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I made this Mediterranean Eggplant and Barley salad from Smitten Kitchen for a pot-luck on Saturday, and it was delicious. I don't like zucchini, so I left that out, and I roasted the halved cherry tomatoes along with the eggplant, because I love roasted tomatoes. It takes some time and some dishwashing, but it's not actually very difficult, and like I say, tasty! I might have to make another batch for myself soon.
I made this Mediterranean Eggplant and Barley salad from Smitten Kitchen for a pot-luck on Saturday, and it was delicious. I don't like zucchini, so I left that out, and I roasted the halved cherry tomatoes along with the eggplant, because I love roasted tomatoes. It takes some time and some dishwashing, but it's not actually very difficult, and like I say, tasty! I might have to make another batch for myself soon.
David Sq Au Bon Pain
Oct. 24th, 2010 02:34 pmI'm not usually a big fan of Au Bon Pain -- I think they're way overpriced for what they offer. But I stopped into the one in Davis today to see if they had any good veggie soups to ward off the chill. They only had one veggie soup, and not one I was interested in, but when I happened to mention to the manager that I had hoped for the corn and green chili bisque, she went into the back and warmed up a bowl just for me. And then when I wanted some bread to go with it, the piece of baguette they had around was larger than the usual soup side, but too small for a sandwich, so they gave me the whole piece at the price of a soup side. I'm actually more likely to stop in now, knowing that they're willing to go out of their way to make me happy. That's good customer service!
David Sq Au Bon Pain
Oct. 24th, 2010 02:34 pmI'm not usually a big fan of Au Bon Pain -- I think they're way overpriced for what they offer. But I stopped into the one in Davis today to see if they had any good veggie soups to ward off the chill. They only had one veggie soup, and not one I was interested in, but when I happened to mention to the manager that I had hoped for the corn and green chili bisque, she went into the back and warmed up a bowl just for me. And then when I wanted some bread to go with it, the piece of baguette they had around was larger than the usual soup side, but too small for a sandwich, so they gave me the whole piece at the price of a soup side. I'm actually more likely to stop in now, knowing that they're willing to go out of their way to make me happy. That's good customer service!
farmer's market tour
Oct. 18th, 2010 03:44 pmGot to go on a tour of the Central Square farmer's market with Chef Chris Schlesinger of the East Coast Grill, thanks to the Mass Farmer's Market Facebook page. I've never actually eaten at East Coast, but I'm thinking I might try their brunch some time now.
I ended up buying more than I normally do at a farmer's market, and more adventurously as well. My haul:
I ended up buying more than I normally do at a farmer's market, and more adventurously as well. My haul:
- Hen of the woods mushrooms
- Calabash squash
- Yellow carrots (very sweet!)
- Brussels sprouts
- Garlic
- Cortland apple (for baking with bleu cheese)
- Honeycrisp apple (for nomming)
farmer's market tour
Oct. 18th, 2010 03:44 pmGot to go on a tour of the Central Square farmer's market with Chef Chris Schlesinger of the East Coast Grill, thanks to the Mass Farmer's Market Facebook page. I've never actually eaten at East Coast, but I'm thinking I might try their brunch some time now.
I ended up buying more than I normally do at a farmer's market, and more adventurously as well. My haul:
I ended up buying more than I normally do at a farmer's market, and more adventurously as well. My haul:
- Hen of the woods mushrooms
- Calabash squash
- Yellow carrots (very sweet!)
- Brussels sprouts
- Garlic
- Cortland apple (for baking with bleu cheese)
- Honeycrisp apple (for nomming)
Fullermania
Oct. 12th, 2010 10:42 am I posted this to facebook, but since some of the Margaret Ghost principals aren't on there:
An upcoming event that might interest you:
Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller: A Conversation
An upcoming event that might interest you:
Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller: A Conversation
Fullermania
Oct. 12th, 2010 10:42 am I posted this to facebook, but since some of the Margaret Ghost principals aren't on there:
An upcoming event that might interest you:
Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller: A Conversation
An upcoming event that might interest you:
Edgar Allan Poe and Margaret Fuller: A Conversation
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Oct. 11th, 2010 10:03 pm Last fall, I went out on the Liberty Clipper a few times, remembered how much I love being out on boats, and vowed to learn to sail this spring so that I could spend more time on the water. Community Boating opened on April 1 this year, and I became a member three days later.
Today their season ended. In the intervening time, I have been out sailing 37 times. Two of those were on the Liberty Clipper again, three on the Schooner Fame in Salem, twice with someone at the Boston Harbor Sailing Center, and thirty times with CBI. I’ve been at the helm of boats ranging from the beginner’s Cape Cod Mercury to a 420 racing-class boat to the 50-foot Fame and the 125-foot Liberty Clipper (including getting to tack both of the latter!)
