a happy birthday.
  • i installed a digital programmable thermostat last week. and it worked on the first try. so now before we wake up in the morning the heat will jakc up to about 97 degrees and then go down to 42 during the day.
  • madden 2005
  • brunch at the nightingale
  • yeah, i know i haven’t taken new pictures in a while. maybe this week.
  • i found a book of my essays from 5th grade at home. i wrote that the person i’d most want to have dinner with was larry bird. i think if i wrote that essay today, the answer would be the same.
  • we watched the series premier of jack & bobby last night. it seems promising. we’ll see what happens.
  • the thrills, let’s bottle bohemia
  • boston globe magazine’s 54 best dishes. i haven’t counted how many of them i’ve had yet, but it’s probably more than a few.
  • i’m very happy that arrested development won the emmy for best comedy. now maybe it’ll last one more season