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5 October 2006
Well, this is not over yet.
It
finally rained on Friday night. The air has been deliciously clear ever since.
Fall is here. I wish I had a boyfriend.
Farmers’ market report:
shelling beans, chard, apples (Cox’s Orange Pippin), various peppers, and small orange chrysanthemums, and that’s
it.
I shelled and cooked the beans
tonight. Very delicious.
30 September 2008
Well, this is proving to be an interesting week, isn't it?
21 September 2008
Last day of summer. We had our first rain Friday night. It was more like a furtive drizzle, but it was the first real rain since
April or maybe March.
Farmer’s market report:
beef and marrow bones, zucchini, eggplant, various long red peppers (some hot, some not), parsley, tomatoes, yellow wax beans,
Romano beans, French Butter pears, apples (Belle de Boskoop), a small green melon, buffalo mozzarella, and scarlet gladiolas.
We had a little family dinner
to celebrate the end of summer. Pasta with a simple red sauce with tomatoes from
the garden; and then a spit-roasted roast beef larded with garlic and rosemary, a baked eggplant-pepper-tomato-and zucchini
dish (thin yet intense), the beans blanched and then warmed in garlic and oil, and a potato-fennel gratin; and then a tomato
salad with the buffalo mozzarella; and then a delightful apple pie. A 2004 Chateau
Montelena cabernet with the roast was nice enough. I pried the raw marrow from
the bones, roasted the bones and put them in the sauce, and used the marrow to make a roux to thicken and enrich the sauce. Waste not, want not.
And, what he said. It may be time to wrap this up or go on a hiatus.
15 September 2008
Farmers' market report: fresh Barhi dates, cherry tomatoes, Romano beans,
two kinds of corn, green garlic, and Bronx grapes.
Financial meltdown with this morning's full moon. Lehman and Merrill --
who's next? I am so glad we have spent last week worrying about lipstick on a pig.
12 September 2008
Well, maybe not so much.
But then again, it might be fine.
10 September 2008
Well, I was pleased to ascertain,
upon awakening this morning, that the world had not ended with the start-up of the Large Hadron Collider in the Helvetic Confederation,
but then I learned that the big experiments won’t begin until October 21, 2008.
Am I the only one that thinks
that being swallowed up by a black hole would not be the worst way for the world to end? How long could it take? 10-15 minutes?
Could be worse.
Quoi d’autre? I am going
to try to sell a few stamps I inherited from Steve long ago – trying to raise money for a down-payment. He also left me a number of comic books – I have no idea how to get them evaluated.
7 September 2008
Well, I got the rest I needed,
but that meant that I did not get the work done I had hoped. Oh, well.
Farmers’ market report:
two melons (Ambrosia and ananas(?)), dry-farmed Early Girl tomatoes, fresh Khadrawi dates, Muscat grapes, goat chops,
okra, and mauve dahlias.
Friday evening I spent at my
new favorite wine bar and met a nice microprocessor engineer (straight, of course). Saturday involved much puttering and a
nice little bike ride.
Sunday: a visit to the office,
a book-signing party across the Bay at the restaurant where I used to work. One of the chefs has a new cookbook
that has been getting great reviews. And then a visit to the wine bar (to introduce friends who would love it), and
then a graduation party (long story) at the home of a cousin. And then home for more
work.
5 September 2008
Still here. Frantically busy,
but in a good way. Moving ahead now on plans to move (into my own place).
That Sarah Palin: Bad feeling
about this election. Jeepers.
And is everyone else as sick of "Bansky" as I am?
1 September 2008
Moving right along. Only four full months to go of this year. Hard to believe.
Farmers’ market report:
prunes, peaches, beef, tomatoes, slim red peppers, strawberries, and gladiolas.
Friday evening I betook myself
to the wine bar (yet again!), where I made the acquaintance of a nice young woman from Chicago. We fell to talking and discovered
that we both were interested in food. Since she was planning to go to the farmers’
market in the morning, we decided to meet up there (at the Gandhi statue). Much
fun was had. We took her to all of our favorite vendors and then stopped at the
wine bar for a refreshing glass of sparkling red Lambrusco.
And then I came home and had
a nap.
El Rio was also quiet on Sunday,
but in a nice way. Lovely dinner with old friends. And today I puttered, watched anxiously for news about New Orleans, went to the gym for the first time
in ten days, and then worked until almost 10 p.m.
It’s going to be a good
month, no?
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