Food and Drink
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Words of Wisdom
I went to see a lecture last night on Julia Child (before heading to the PJ Harvey show) and was reminded of how much I admired Julia’s attitude towards life. One of my favorite Julia quotes (I read her biography last year) is her recipe for a healthy and happy life, "Moderation in all things
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Yummy Weekend
Oh, what a delicious weekend. Oysterfest on Saturday, a duck club at Marshall Stack Saturday night, a pupusa, some ceviche, a taco and some grilled corn at the Red Hook ball fields on Sunday and then a dinner party Sunday night with mushroom fettucine and my first batch of ice cream in the new machine.
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It’s Still Summer in My Book
Labor Day may be gone, but I’m still not done with the beach. Not only did I stay out for the gorgeous weekend, but I stuck around to take advantage of the midweek night I had left. Although the weather didn’t cooperate, we made the most of it with a long walk (perfect for photos)
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Shrimp, Lobsters, and BLT’s
Ah, Labor Day weekend at the beach. This time, I was actually not staying in my usual digs, but rather down the block at Margarita Villas. Some of the folks back at the house took to calling us "the Others," a la Lost, but quite a few people stopped by to visit. We managed to
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Castles in the Sand
Well, although I didn’t participate other than by taking pictures and bringing (very strong) cocktails down to the beach, this weekend’s sand castle competition certainly managed to have an impact on me — that night I dreamed that a friend had bought a giant chocolate sand castle as a gift for another friend (he had
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Weekend Wrapup
I’m less than a week away from my triathlon, and I actually feel ready, for the most part. Was able to sneak in some good training this weekend, including a brick — a bike/run back to back — which wasn’t as bad as I thought it might be. Rob is back from London for a
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Ersters
Love ’em. Had these earlier this week at P.J. Clarke’s with several people who will not be named because they don’t want to be on the blog. They were okay, not great (although the company was fantastic), but I made up for it last night with some delicious malpeques at Pearl Oyster Bar with Rob
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And Much Lobster Was Had By All
Over the course of four days, we ate lobster rolls once, fried clams twice, and whole lobsters twice. We also made some kick-ass grilled salmon with corn salsa and shrimp tacos with grilled onions, guacamole, and chipotle crema. To balance it out, I swam across the lake and back once (1/2 mile), went on two
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The Trail of Tears
Slowly easing back into reality after a week’s vacation at the beach. Highlights included several outrageously delicious meals (grass-fed beef steaks, grilled veggies, gumbo, steak tartare, paella, shrimp tacos . . .), a handful of solid runs, some major beach naps, dogs in costumes (not sure I’ll be living that one down for a while)