I honestly can't decide which story is funnier, so will tell both. Amplectere potestem 'et ( Read more... )

• sleeping pad
  
• sleeping bag
  
• pillow?
  
• tent, stakes, footprint
  
• map
  
• zip stove
  
• saw, lighter, firestarter
  
• cooking equipment (kettle, pot, knife)
  
• eating equipment (bowl, cup, spork)
  
• food (oatmeal, coffee, milk, dried fruit, bananas, peanut butter, honey, bread, pasta dinner [pasta, cheese & salt], trail mix)
  
• water bottles, filter?
  
• light, batteries? and/or ( Read more... )

*Still* one of the best shows on TV right now ( Read more... )

Browsing Sephora. Femme heaven. (I'd shop Ulta if I lived near one -- closest is Edgewater. Though I just might have to visit. Pick-your-own Stila lip glaze trio ( Read more... )

Courtesy NY1, sweet potato biscuits ( Read more... )

Adapted by boy from "Baking Illustrated ( Read more... )

Dear Community Board 7 members ( Read more... )

Dear The EllingtonSous chefs, chefs, and manager ( Read more... )

Anyone have bed space for a pig this weekend in Columbus?

For Reasons[tm], I am going to OVFF to work registration. I have managed to score a plane ticket and a staff badge, but not yet somewhere to sleep. Room share, anybody? I toss and turn (cot?) but do not noticeably snore.

Tonight, I got lost in Bronx River park. *SO* lost. So lost I was off the GPS map. On a dark path, in a section marked green (for grass)... So lost that a man asked me if I was lost, and had I come in alone, and warned me to be careful out there. Oy. Very glad to turn around and pedal back to the light ( Read more... )