A Hard Day's Night
This past week at work was brutal. Busy, hectic, confusing, and the fact that both the dogs were out of whack did not help things at all. I felt like I had gotten so little sleep that I was truly a zombie by the time Friday night rolled around.
Amazingly, after a nice refreshing walk with the dogs after work, we decided that we actually wanted to get out of the house for a change of pace. Food sounded good and a drink sounded even better. A couple of phone calls and a quick freshen-up later, we were headed out to Mas with my buddy from college, Snow.
(We were drinking caipirinhas and Dan must have been having trouble holding the camera steady, if you back up a little from the computer it looks much better.)
From the restaurant, she headed out to hear her boyfriend's band, The Bitter Tears play. I haven't seen them yet, so I can't vouch for their music, but we might see them next weekend. Dan and I stopped at the corner store on the way back and picked up some beer and disgusting-yet-delicious snack cakes for a Friday night on the couch with TiVO.
Trust me, this looks absolutely revolting and calorie laden but it hit the spot in ways I can't even begin to describe.
On Saturday we visited one of our favorite places in Old Town, The Spice House. This place is amazing, they sell every type of herb and spice imaginable in bulk for super cheap. Everything is extremely fresh and high quality and the staff are virtually walking spice encyclopedias. Back in December, during our holiday entertaining marathon, we were here practically every weekend and they are pretty much the only place on town to get citric acid in bulk (more on how we know that in another post).
We stocked up on a bunch of things we had run low on, basil, cayenne pepper, rosemary, sesame seeds and some italian seasoning. When we got home I proceeded to rearrange our spice collection in a fit of organizational madness.
You really can't begin to tell how many different spices, herbs and flavorings we really own from this picture but trust me, the number is up there.
Oh yeah, I wanted to mention that we compared some new organic ketchup from Trader Joe's with the off-brand swill I think I purchased back in college.
The Country's Delight tasted like tomato flavored water compared with the lush, fruity, slightly spicey flavor of the organic ketchup. Run, don't walk, run to your local super market and buy some organic ketchup if you care at all about the fate of your hashbrowns.
Amazingly, after a nice refreshing walk with the dogs after work, we decided that we actually wanted to get out of the house for a change of pace. Food sounded good and a drink sounded even better. A couple of phone calls and a quick freshen-up later, we were headed out to Mas with my buddy from college, Snow.
(We were drinking caipirinhas and Dan must have been having trouble holding the camera steady, if you back up a little from the computer it looks much better.)
From the restaurant, she headed out to hear her boyfriend's band, The Bitter Tears play. I haven't seen them yet, so I can't vouch for their music, but we might see them next weekend. Dan and I stopped at the corner store on the way back and picked up some beer and disgusting-yet-delicious snack cakes for a Friday night on the couch with TiVO.
Trust me, this looks absolutely revolting and calorie laden but it hit the spot in ways I can't even begin to describe.
On Saturday we visited one of our favorite places in Old Town, The Spice House. This place is amazing, they sell every type of herb and spice imaginable in bulk for super cheap. Everything is extremely fresh and high quality and the staff are virtually walking spice encyclopedias. Back in December, during our holiday entertaining marathon, we were here practically every weekend and they are pretty much the only place on town to get citric acid in bulk (more on how we know that in another post).
We stocked up on a bunch of things we had run low on, basil, cayenne pepper, rosemary, sesame seeds and some italian seasoning. When we got home I proceeded to rearrange our spice collection in a fit of organizational madness.
You really can't begin to tell how many different spices, herbs and flavorings we really own from this picture but trust me, the number is up there.
Oh yeah, I wanted to mention that we compared some new organic ketchup from Trader Joe's with the off-brand swill I think I purchased back in college.
The Country's Delight tasted like tomato flavored water compared with the lush, fruity, slightly spicey flavor of the organic ketchup. Run, don't walk, run to your local super market and buy some organic ketchup if you care at all about the fate of your hashbrowns.
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