Participants were encouraged to create an updated, “tapas-sized” version of one of their favorite dishes from childhood. We did well with the updates. We did not do well with portion down-sizing. As usual, John Scane took the pictures.
Domestic Life
The Second Foothill and Beach Cities Dinner Club Dinner
This event occurred way back in October, so, sorry, the leftovers are long gone. Our theme was Spain. The usual rules applied (bring a dish, bring some wine). I’ve done my best to remember who brought what, but my memory is not as spry as I remember it used to be. Photos (and mushrooms...
The First Foothill and Beach Cities Dinner Club Dinner
The theme was “Italian.” We drew numbers from a hat to determine courses — appetizer, pasta, entree/protein, vegetable, dessert. Along with the course, participants were to bring along a wine to pair it with. The food and the wine were beyond compare; only the company was finer. The music, all agreed, missed the mark....
Kitchen Refresh, Before and After
Not a major kitchen redo, just paint, new cabinet doors and drawers and hardware, and deep drawers finally installed in the kitchen nook cabinet.
Chocolate Covered Peeps
Chocolate Covered Peeps are turning up everywhere (google ‘em) and I just want to point out that CCPs have been a tradition hereabouts for about a decade. I’m a terrible monetizer.
Doughty’s Surgery Update
Pulmonic Stenosis is a congenital obstruction in the right heart that restricts the flow of non-oxygenated blood out of the heart, into the pulmonary artery and on to the lungs for oxygenation. The condition leads to an enlarged heart (“hypertrophy”) and eventually failure and sudden death. The degree of obstruction is determined by measuring...
Kitchen Nook Cabinet
Our house has a nook at the back of the kitchen. We didn’t have a use for it, so stuff started piling up on a folding table we set up last Christmas. I built a cabinet to replace the folding table. The plan was to tile the counter-top to match the existing counter-top (as...
Fresh Fender Ding
Sometime in the last two and half hours, somebody stopped by and left a ding, a scratch, and a tire smudge behind. Didn’t leave a note. Must have been an oversight.
The Narrow Space Between Us
That’s the view facing west. Our place is on the right. It’s sunnier in there than I thought it was. I’d like to screen the windows, but I don’t want to build a nine foot wall all along the walkway. Any ideas?