The weather has been especially nice here, for June. We usually see, just after Memorial Day, the return of the summer fog. It's been mostly absent this year, making for pleasant 70 degree weather lasting well into the evening before cooling off. Today, as I was attempting to bask in some of those rare late afternoon rays, the old, familiar cold ( Read more... )

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Knight all. :)

Want a good homemade tartar sauce recipe? Easy to make and far superior to anything in a jar ( Read more... )

While I'm warming up some salmon and rice, I thought I'd report the results of my attempts to make mustard ( Read more... )

I made applesauce over the weekend. Turned out pretty well and it's so simple, I can't believe I'd never tried it before. My work schedule lately has precluded me from regularly shopping at Monterey Market, the best vegetable market around. Last time I was at CostCo, I bought a bag of red delicious apples. I divvied up the bag, brought some to work ( Read more... )

I have had a yen to make my own mustard for some time now. I found half a dozen recipes that look interesting. I stopped in at Vik's Indian grocery a few weeks back and bought 10 oz. of mustard powder. Not super fine, like Coleman's, just ummm regular? Way cheaper, too. Coleman's is way too expensive for these experiments. I'll save that for when I ( Read more... )

I received an email from Al Gore today. My email program promptly labelled it a likely scam! ROFL! I have a smart email program. I'm tempted to write him back to ask him the name of his next fear mongering campaign now that his Global Warming has been debunked by most western climatologists. Sheesh. What a snake oil salesman.

I really wish I knew where the time on weekends goes. Do we approach the speed of light on weekends and are thus subject to relative time compression? Sigh ( Read more... )

How about a nice, Sunday morning laugh?

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It's one of those rare summer Saturday mornings in the Bay Area. Little or no fog came in during the night, resulting in some serious blue skies at 7 am. Temps should be in the low 70's and a light breeze coming in off the water. I usually refer to days like this as the payoff for living in this expensive area. Time for cup of coffee #2. Then it's ( Read more... )