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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Yet again, we attended the International Festival, which is this time every year at the fairgrounds in Raleigh. That means we chow down on lots of food, get our names written in several foreign languages, and watch native dances from all sorts of countries and cultures.
Of all the foods this year, my favorite was [...]
Happy Halloween!
Thursday, November 1st, 2007This Halloween was filled with several days’ worth of spooky fun… Here’s my tech-writer esque bulleted list of activities:
NextStep fall ball - Ah, yes, the yearly event for early tenure IBMers. We had too much fun working on the decorations this year. They were pretty hot, if you ask me! We even [...]
A fair is a veritable smorgasbord, orgasbord, orgasbord
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Oak has been singing that little ditty from the Charlotte’s Web movie (animated version please! We didn’t make it through the live-action version that came out recently) for weeks and weeks before we went to the fair.
We did our best to pay tribute to Templeton Rat’s ode to the fair. First of all, [...]
Red rum
Thursday, October 11th, 2007I proposed to the crew that we go to V’s teas and treasures for the “Murder mystery night.” (Oak and I have been obsessed ever since the murder mystery night we did on our cruise in January.) We had no idea what to expect. V’s is definitely a place for “Ladies who lunch” [...]
Ruhlman!
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Somehow though the internet foodie grapevine I learned that Michael Ruhlman is coming to Durham this coming Sunday afternoon to do a reading from his latest book, “The Reach of a Chef.” I had Oak go over to the Regulator Bookshop to pick up a copy and I am furiously trying to get through it. [...]
Angus Barn chef’s table
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007For Oak’s birthday, we decided to go to the chef’s table at the Angus Barn. We’ve been reading lots about chef’s tables, but they’re usually soo expensive. Angus Barn’s is a little more reasonably priced, since it actually includes the wine pairings. And let’s just say, they were not skimpy with the wine.
We were seated [...]
Panzanella
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007On Friday night, we didn’t particularly feel like cooking. So we went to Panzanella. Panzanella is owned by the same co-op as the Weaver Street Market, which means that they have tons of fresh and local ingredients. Yum. I had “Niman ranch pork loin marsala” and Oak had “Yukon gold potato gnocchi.” Both were [...]
Cosmically bonding with nature
Monday, August 27th, 2007This weekend, the NextStep group went on a wafting excursion with our friendly Eno River naturalist, River Dave. It was fun. We had little inflatable kayaks that held two people. Since the Eno is so calm, only one paddle per waft was needed.. which meant I spent a fair amount of time [...]
Brunch-a-licious
Monday, August 13th, 2007Well, I was hoping to wait and post about our adventure to Oak Island once I took the pictures off of our camera. Well, you’ll just have to wait to see that post and those pictures until I get my lazy butt moving on that one.
Ah yes, the weekend. We stayed at home [...]
Tangerine cafe and birthday booty
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Doesn’t this logo match well with my current layout? Ding! On Sunday we went to Tangerine Cafe
with Alex and 3 out of 5 of the “605 crew” to celebrate my birthday. The interior was curiously also painted the same colors as our living room and kitchen. I wonder if they’ve come to [...]
