bad news

Texas journalist Molly Ivins has passed away. I interviewed her once, a million years ago, and she was awesome, It was a tough interview though if only for her thick Southern drawl and rapid pace.

yum...

(x-posted at myspace.com/writegrrrl)

Last night's dinner with Joshua Ploeg was pretty amazing - although the food was so rich that this morning I felt like I would never have the desire to eat again.

Luckily that passed.

A run-down of sorts, of the menu that Olivia picked out for us:

Onion fritters - came with some sort of carmalized dipping sauce. Had kind of a sweet and smoky flavor

Plantain crepes - I always think of plantains as deep-fried but these were soft like sweet potatoes. Also had a lot of onions and some amazing Indian spices

Apple and vegetable salad with creamy dressing. Yum.

Seminola soup with carrots and lemon. Again, yum.

The main course was something that Josh told Cory was sort of his take on the whole Turducken phenomenon - it was three types of fake meats with a tasty gravy (kind of sweet) and accompanied by a salad with super-spicy dressing. Many people couldn't finish the salad. I gave it the ol' college try.

A hot beverage consisting of vanilla soymilk, almond syrup, white tea and ginger. Amazing.

Coconut rolls with passionfrut and chocolate syrup. Again, amazing.

Obviously I'm no food critic - my most sophisticated review word is "yum"

Loved it.

Anyway, I've already purchased visited Microsmicpublishing web site and purchased his zine and one of his cookbooks. I really hope he does move here to Sac and open a vegan cafe. That would be heaven. I'd probably gain 10 pounds, but at least it'd be a very happy, vegan 10 pounds.

JT!

...rocked. Seriously, I haven't had the same kind of fun at a show since I saw Donny & Marie in the first grade. And, as always, I love Pink. What was funny though, were all the 50-something women there, hanging out in big groups, drinking Bud Lites and tiny cups of red wine.

Resolved

After much speculation, I think I've settled on a two-fold New Year's Resolution:

Do more with less and do less with more.

I think that just about covers everything.

The No-C

I should probably be embarrassed by how sad I am by the cancellation of The O.C. But seriously, this season was, at least so far, so much better than the last. Boo.

Also, I tried to post a comment in response to Lisa and Maya's comments but my own comment function tells me that my comments are "spam." Nice. What I wanted to say is that A)I hope some label bought the VU album and it's released as a deluxe CD and B)I also want to hear the new Shins record although I think it's been getting mixed reviews.

so this is the new year

...and I'm starting it off like I usually do: Lots of reflecting, journal writing and nesting. Post-holiday craze all I want to do is cozy up by the fire with a book or a decent movie or TV marathon. Right now that means four episodes of "Lost" on New Year's Day night (sort of canceling out that resolution to 'be more productive' - but whatever) and a half-hearted attempt to finish Zadie Smith's "On Beauty" by next Monday.

I'd love to take a week off from work just to clean and organize the house, cook lots of food and read books. My dream vacations are kind of boring, I guess.

I';m supposed to go out to dinner with someone tonight but I haven't heard from that person and there's a tiny part of me - ok, a really big part of me - that is secretly hoping for a chance to stay home.

Also, I can't stop listening to the latest Damien Jurado record. Which brings me to this: What record are you most looking forward to in 2007?