I just took a break from catching up on a week and a half of LJ (no, I don't look at LJ or FB every day ... sometimes I skip a week or more) and went out to enjoy a very local annual event. I live near the bottom of the crookedest street in town. The one all the tourists go to is not the crookedest. It is longer, but the turns aren't as tight as ( Read more... )

For Mists Coronet yesterday, I made tuna empanadas --


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Our beautiful princess gave me a Princess' Order of Grace yesterday. She is a very silly woman, but lovely :-)

Last weekend I went to CAID's A&S Pentathalon. I've been in the SCA since AS XII but I've never been to CAID before. Yes, I've been to Southern California, but not to CAID. Anyway, I had a wonderful time ( Read more... )

The first asparagus of the season ... yum yum.

Served with puree of roasted Jerusalem artichokes, chard with raisins and pine nuts, and broiled skirt steak with a '86 Napa Cabernet.

Life is tasty.

Last Saturday I had two of the apprentices, S and C, and one old friend, M, over for cheese-making. M brought some raw milk and we also had regular milk, organic, and goat. The raw stuff made the most serious curds, but the other ones made soft curds that were easy to work the salt into. We had four pots of cheese going to once. It is a good thing ( Read more... )

To my equestrian friends, did you know about this new book ... Jousting in Medieval and Renaissance Iberia ( Read more... )

Miscellaneous stuff ( Read more... )

Now this is a fun blog and very useful for all of us who like alcohol ... http://everybarinsanfrancisco.wordpress.com/

So, all you fashion and costume sorts out there, we need to arrange an outing to see these two exhibits ( Read more... )