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Category: Food and Drink
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Ah, Veggie Heaven with extra shrimp! Pass on the sake, though – I prefer red wine (specifically a merlot from Chile last night), although I'm sure there's a wine connoisseur out there somewhere shuddering about that. I've been to Tokyo Steakhouse twice in my life now – the first time a few years ago for…
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My friend Nancy once told me to be careful what I did on New Year's Day, because that's what I'd be doing all year long. Her example was cleaning house, so for the past few years I've made sure I didn't spend the first day of the new year cleaning and cleaning. Looking around…
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Christmas Day around here was lazy – centered around family and food. LOTS of food! We always have a traditional, heart-attack-waiting-to-happen breakfast on Christmas morning – bacon, fried eggs, and buttered toast. I ate so much that I still wasn't very hungry when Christmas dinner rolled around: non-traditional smoked brisket, chicken, and sausage. Of course, that…
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I knew it would be a busy day, but still…WHEW! First, an update on Tommy's vehicle saga: Tom changed his strategy…he left for Dallas at 5am this morning and just drove his Capris, not the truck and trailer. He already suspected the problem was the timing belt, and he was right, but Tommy told me (when…
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I threw in the towel at 3am. For the first time in thirty years, I'm probably not going to get an A in a college class, but I reached the point last night when I just didn't care! My eyes were tired and my back hurt. A few hours of sleep seemed much more important. I'm…
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If there's one thing I've learn in twenty-six years of marriage, it's that if, on the first night in months that you decide to actually cook something other than grilled chicken and salad (in this case, chicken and vegetable soup AND chicken pot pie for Daniel - I really can cook when I feel like it) and so you're…
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It was good spending time with my family…finally celebrating Mama's birthday…getting to hug on Tommy…meeting his girlfriend's parents, her grandmother, sister, and cousin. I met my nephew's fiance, walked with Tom around my childhood neighborhood (seeing it with my ten-year-old eyes), and drooled over the photos from my sister's recent cruise to San Lucia, San Juan,…
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My kids are all here under one roof again…there's bickering, teasing, laughing, arguing…I've had coffee with my parents, helped my mom get the turkey into the oven, and soon my siblings and their families will crowd into the small house with us. We'll eat, laugh some more, argue some more, go for walks, watch football.…
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A new first for me yesterday - instead of zooming past with my good intentions still tucked in my purse because I'm already late for a soccer game or something and just don't have time, I finally visited the organic vegetable farm stand in Jonestown. Angel Valley Organic Farm has been operating this stand every Saturday morning for about five years,…
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