Adventures of a well-rounded geek
After work on Monday, Elisabeth and I met up with Kayla for a picnic dinner. We went to the lovely Ketring Park again and lounged on the grass, eating our garbanzo bean sandwiches and animal crackers, and talking about Kayla's moving logistics, work, and baklava (turns out I can shift any conversation to the topic…
Sunday I didn't have any plans, and it actually turned out okay, I really enjoyed my day and wasn't anxious at all. I dropped off my compost at Dirt Coffee, took care of my plants (I discovered I killed my last air plant, the one I had brought with me from the house, so that…
Yesterday evening I made the dangerous decision to turn on the oven and bake a galette. This is a recipe Elisabeth and I got from the knife skills class we took way back when and after Kayla told me about the kind of galette she makes, I was inspired to give it a go. Should…
Saturday evening, Elisabeth and I made risotto for the first time ever. Mushroom and artichoke risotto - and it was a success. The dish was actually better the second day too (is risotto like lasagna??). This means I now have the confidence and courage to make the butternut squash risotto recipe Martha sent me so…
Sunday was a pretty great day for me. I made some cookie dough, took care of my plants, and then went to H Mart to grab ingredients for two new dishes Elisabeth and I are going to try over the next few days. My trip to H Mart was way less stressful than it was…
I'm really starting to feel like we're in summer. A few days ago a hummingbird stopped at both my hummingbird feeders for a nice refreshment. It took a couple of weeks and it's only this one little guy, but I love it. I only need one hummingbird to make my feeders worth it. Now if…
I enjoyed my tofu bahn mi yesterday evening. I mention it because I could only find firm tofu at the store the other day and we've only ever made this dish with extra firm tofu before, so I was a little hesitant. Turns out that the firm tofu, while harder to cook, was really good,…
Elisabeth and I walked at the park for our lunchtime walk today. We have been avoiding the park because of how many people are normally there but it called to us today. What can I say, I know grass is a total waste of water but there's something about a lawn of green grass that…
Friday after work, Elisabeth and I drove to Fire on the Mountain restaurant and picked up our dinner. It was the first time I had driven in weeks and it felt really good, surprisingly. There were way more people on the highway than I thought should have been out and that was frustrating. But, I…
My morning started by baking chocolate chip muffins for breakfast (another reddit recipe). While I didn't love how they tasted when they first came out of the oven, I thought they were missing some kind of flavor, after cooling down, I discovered I quite like these little treats and would make them again. They were…
