Month: May 2005
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Just what the doctor ordered.
Yesterday I used up the rest of my birthday gift certificate from Dr. Chocolate. I love this place. It’s bright and airy, with beautiful displays of every type of chocolate candy you can think of. One wall is lined with chocolate bars, both milk and dark, from cocoa-bean to caramel, blueberry to hazelnut. There are…
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There was an old lady who lived in a shoe…
Or in this case, there was a family of birds that lived in a boot! This birdhouse hangs under our little porch, and recently we’ve heard tiny little chirps from inside it. A tiny bird family, living in a boot! How cute is that? A couple of days ago, we saw some fuzzy small-ish birds…
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This is what my dad does.
He works his magic in a shop behind my parent’s house. He closes the doors, turns on the radio (oldies, of course), and tears down, rebuilds, and paints cars, trucks, and motorcycles. And the occasional golf cart. This is my brother’s bike. A Harley, of course. My brother-in-law’s motorcycle was also painted and flamed by…
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I crossed the line.
The invisible line that I had drawn for myself. The line between eating a processed meat frank on white bread with mustard, and not eating one. True, I have been experimenting with meats for a while. I have eaten a few bites of chicken tikka, a bite of my niece’s steak, various seafood dishes, and…
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Sorbet-ish
A couple of days ago I attempted to make sorbet. I prepared the mixtures for a lemon sorbet and a chocolate sorbet, and chilled them in the fridge for a couple of hours. The containers for my ice cream maker were ready in the freezer, so about mid-afternoon, I started it up and waited impatiently…