Monthly Archives: October 2012

One year ago

My apologies for the post of the day being so late. I was busy planning on how to best quietly celebrate. It’s been a year since my friend Hamster managed to take this photo for us. I’m incredibly grateful to him.

It’s been a day. Mostly good, though a few things have been quite sad. I’m not going to get into the private ups and downs, but suffice it to say I’m thinking about all of it.

Thanks, guys, for sharing this piece of our lives with Bill and I. We’ll be back Wednesday with a more typical post.… Continue reading →

I have never made sangria – apparently this changes tonight

Today is my mother’s birthday. In a bit, Bill and I will head to her house and have a good old time with our family. My sister, her husband and their kids will be there. My dad will be there.

And, apparently, sangria will be there. This is a bit of a surprise to me.

That said, I’m looking forward to it. I’ve never made sangria before, but it doesn’t look too hard. The biggest challenge will be figuring out what to do with the extra brandy we’ll have to pick up. I think. I’ve never made sangria (maybe I mentioned that), so I’m just going off recipes online. Looks like we should have made it last night, but whatever. We’re making it tonight and it will be FINE.… Continue reading →

Nothing soothes like the food of my homeland – Repost & Update

I posted this entry four years and three months ago, to a blog that is now defunct. I’m reposting it here and now, with two minor changes. I felt it was an entry to share with you guys, because it highlights our connections to food a bit, it highlights how food can, in fact, make a person feel better and, maybe most of all, it’s about the food from the very area I am visiting now. The food I miss so much, and always stuff myself on. On top of all of that, it gives you a little insight into your blogger, and maybe that is valuable too. I’ll post a short four years later update at the end. Hint: My update will involve the handsome man in this photo.… Continue reading →

Vacation Groceries – AKA We Like Liquids

Bill and I are in New Mexico this week. New Mexico is always full of food, fun, friends and family. In reverse order of importance, but we’re lucky in that we normally get food and fun with friends and family. This always involves the consumption of some amount of green chile or red chile. Oddly, we both tend to vastly prefer red chile – except that I think scrambled eggs & green chile are an unbeatable pair. Bill thinks I’m crazy.

However, there is one food tradition Bill and I always engage in, and we’re almost always alone when we do so. Unintentionally so, but basically it starts while Bill and I are driving around, probably without a specific destination in mind or we have quite a bit of time before our next engagement.… Continue reading →