Saturday, May 31, 2008
Gadget suggestion
Jennifer & I have been using a GPS unit during our travels, which has been infinitely useful traveling places that we haven't been before. It's like Google maps without needing an internet connection or a printer to print your directions. We use a model similar to this one, but ours has bluetooth for hands-free phone, which is a bit of overkill (I like it but Jennifer likes to talk hands-occupied).
There are a lot of models out there of course, but one nice feature to keep an eye on is if the unit reads street names or just says "Turn left here." (The fact that ours can speak in a British accent is purely superfluous, but more fun to imitate.)
There are a lot of models out there of course, but one nice feature to keep an eye on is if the unit reads street names or just says "Turn left here." (The fact that ours can speak in a British accent is purely superfluous, but more fun to imitate.)
Friday, May 30, 2008
NYT article
I haven't gotten to read this yet, but I heard this is an interesting NY Times article on farming and local food.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Virginia
Jennifer & I took a trip a while back to Alexandria, VA to see some folks. We stayed at my aunt Marge's, who ended up being out of town for a couple days. We took that opportunity to have a 'raging party' (6 people) at her beautiful home. Our friends Katherine, Micah, Becca and Kevin were able to make it over.
We're taking offers from people to give us their houses to throw dinner parties.
Any takers?
We're taking offers from people to give us their houses to throw dinner parties.
Any takers?
Friday, May 23, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
I like it because it is bitter
Keep this blog post around so we can enjoy post-apocalyptic manhattans and old fashioneds.
Semi-southern Road Trip
Jennifer and I just got back from a trip in the southeast.
I tracked a little bit of it on a google map. Not sure if that link will show up as I want it to but it's worth a shot.
I tracked a little bit of it on a google map. Not sure if that link will show up as I want it to but it's worth a shot.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Jackson Trip
Jennifer & I just got our tickets to Targhee Fest so we'll be in Jackson from at least the 17th to the 27th of July.
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Incanto - redux
Okay, it's been a while, but i still wanted to mention a dining experience we had way back in San Fran.
We went to Incanto again, this time with Jenifer's parents and her Mom's cousin Liz and her husband John.
Now, we had lots of recommends of places we hadn't tried yet (thanks Billy and Andrea Robb - who actually made some calls and internet requests on our behalf), but we weren't sure what the plans were going to be until pretty late notice, and we were trying to find something on the right side of town for Kathy's cousins who live in Mountain View, so they didn't have to add another 20 minutes to their drive. I was itching to try A16, which happened to be right by our hotel, but they didn't have reses for 6 at a time that worked, and we weren't really willing to chance it at a walk-in table (they have designated walk-in tables; also ruled out SPQR, their sister restaurant, which doesn't take resevations).
All other top options being exhausted I called Incanto (if you have to eat somewhere twice, it might as well be the one that's know for its use of offal). Just-a-by-chance they had just had a cancellation for 6 at 8pm. Rejoice.
Now, amongst other things to make this a memorable meal, I got to eat Porchetta di Testa, the Expo suggested the venison ribs when I took a short poll on the way to the men's room and we got to to try another Masciarelli wine, the Marina Cvetic Montepulciano, which was great.
So after the meal we're waiting for our cab in the lobby and I see some gentlemen about to leave. Hmmm, that guy looks like Nathan Petrelli. Wow, he's hanging out with a guy that looks like Peter Petrelli, that's odd. Holy Shit - that's Hiro Nakamura!!!
Before I could stop myself I yelped "Hiro!" half (one quarter) under my breath, but still hoping he might hear. Thankfully they didn't even pause.
Normally I would scoff at someone approaching a movie or tv star with their character's name, but they were all hanging out together!!
Isn't that kind of weird?
Also, truthfully, I have no idea what those actors names' are. And I was a little drunk.
We went to Incanto again, this time with Jenifer's parents and her Mom's cousin Liz and her husband John.
Now, we had lots of recommends of places we hadn't tried yet (thanks Billy and Andrea Robb - who actually made some calls and internet requests on our behalf), but we weren't sure what the plans were going to be until pretty late notice, and we were trying to find something on the right side of town for Kathy's cousins who live in Mountain View, so they didn't have to add another 20 minutes to their drive. I was itching to try A16, which happened to be right by our hotel, but they didn't have reses for 6 at a time that worked, and we weren't really willing to chance it at a walk-in table (they have designated walk-in tables; also ruled out SPQR, their sister restaurant, which doesn't take resevations).
All other top options being exhausted I called Incanto (if you have to eat somewhere twice, it might as well be the one that's know for its use of offal). Just-a-by-chance they had just had a cancellation for 6 at 8pm. Rejoice.
Now, amongst other things to make this a memorable meal, I got to eat Porchetta di Testa, the Expo suggested the venison ribs when I took a short poll on the way to the men's room and we got to to try another Masciarelli wine, the Marina Cvetic Montepulciano, which was great.
So after the meal we're waiting for our cab in the lobby and I see some gentlemen about to leave. Hmmm, that guy looks like Nathan Petrelli. Wow, he's hanging out with a guy that looks like Peter Petrelli, that's odd. Holy Shit - that's Hiro Nakamura!!!
Before I could stop myself I yelped "Hiro!" half (one quarter) under my breath, but still hoping he might hear. Thankfully they didn't even pause.
Normally I would scoff at someone approaching a movie or tv star with their character's name, but they were all hanging out together!!
Isn't that kind of weird?
Also, truthfully, I have no idea what those actors names' are. And I was a little drunk.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Bistro Update
Brian's been working on a blog about the restaurant, more specifically about the garden he's planting in his backyard to supply it with vegetables. The farmer we've worked with in the past is helping him w/ the layout and getting stuff rolling in the greenhouse. Looks like it's going to be pretty cool!!
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