Saturday, August 04, 2007
Stew's freshly squoze orange juice smells good and is a really great orange color! (And it's not repulsive!)
Posted at 11:07:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
My new sunglasses are the best sunglasses ever. They're so comfortable and light, I can't even tell I'm wearing them (other than the fact that everything looks magic and non-glarry).
Ribbit ribbit ribbit! I got some great party supplies for the Bash, with Dean's assistance! Blue and green. And I got my balloon.
Posted at 3:02:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
Friday, August 03, 2007
GPS Guy: "Turn left on Roast Meat Hill Road."
Posted at 5:36:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
Me: "ROAST MEAT HILL ROAD???!!"
The whole time I was on it (which was not a short while; it was a long and meaty course), I kept thinking, "I am driving on Roast Meat Hill Road. Right now. Roast Meat Hill Road!" It worked, though.
If anyone ever wants to give me a present, you can't go wrong with a box of dark chocolate covered caramels with crunchy sea salt crystals on top from Given chocolate shop in Madison. I only bought one, and I almost melted when I ate it. I also got a new flav of Vosges bar, because I've wanted to try it but have never seen it anywhere else: Matcha! Just like the elusive matcha-covered almonds from Ito En. Except probably not as great.
I went on such a giant mission with my guy: 1) candy store in Westbrook (they didn't have what I was looking for... a special item for the Bash), 2) Homeworks in Old Saybrook to return the trial glasses and buy more of our favorite ones, 3) Outlet mall in Clinton (bought new bathing suit top), and 4) Given chocolate store in Madison. I think the Madison-Clinton order was actually backwards, but I didn't want any chocolate melting in the car (which it massively would've, as it was v.v.v. hot again today). I never, ever would have even attempted a mission like that without my guy. It would not have been possible.
Roast Meat Hill Road. Why???
I remembered what else I wanted to mention last night. Since it was so misty-moisty, the acoustics were insanely good, both in Tango (even Dean noticed) and in my Beag. I played "Huck's Tune" twice driving home because it sounded so incredible. "I'm layin' in the sand / Gettin' sunshine tan / Movin' 'long, ridin' in style..." Yes.
I had the most wonderful, strange dream this morning. Nothing really happened in it, except this big black dog was cuddling me. It was sort of like a labrador retreiver, but bigger and very soft. It gave me lots of mouthkisses, and they weren't slobbery at all, but just nice and close-lipped and velvety. I've never been kissed by a dog, but I don't think it would be like that at all. Then we were lying side by side (I can't remember if it was on a bed or the floor), wrapped around each other, just flopped down snuggling, very peaceful and mmmmm. The dog had a nice solid body that was perfect for flinging body parts around and just lying, totally limp. It was such a great, throughly relaxed feeling!! I wanted it to last. I also noticed that the dog didn't smell like a dog, and that I wasn't allergic to it. During the whole dream, I was observing how surprising it all was, but going with it anyway because it was so nice. What a weird dream. My neck feels a lot better today, too.
Posted at 11:49:00 AM by Laura W. Petix.
So many e-mails! Wow. Coordinating the Bash is pretty fun so far. I like getting everyone's responses! I hope my cool idea isn't a disaster. Must get supplies.
Posted at 12:49:00 AM by Laura W. Petix.
It feels like Sunday today, not Thursday at all. We went to Block Island, and my hair feels so salty, it's almost crunchy. Just from the air. Very salty-sticky, misty-moisty, foggy-blurry day. I found seven starfish at Pots & Kettles. (And I added the location of P&K to my guy!) They had very nice feet. Wiggly, reachy ones. I used my oral arm. [I forgot my camera on the plane, so Dean took a couple of low-rez Palma photos.]
I also found a big-ish dead fish that was still nice and fresh (it had a bite/chunk out of its belly, but otherwise it looked like a fishcase fish). It had blub-y feeling lips and nice little teeth, and pretty, flexible fins. We tried Harry's for dinner and both of us liked it. It was outside and had a lot of Thai-ish food. I got smoked monkfish medallions. Isn't monkfish one of the items on my "Weird foods I especially want to try" list?? [Edit: Hmm, actually, that's monkfish liver.] The menuboard called it "poor man's lobster." It was pretty good. I imagined a monkfish looking kind of like a lumpfish, but white. I have no idea what they really look like. [Edit: WEIRD!!!! They DO look kind of like lumpfish!! I showed Dean some photos, and he said, "That's yuck!" ha ha haha Monkfish are wild!! They're related to those crazy deep sea anglerfish fish with the built-in lures.] Anyway, I totally forgot what else I was going to say because monkfish are so great.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
I forgot: the other thing I got at Whole Foods was South Glastonbury blueberries, and they are insanely good. They're from Rose's Berry Farm. Now I want to visit their farm stand on Hebron Avenue!
