little things

My Dad has a real artistic eye and his influence shows up all over our home. It is a delight to be surrounded by the beauty he creates! I will be showing examples of his work from time to time in this blog. enjoy!

DR's Iron Chef Contribution!

Picture is of DR's Trout Cakes in the pan.

Iron Chef: Atown!

Yes DR and I had our own Iron Chef competition on Tuesday night. The mystery ingredient? Trout! Caught fresh by DR at his fishing club on Sunday. I chose to make trout tacos (turned out to be burritos because the tortillas were so big) with mango salsa (mango, onion, garlic, red pepper and cilantro...bit of salt and lemon juice) with mashed up avocado. Twas delic! DR made trout cakes using my salsa, egg and bread crumbs. He cooked them in a pan with a little veggie oil. He garnished with lemon juice and cilantro...I think he had some other spices etc...in there as well. Also very good. We declared a tie! Fun to improvise like that. Trout is very mild so it worked well.

Spring? Sprung!

To celebrate the season I went to see the play "Spring Awakenings" with my pal Driscoll this past weekend. Very interesting to say the least. Music by Duncan Sheik of "and I am barely breathing" fame...set in Germany in the 1890's...focused on the oppression of teens by parents, church and school with some disturbing and sad results. The music was very good as was the dancing. At times the play was a little too pleased with itself with how risque it was and use of the f bomb. We saw a bare bum-bum twice...oh la la! Lead actor over enunciated everything and there was a huge spray of spit each time. We could not stop focusing on that. Overall enjoyed it though. After that we met up with Jess and her fabulous friend Darren for drinks and dinner at the new Fig & Olive. We had yum food and cocktails and were highly entertained by ourselves and by our waiter. We were also disturbed to see a ridiculously old looking 13 year old attending a private party next to us. Jess and I remembered how we looked at 13 with Belle France dresses, braces and body waves (me). Topped the night off at a birthday party for one of J and D's coworkers at La Caverna or something on the LES. Fun music and too many drinks.