I'm sick, sick, sick. Can barely talk. Nonetheless I was all over creation today, acquiring stuff for the room (where, at work, we host the kid clients). Got a big plush pillow and fleece, plus a 2nd DDR mat and a 2nd GH guitar... can't find the second mat that I know I used to have, plus somehow I've lost the controller for the wireless #2 guitar, which I can find, but which is useless without the controller. And I got a cute rug for the Lego area, only $7.99!
Also I picked up pencils, cards, etc., for the homework boxes, since on the first day everybody wanted to go play during the homework period -- and that would have been pretty disruptive for the kids who were still working on homework. Got some =quiet= puzzles for the homework boxes, too.
Now I just have to tackle the resistance that I encountered from one of the other grown-ups in the room. *sigh*
Friday, October 15, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Glass Fest
http://seaglassjournal.com/festival_nasga/slideshow2010.htm
From the journal and the link above, here are a few pictures from the festival. Sign up for the journal!
There was a guy there, not pictured, who said he had no website (yet). He makes tables with sea-glass mosaic tops. They were lovely, utilitarian, and sturdy.
The mosaic artist pictured had some incredible stuff there. The guy holding the T-shirt didn't have any for sale on Saturday, so I nabbed his business card.
NY
Spent Saturday evening till this morning in New York State (just outside NYC, actually). A good friend was celebrating his marriage, and he held a big party to which all of his family (plus most of mine) was invited.
We all grew up on the same block in Flint, Michigan. We gathered from Massachusetts, Oregon, Utah, Minnesota, and Indiana -- not a one of us still lives in Michigan.
It was 75 degrees in NY!
Friday, October 8, 2010
Cape Cod
Vic and I are staying on the "other cape" tonight, planning to get to the Sea Glass Festival in Hyannis tomorrow. We are staying only tonight, and I just checked the NASGA website (seaglassassociation.org) and saw that submissions for Shard of the Year aren't accepted until Sunday. By then we'll be in NY!
It's pretty tragic. I was tempting my husband with tales of how astonishing last year's submissions were. You could walk through the room where they were all on display, oohing and aahing, and you could submit shards as of opening moment on Saturday. Dammit.
I will try to get pictures of SOMEthing worth posting.
It's pretty tragic. I was tempting my husband with tales of how astonishing last year's submissions were. You could walk through the room where they were all on display, oohing and aahing, and you could submit shards as of opening moment on Saturday. Dammit.
I will try to get pictures of SOMEthing worth posting.
Pomegranate and Chocolate
The best pomegranate martini available is found at Jalapeno's in Gloucester. No martini bar, standard bar, restaurant, or bistro that I've entered in Salem, Peabody, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Beverly, or Newburyport has its equal. The pom-martini is often too sweet or too strong, without character or bite. Jalapeno's is a class apart.
Today I sampled the second-best pomegranate martini. You know who serves it? The 99.
The chocolate martini is a specialty of Gloucester. The Franklin on Main has an amazing one, and Alchemy on Pleasant does a wowza chocolate clementine martini that goes oddly well with its Provencal platter (see below).
Today I sampled the second-best pomegranate martini. You know who serves it? The 99.
The chocolate martini is a specialty of Gloucester. The Franklin on Main has an amazing one, and Alchemy on Pleasant does a wowza chocolate clementine martini that goes oddly well with its Provencal platter (see below).
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Pomodoro
Of course, the original recommendation that I would make, and have been making for 20 years now, is that you visit Pomodoro (North End, Boston). It's tiny (let's call it 'intimate'). The food is amazing, and the chef operates within eye-contact range. Awesome aromas, and atmosphere galore.
Alchemy & The Black Lobster
These are two restaurants that recently lit my fire.
Alchemy (Gloucester) has an amazing new menu. It features lamb sirloin in harissa, a Provencal platter of white-bean hummus and olive tapenade, and moules frites (mussels with fries) with yummy aioli. The chocolate clementine martini makes a great dessert.
The Black Lobster (Salem) genuinely grills the items that it identifies as "grilled": filet mignon, scallops, shrimp, asparagus... and before grilling them, the chef liberally doses these items with sea salt. Simple, but very yummy. Plus, the view (trains, boats, and automobiles) is endlessly entertaining, and the pasta is delightfully al dente. AVOID the espresso martini; the shiraz is quite good.
Alchemy (Gloucester) has an amazing new menu. It features lamb sirloin in harissa, a Provencal platter of white-bean hummus and olive tapenade, and moules frites (mussels with fries) with yummy aioli. The chocolate clementine martini makes a great dessert.
The Black Lobster (Salem) genuinely grills the items that it identifies as "grilled": filet mignon, scallops, shrimp, asparagus... and before grilling them, the chef liberally doses these items with sea salt. Simple, but very yummy. Plus, the view (trains, boats, and automobiles) is endlessly entertaining, and the pasta is delightfully al dente. AVOID the espresso martini; the shiraz is quite good.
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