Music for a Sunday Morning

All morning I’ve been catching up on blogotheque.net – it’s been months since I visited their awesome site.  Anyway, I’ve got to move on with my day, but check out this video from the Mexican band Los Weeds-

MEXICO 7/11 | Los Weeds | Brian Jones | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

And this one – Carla Morrison & Natalia Lafourcade

MEXICO 11/11 | Carla Morrison & Natalia Lafourcade | Pajarito Del Amor | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Work Haikus

It is… a symphony of tastes.

Dude LOOK what I just dominated.

Uloo Review

This mother truckin’ Inuit knife and breadboard bowl set drops it like it’s hot and then crushes it! Did you club a seal today and need to skin it? Did your redneck neighbor pass out on your front porch again and it’s time to cut off his mullet? Or hey, maybe you just got some fresh strawberries from Trader Joe’s and you’re looking to make some shortcake, yum! Brother this is THE knife and breadboard set for you, because it’s been doing all that and more for a couple millenia. That knife warns you too, DON’T MESS WITH ME, I’LL CUT YOU. Look at those eyes. Those are not teddy bears, friend. Those bears mean business. Now it’s about time to chop those carrots and olives into oblivion, but don’t worry, they’re gonna keep safe in this bowl. No rolling around gonna happen. All in all these tools will make your chopping a breeze, and they might even protect you from a home invasion.

Bouncy Castle Boat

I’m super jealous. Kansas River here I come!

More Experimental Cooking

Cooking for myself is usually an excuse to do something really weird.  I like strange combinations of stuff, like tangy, spicy and savory, and I’ve been really into curry lately.   I mean, like, making it every night kind of stuff.   So tonight I kinda threw everything I felt might fall under that category into the pot and went with it.  Check it out:

Curry 2.0

That’s carrots, sweet potato, onions, garam masala, garlic and egg, with my old friend Sriracha Sauce on the top.    Accompanying it are two crescent rolls filled with fresh basil and neufchatel, to cool things down.

OK now the verdict – was it delicious?  YES.  Would I serve it to company?  Probably only the people who actually read this post.

New Toy

Soooo excited!  It’s Christmas Morning around the Mayo Villa!!!  MY BIKE FINALLY CAME TODAY!!!

Now if only Manhattan had more roads that were decent for bikers to ride on.  Hmmmm… I’m looking at you Mayor Snead…  HOW ABOUT WE DITCH THE STUPID WEED MUSEUM AND GET SOME BIKE LANES INSTEAD!?

This must be the place

Time for Garden 2010!  Let’s see what we’ve got here:

Mystery plant from the compost pile depths:

Tomatoes, and an onion:

Mystery Plant (possibly cantaloupe or butternut squash):

Yellow Peppers:

I also have some basil and lettuce, but it’s pretty difficult to even see what’s going on with them.  Suffice to say that my basil will be purple (Hey – It is Manhattan, after all!) and the lettuce is probably just going to die with all the crazy weather here lately.  So here’s Goose guarding the place from any invaders:

The Motherload Jalapeno

New invention – I think I’ll call it the MOTHERLOAD.  Please feast your eyes:

You can also tell I’ve been drawing way too many details at work lately.

Lack of fortune cookie’d

Talk about a come to Jesus moment… I found this gem in my fortune cookie today. The smiley faces are really not helping it to be less bitchy.