Month: November 2010
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Music Monday
Above: Awesome mural at La Condesa Hola everybody! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I spent the weekend at home, taking care of Justin. He’s doing really well – he’s hobbling around nicely, and is off the heavy pain meds. I’m a little worried about leaving him alone all week – he can do…
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Black Sheep Lodge
People, this burger is awesome. Just look at it! We went to Black Sheep Lodge a month or two ago specifically for this burger, and it didn’t disappoint. We also had some fried pickled jalapenos. Um, dee-licious. By this stage in book research, I was really missing vegetables, so I ordered a side of roasted…
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Five Senses Friday
Got this idea from Abby, who is off in Portland this weekend hosting the sure-to-be-fabulous Little Winter Handmade Market. Lately I’ve been: Smelling: Leftover pizza warming in the oven Tasting: Warm chocolate chip cookies delivered from Tiff’s Treats, a sweet Get Well gift from Justin’s coworkers Seeing: Life in film – I adore my Yashica…
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Post-op
This morning, Justin and I headed to the surgery hospital for his knee surgery. We checked in, signed lots of papers, paid a bundle of money, then headed back with the nurse, who gave Justin a super-fancy warming gown and cute purple socks. Nurses came in and out, checking this and poking that, and then…
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About caldo.
So there’s this thing called caldo. It’s a Mexican soup of sorts, and it can be made with beef (caldo de res) or chicken (caldo de pollo). My mom used to make it for us, and it was one of my favorite things. It’s just soup – I think my mom often used chicken on…