May The Stars Light Your Way
After the hectic holidays, Wendy & I snuck to a dark, quiet Chinese restaurant (whose name I do not know — it’s the one near the Outback & Taj Mahal restaurants) for really good carryout-style food. Wendy had Pad Thai, I had General Tao’s Chicken…
My friend Paul was in from out of town (he stopped working at University of Cincinnati and took a job at Notre Dame, about 4.5 hours away from here) for the holidays, so Wendy & I met him and Julie at Tokyo Restaurant on Chester…
We had talked about taking this evening off to see ERAGON, but when it came time, we were both too tired and just felt like sitting around the house. So, we picked up a couple of as-big-as-your-head burritos from Chipotle and hit the couch. We got caught up on several episodes of SOUTH PARK that were on the PVR, and now we’re relaxing and getting ready to hit the sack.
It was the right choice.
Wendy had some cake decorating to do this evening, so we’re spending a very-much-appreciated night in. We had LaRosa’s bring us dinner. Wendy got her usual Deli Ciabatta, and this time I switched it up a bit and got Cheese Ravioli and a salad. Everything…
Tonight, Wendy & I joined Anne and Larry for dinner to celebrate our anniversary at The Phoenix restaurant in downtown Cincinnati. The restaurant at The Phoenix has been satisfying Cincinnati locals and visitors for over 20 years. The food and service have received high marks…
I decided to put down ONLY REVOLUTIONS for the time being. Though I was enjoying the book, I was struggling with it because this period of time is so busy with the holidays and my busiest time at work. I kept losing the thread of the book because I wasn’t able to devote the time and attention this book demands and deserves. I will get back to it once things calm down, and will start with SAM’S side this time, as it seems the more logical place to begin.
So, I’ve put it down in favor of GASTRONAUT by Stefan Gates. Gates is an “epicurean desperado”, willing to cook and eat anything — at least once. After all, he argues, if we eat 22 tons of food over our lifetimes and use 16% of our waking lives preparing food, shouldn’t we try for the occasional “culinary epiphany” by maximizing our “excitement-to-mastication ratio”?
I like the light tone of this book. It’s interesting reading and going quickly, so I will soon have to decide what to read next…
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Our last dinner of this year-long experiment, and our last dinner of 2006, was anything but glamourous. Wendy was working on her Photo Gallery Cakecentral on CakeCentral.com”>anniversary all day (it took about 7 hours) so we were home for lunch (leftover LaRosa’s pizza) and for dinner…