one of the perks of living in south Florida

A sweet woman at work brought me mangos today!!!  Fresh from the tree in her yard.

I can't even tell you how good they smell.  I was SALIVATING the entire drive home.  I'm posting now because my hands will be sticky and covered in juice for the rest of the evening.

TTYL.

I want this right now

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Meghan's FIANCE Sam was at the Today show this morning assisting one of his chefs from Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria.

That looks really amazing and I love how interested the ladies are when they come on at the end, they can't take their eyes off of him.

I can't take my eyes off that pasta.  Me want now please, thank you.

so good

Salmon with salt, pepper, and lemon juice

on top of

sautéed baby brussel sprouts and grape tomatoes with garlic and leeks

on a bed of brown rice.

Best served from a dish that's been hand painted by a best friend.

still working on it

I was browsing the list of beers, feeling like I had no idea what to go with, when Kelpie jumped off the page at me.  I was expecting something that tasted more like seaweed but it actually had more of the smooth quality that comes with kelp, as Mr. P would have been quick to point out.

I quite enjoyed it, and the bartender enthusiastically said, "It's got seaweed in it, that's gotta be good for you!"

I realized I hadn't had a draught beer here in a while so I looked at the tap right in front of me and said, "I'll have that one next".  Little did I know I was going to get the most delicious beer served in the most fantastic glass:

It was so sweet and delicious, I could drink it all day.  The glass kind of reminded me of the boot, its shape is misleading as far as how much booze you have drunk/have left to drink.  I like mind puzzlies while I drink, like erotic photo hunt.  Makes me feel like I'm exercising my mind while I kill brain cells.

The best part of this trip to Shakespeare's was that they had AMC on which showed the original Rambo followed by Kill Bill part 1.  I basically got to see the best of both.  My favorite part about Rambo was when the closed captioning said, "[vietnamese shouting]", and for Kill Bill we stayed through the whole opening sequence with Vivica A. Fox (amazing) as well as the whistling scene with Daryl Hannah (also amazing).

I feel like if I had a bar I would be so good at picking out things to watch on TV or listen to or whatever.  I just don't get bars that don't understand the dynamics of entertainment.  Yesterday at Shakespeare's gives me hope for them yet.

Lemony Chickpea Stir-fry

I am liking this new arrangement already.  Meghan is always finding delicious recipes online so I suggested she send me the ones she is unsure of but wants to try and I would experiment on my family with them.

So tonight I made the recipe you can see here for a really simple vegan stir fry.  It was super simple; onions, chickpeas, kale, zucchini, tofu, and lemon.  I was going to do it over quinoa but forgot to get it at the store, so then I was going to do it over brown rice but couldn't find any, so I ended up doing it over wild rice which was good.

I was pleased with this recipe for many reasons.  Mostly just because it was actually delicious, and super easy to make.  But also because it gave me the opportunity to work with ingredients that I love but am not familiar with, like kale.  I've really only prepared kale raw, this was the first time I'd cooked it and it was so so good.

I wish my picture had come out as good as the one on the recipe but it seemed like my tofu fell apart more than his/hers.  Tofu is another ingredient that i'm not terribly familiar with so maybe it's a work in progress.  The important thing is that this recipe met the main requirement that I gave to Meghan; I want a recipe that I can remember after I'm done making it.  I mean this couldn't have been simpler, I don't think I'll ever forget how to whip up this masterpiece at the drop of a hat.

yum

strawberry lemonade mmmm.

lemons, agave, strawberries, ice, vodka