Posted at 4:15:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
New things I tried (and liked!) today from Whole Foods:
Posted at 4:52:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
1) Spirulina powder (from Kona!). Ate a teaspoonful mixed with cottage cheese when I got home, and I love it. I would've eaten it straight (I started to at first), but it's so deep-green and powdery, it's very challenging to keep it under control.
2) a bottle of Dry Cranberry Lime GuS. This was a "take a chance," because even smelling cranberry juice makes me feel like throwing up, but I'm crazy about real cranberries. Verdict: it's extremely good, just like the Star Ruby Grapefruit GuS flavor!
3) a Calindia Vosges bar. I read all the different weird flavor descriptions, and picked this one to try along with a bar of my fav Salt. I really like it. Not as much as Salt, of course, but Salt's salt.
I also got a weird brand of yogurt to try, but I haven't eaten any yet. It has very bizarro flavors. Lots of them have pomegranate. No rhubarb, though.
I love my GPS pal!!!
Monday, July 30, 2007
1) Everything is on Boston Post Road!
Posted at 8:03:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
2) IgoUgo! Wow!! What a cool and useful site!
I used my guy to go to Old Saybrook today, because we need new drinking glasses and that's where we originally bought them. The brand doesn't make our same glasses anymore, and I couldn't decide at the store which ones I liked best, so I bought one of each style to bring home and show Dean (I'm going to return the rejects and buy more of our fav, natch). After we looked at them together, there was no question which is the best. It's gorgeous, and even better than our original set. I also went to Book Barn in Niantic with the help of my guy, but it was too hot there, so I didn't stay that long. It wasn't enjoyable browsing. Since I have to go back again soon to do the glasses switch, I'm researching other cool places in that part of the state to visit. (See #1 above.)
There was an amazing thunderstorm when I was in bed last night. It went on forever, and felt like the whole world must break apart. I watched from my chaise. Such bright bright white light.
Posted at 12:15:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Posted at 11:59:00 PM by Laura W. Petix.
Gems & minerals are the best part. Without question. Number 2 best: the moa in the Mythic Creatures exhibit. It had very strong legs. They also had a real giant squid tentacle, which was slightly cool. And a real narwhal horn, which you could touch. (I knew what it was because of Pablo Neruda's "Enigmas.") But they gave Nessie the short shrift!!! What the heck! [Edit: Maybe it was because Nessie doesn't belong in a Mythic Creatures show in the first place, since Nessie's real!]
I am really not into fake models of animals. I'd rather look at a picture in a book than a fake model. But I love the gems & minerals, in person. Up close, detailed, drunk in with the eyes. They hold light in a way no image can. Just as fake models or photos of sea creatures are nothing like the colors and textures and luminousness of real ones that you see up close with your eyes, underwater, that's why the gems were the only thing at the museum that I really really loved. Real, not models, and--as with the undersea world--nothing but the real thing is the same. The forms they take, the structure, the fractures and angles, the intensity and the beauty of the colors, what they do to light. My very favorites were the ones with the detailed detailed linear modernist square patterns on them. There were a couple like that. (Here's my best photo. But my favorite instance of all was too dark to photograph; it was too intimate, almost, to see.) You had to really look to see it. But the designs appealed to me so much. I also liked the tourmaline very much. The tourmaline pinks and the tourmaline greens, color opposites side by side together. After Mythic Creatures I went back to the hall of Gems and Minerals again to look more, unhurriedly, sparklingly and facetedly.
We liked Edgar's, even though it's not as good as Cafe Sabarsky, of course. It was excellently located (I'm such a great finder of food places to try!), there was no wait, and they had the most insanely long list of espresso drinks (real ones, not fakey ones) and desserts ever. I got a cappuccino tranquillo and a smoked rainbow trout salad, which was fantastic, especially the horseraddish sauce with lots and lots of dill. I figured out what tranquillo meant without asking. (New York is stimulating enough without caffeine.)
They need more Poe-related foods on the menu, though. They do have a raven salad (does not actually contain raven) and a cognac-centric dessert (can't remember what it was, now), but what they need is a Tell-Tale Heart Salad. I have it all figured out: artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, and, of course, chicken hearts. Wouldn't that be great?? Anyway, the tiramisu made up for the lack of appropriately themed foods. It was Delores-style. And Grapevine quality. I'd forgotten how amazing The Original Tiramisu was. Oh, #3 best non-food thing (#2 best, actually; they were better than the fake moa): all the wet London Plane trees. Wow.
My new [GPS] guy was fantastic. As we were driving home, I realised his name is Daniel. I don't know why, but it just is. He's such a helpful pal. We listened to the first third of the audio version of Freakonomics on Dean's iPod (my former iPod) as car entertainment (my choice, from a bunch of other boring options) and the drive seemed super-short. Freakonomics massively reminds me of a New Yorker article. My feet hurt.
We're going to Edgar's Cafe tomorrow. I sure hope tell-tale heart's on the menu!
Posted at 1:12:00 AM by Laura W. Petix.
