May The Stars Light Your Way
Tonight, Wendy & I drove up to Columbus Ohio to have dinner with Jon & Dawn, a very nice couple we met on our most recent trip to Mexico. We met them at Cap City Fine Diner, a restaurant that Wendy adores (and which happens…
Today, Wendy and I attended the birthday party of the 5-year-old daughter of friends of ours. Her party this year was at PUMP IT UP, and indoor facility with lots of inflatable stuff on which adults (and the kids) can play. It was a blast!…
An at-home dinner tonight as Wendy picked up from Penn Station for me (chicken teriyaki) and Skyline Chili (three-way) for herself. While waiting for Wendy, I hard-boiled some eggs in preparation for the Cauliflower Polonaise I’m making for Thanksgiving and poached an egg just for…
This evening was the year’s last monthly (third-Tuesday) Wine Dinner at the Iron Horse Inn in Glendale, and the 14 people in our party sincerely enjoyed the event. Iron Horse blows it out a bit for the last wine dinner of the year — it’s a…
Currently reading The Reach of a Chef by fellow-Ohioan Michael Ruhlman. I’ve read the others in this series, The Making of a Chef and The Soul of a Chef, and enjoyed them both. When I saw this new book in the bookstore, it was an…
Like most Americans, we celebrated Thanksgiving today. We were fortunate enough to be Wendy’s family for Thanksgiving, and my parents came along as well. We enjoyed the standard Thanksgiving fare: turkey, dressing, gravy, rolls, salad, sweet potato casserole, cauliflower, green beans, cranberry sauce, and more.…
I had today off as part of University of Cincinnati’s Thanksgiving holiday. I got up around 8:00am and worked on a few things (emails, inquiries, adding a feature or two to the Over The Rhine site, etc). I was out the door by 11:30am, expecting…