Archive for 2007

The Name Meme

Posted on September 29th, 2007

Got this from Anknel and Burblets, and thought it was too much fun! Post yours, if you’d like. 1. Your rock star name (first pet & current car) Patches Cavalier 2.Your gangsta name (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Chocolate Sugar 3. Your Fly Guy / Girl name (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) Cesq 4. Your detective name (favorite color, favorite animal) Brown Kitten 5. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born) Anne Artesia 6. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Esqcr (that darn Q) 7. Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put together) The Green Cosmo 8. Nascar name…

What I ate on Sunday

Posted on September 25th, 2007

7:00 a.m. Starbucks at the Lubbock airport Cinnamon scone Decaf Pumpkin Spice Latte 11:00 a.m. At home El Milagro Tortilla Chips Leal’s Salsa Butter Iced Water 6:00 pm At home Toasted whole wheat bread Butter and jam Iced Water 8:00 pm Dragonfly House Dai Due Gulf Seafood Supper Club Redfish Ceviche on Toast Grilled Vermillion Snapper Sauteed Baby Fennel and Tomatoes Oyster, Golden Croaker, Stingray, Sand Trout, and Roasted Poblano Chowder Herb Stuffed Flounder with Lemongrass Roasted Sweet Potatoes Baby Bok Choy Marinated Cucumbers Roasted Shrimp and Whiting Basquaise with Aioli Long Beans Rum and Apple Frozen Custard with Pecan Praline Treaty Oak Rum and Maine Root Ginger Brew with Lime Becker Vineyards Fume Blanc Sips of fabulous wine from new friends Thank goodness…

Me, and then him

Posted on September 15th, 2007

I love how Justin and I can be so different, but still the same. We both like movies. He likes Gladiator. I like Steel Magnolias. We both like Moulin Rouge. He likes olives. I like to cook with olive oil. He likes video games. I like crossword puzzles. He likes sweet tea. I like sweet tea. He likes mountain biking. I like yoga. He likes running. I like walking. We both like to eat. So when it’s time for lunch, our salads are different, but the same. Mine has lettuce, halved cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, black beans, homemade croutons, diced avocado, and Ranch dressing. His has lettuce, whole cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, homemade croutons, olives, feta, diced avocado, and Greek dressing. But still, we both had…

Oh, oh, orzo!

Posted on September 13th, 2007

Last week, our lovely friends Chad & Lindsay made this spectacular dish for us. It was creamy and fresh and delicious, and we’ll be making it again very soon. I probably would have never made it on my own, because of the goat cheese, but I am a changed woman. Goat cheese, get in my pasta! We got our first cold front here in Austin this week, which means that our highs were in the 80s. I came into work, incredibly excited, with my sweater on and goosebumps on my legs…”It’s fall today!” Very few people agreed with me…those who have lived where there are actually four seasons laughed at my Austinite naivety, but I didn’t care. It was chilly enough for me to…