Or, I don’t think I’m ever going to catch up. Mark’s brother and sister-in-law came to visit the weekend before last, and then by a fluke we also got Mark’s nephew, his wife, and their two kids who are 8 and 13, for an overnight. They were all on their way to the U.S. Open … [Read more…]
I’m pretty sure the movie version with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza, and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins, was my father’s birthday movie in December of 1964. We had a family tradition (that I mostly upheld with my kids) that after the age of 7, no more big birthday parties with lots of little kids – … [Read more…]
Let’s see if I can tell you about a couple of things that stand out. Affogato for dessert at Avec. It’s that Italian dessert that’s just coffee, espresso really, dumped over vanilla ice cream. Here’s Food52’s take on it. Lots of high end restaurants serve it with some baked good on the side. We had … [Read more…]
So let’s see – we got back from Seattle last Tuesday, and Belana and I took a cab home, dropped our bags, and went to see Infinity Baby at the film fest. The first third was pretty funny, then it got a little too weird. We ate peanut butter sandwiches during the movie that we … [Read more…]
It seems a little weird to say I didn’t cook much this week when on Monday I prepped breakfast for 40 at the food pantry at the community center, and then went back to serve it on Tuesday morning. There were breakfast burritos and blueberry muffins. I made 40 burritos and 42 muffins and they … [Read more…]
For most of last week, I had this vaguely embarrassed, staggering around incompetently feeling. I think it was in part because I was still getting over writing my annual report, reading my bad evals from last year. And I think teaching face to face makes me have that flop-sweat feeling more than teaching online, because … [Read more…]
We (me and our AFS student) came down last night to see Robyn Hitchcock at City Winery. Kind of a fun place – definitely it’s set up to keep the customers well-fed and wined. It’s shared tables of 6 – 8, full dinner before the show, and they’ll keep bringing you drinks and snacks throughout. … [Read more…]
Today when I was driving from Madison to the Harvard train, I felt all jumpy and didn’t trust any of the other drivers. I kept thinking someone would just pull over and cut me off – what’s to stop them? I was starting to feel better after a truck signaled to change lanes, and it … [Read more…]
On Saturday morning, after Steve’s party, I woke up with a sore throat. Felt kind of flu-ish on Sunday and Monday, and wah lah by Wednesday evening, it had turned into a full blown gluggy runny nose sneezey head cold. But at least felt less like having the flu. I’ve been trying to get excited … [Read more…]
