Happy Birthday, Jo!
Our friend Jo’s birthday is this week. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jo! Click image for a larger view in a new window.
Month: April 2006
DINNER 103: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Wendy had rehearsal tonight and I was looking forward to a nice quiet night at home after getting a burr haircut (which Wendy hates) to celebrate the warmer weather. I spent some time entering recipes into Accuchef, the recipe manager software I use, and organizing…
A Haircut — and how!
On the way home from work yesterday, I decided to stop for a haircut. I’d been needing one for a while, though time had been scarce.
Here’s how my hair looked on Wednesday:
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I decided to get a short summer-cut and thought that since I wasn’t yet getting tan from driving with the top down in my car, it was the ideal time to get it all cut off. So I did — a clipper setting of “5” on the top and “4” on the sides. This is the shortest my hair has ever been in my adult life.
 
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Wendy isn’t a fan of the cut — when she got home last night and saw it, her eyes got wide and she said, “What did you do?! I hate it!”. Hopefully, she’ll calm down soon and may even allow me to sleep inside the house again. 😉
I read here that Matt, the guy behind WordPress (the software that runs this site), also got his buzzed the same day. Heck, maybe even at the same time!
DINNER 104: Friday, April 14, 2006
Since I was home this evening cooking, I laid low food-wise. Dinner was a couple Boca Burgers with cheese, an orange (oranges are so good this time of year! I ate three of them today!), and a big glass of Vitamin D milk. None of that ‘fat…
DINNER 105: Saturday, April 15, 2006
PICTURES ARE HERE! This evening’s activities were really fun. Wendy & Holly had collaborated to plan a surprise party for Jay, who turns 40 at the end of April. Holly provided all the decorations, Ed delivered them to Wendy, and Wendy & I (with help…
DINNER 106: Sunday, April 16, 2006
Happy Easter, everyone!
After a lovely brunch with Wendy’s family at IRON HORSE INN (yes, we were just there last night, and I’ll be there again on Tuesday!), we picked Jay up and headed up to Columbus, Ohio to meet up with Robin & Dave to go to dinner and see the closing night of the national tour of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.
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Wendy, Jay, and I arrived early so we went to Barnes & Noble to browse books for a while. We found a bunch of fun stuff to pass the time — a MAGIC EYE book, the complete V FOR VENDETTA graphic novel, and more. After looking around, we headed down to the restaurant — CAP CITY DINER to meet Dave & Robin. Wendy, Jay, and I had eaten at this “Fine Diner and Bar” previously but Dave & Robin hadn’t. We had a very nice meal, sharing a couple orders of Maytag Bleu Cheese Potato Chips before heading into our entrees — I had Crab Cakes, others enjoyed Fried Chicken, a Meatloaf Sandwich, Grilled Salmon BLT, and more. We ordered several side dishes of their Roasted Corn Rissotto, but it wasn’t very good and we sent a lot of it back. Despite eating all that, we still had room to sample a few desserts — apple pie, their molten chocolate cake, and a banana cream pie.
After dinner, we waddled out to the cars to head to the gorgeous Ohio Theater, just a few miles away to see LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. The Theater is so beautiful that it was a visual delight just to be in the space before the show began. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS was great fun, and counted as ‘research‘ because that’s the show that Robin, Dave, Wendy, and Jay are currently preparing. After the show, we dodged the 6 semi-trucks that had lined up to transport the show away as we headed home, tired, still full from dinner, and happy.
DINNER 107: Monday, April 17, 2006
I started another culinary class this evening, my first class in several months. It’s very nice to get back in. The class I am taking this term, which meets twice a week for 10 weeks, is Garde Manger, or cold food preparation. The class has…