2008 Archives
Everything’s More Fun with Suz…Even Shopping
Just in case we forgot, winter is coming. It was easy to be lulled into complacency given 75-degree days earlier this week. And then yesterday…snow. And today…a high of 34 degrees. Alrighty then. Thursday, when it was still warm outside, I actually spent a good part of the day baking. I’m not really much of…
Politically Correct Beef Burgundy
Hey friends, how’s it going? I’ve actually had a couple of kind inquiries about my health due to my two-week bloggy absence – rest assured, everything’s fine here, in fact great. My excuse? Um…total and complete obsession with the presidential election. I confess, I got bit hard by the political bug this cycle. I just…
Moderately Organized
Do you plan your meals for the week? I sort of do – all things in moderation, you know, including being organized – but am always quite glad when I consistently pull it off. I have a couple of basic, pre-typed grocery lists on Word, organized by food category and store lay-out (I shop primarily…
Tequila for the Halibut
Well, it was all downhill from there… I lost last week to a nasty cold and cough, but I’m back in fighting form this week. Whew. Despite feeling under the weather I enjoyed a couple of good meals, at week’s end, starting on Friday night with Debbie and Stu The Wine Genius Williams and Rudy…
YUMmy Payback
Out and about, despite my stupid-Madison cold (cough, cough) and pouring rain. Lunch today at YUM! Bakery with Polly, soooo tasty. Chicken soup for the throat and the soul. With a couple of matzo balls to boot, as well as a split of coconut cake and a cup of hot tea. Oooh, all so YUMmy…
C-A-M-I, Mich, and Bucky: Happy New Year!
On Wisconsin! Or, not so much, since I’ve been back for a week already, and the Badgers are 0-3 in the Big Ten as of last night. Ouch. But no matter, the real reason for last weekend’s trip was to get together with my long-time friends Cami and Michelle, and the three of us had…
Party Central is Now Closed
Ah, the parties are over. In the last week, we’ve entertained almost 100 people (30 on Tuesday, 70 on Saturday), and I have to say, it all went off without a hitch. Whew! And both were really…FUN, which is the point of course. Reconnected with old friends, met a lot of new ones, ate good…
Crunchy in a Bad Way
Hey man (my favorite Cooper greeting). Craziness out there these days, I won’t pretend I’m not glued to the web (radio, TV) like everyone else. It’s a wild ride, and more than a bit unsettling – perfect times for making a little dinner (waaaay cheaper than eating out, for one, and healthier and more comforting…
Girls, girls, girls
Had to snap a pic today of one of my favorite appetizers. Crusty bread, topped with a smear of hand-dipped ricotta cheese from Whole Foods (the stuff should be illegal, it’s that good) and roasted tomatoes (which I didn’t make myself, although they’re easy enough; these I also picked up at Whole Foods, in the…
Iron Girl does Wagner’s
Wow, what a gorgeous week, huh? Lurve this time of year, despite every sunny, warm day depressingly feeling like the last. Ugh. Well, there will be plenty of days to suffer actual melancholy of the chill – a day as hot, in fact sticky, as today is not one of them. Nathan and I opened…