I learned to rig a boat, and how to furl and unrig it. I learned to tell where the wind is coming from, how to trim the sail appropriately, and how to use that wind to navigate to where I want to go. I learned to control the amount the boat heels so that I can skim along on a close haul, body hiked out over the rail, without taking on a drop of water. I learned to look at the water and see changes in the wind approaching. I also learned how to make decisions quickly and commit to them, how to make a passenger feel secure even if I’m panicking a little inside, how to teach others new skills patiently, and that sometimes I can do more than I think I can -- all of which have come in handy in directing, come to think of it.
I still have one groupon left for the Fame, so I’m hoping to get out to Salem some time during Halloween week for one last sail, but I’ve got to say, that was a heck of a good season. I’ll be counting the days until the spring!
(Also, for some reason I can't get LJ to let me upload a new icon of myself at the tiller of the Fame. Phooey. This is a photo from on board the Roseway, taken last fall.)
Today their season ended. In the intervening time, I have been out sailing 37 times. Two of those were on the Liberty Clipper again, three on the Schooner Fame in Salem, twice with someone at the Boston Harbor Sailing Center, and thirty times with CBI. I’ve been at the helm of boats ranging from the beginner’s Cape Cod Mercury to a 420 racing-class boat to the 50-foot Fame and the 125-foot Liberty Clipper (including getting to tack both of the latter!)
I learned to rig a boat, and how to furl and unrig it. I learned to tell where the wind is coming from, how to trim the sail appropriately, and how to use that wind to navigate to where I want to go. I learned to control the amount the boat heels so that I can skim along on a close haul, body hiked out over the rail, without taking on a drop of water. I learned to look at the water and see changes in the wind approaching. I also learned how to make decisions quickly and commit to them, how to make a passenger feel secure even if I’m panicking a little inside, how to teach others new skills patiently, and that sometimes I can do more than I think I can -- all of which have come in handy in directing, come to think of it.
I still have one groupon left for the Fame, so I’m hoping to get out to Salem some time during Halloween week for one last sail, but I’ve got to say, that was a heck of a good season. I’ll be counting the days until the spring!
(Also, for some reason I can't get LJ to let me upload a new icon of myself at the tiller of the Fame. Phooey. This is a photo from on board the Roseway, taken last fall.)
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Oct. 11th, 2010 10:03 pm Last fall, I went out on the Liberty Clipper a few times, remembered how much I love being out on boats, and vowed to learn to sail this spring so that I could spend more time on the water. Community Boating opened on April 1 this year, and I became a member three days later.
Today their season ended. In the intervening time, I have been out sailing 37 times. Two of those were on the Liberty Clipper again, three on the Schooner Fame in Salem, twice with someone at the Boston Harbor Sailing Center, and thirty times with CBI. I’ve been at the helm of boats ranging from the beginner’s Cape Cod Mercury to a 420 racing-class boat to the 50-foot Fame and the 125-foot Liberty Clipper (including getting to tack both of the latter!)
I learned to rig a boat, and how to furl and unrig it. I learned to tell where the wind is coming from, how to trim the sail appropriately, and how to use that wind to navigate to where I want to go. I learned to control the amount the boat heels so that I can skim along on a close haul, body hiked out over the rail, without taking on a drop of water. I learned to look at the water and see changes in the wind approaching. I also learned how to make decisions quickly and commit to them, how to make a passenger feel secure even if I’m panicking a little inside, how to teach others new skills patiently, and that sometimes I can do more than I think I can -- all of which have come in handy in directing, come to think of it.
I still have one groupon left for the Fame, so I’m hoping to get out to Salem some time during Halloween week for one last sail, but I’ve got to say, that was a heck of a good season. I’ll be counting the days until the spring!
(Also, for some reason I can't get LJ to let me upload a new icon of myself at the tiller of the Fame. Phooey. This is a photo from on board the Roseway, taken last fall.)
Today their season ended. In the intervening time, I have been out sailing 37 times. Two of those were on the Liberty Clipper again, three on the Schooner Fame in Salem, twice with someone at the Boston Harbor Sailing Center, and thirty times with CBI. I’ve been at the helm of boats ranging from the beginner’s Cape Cod Mercury to a 420 racing-class boat to the 50-foot Fame and the 125-foot Liberty Clipper (including getting to tack both of the latter!)
I learned to rig a boat, and how to furl and unrig it. I learned to tell where the wind is coming from, how to trim the sail appropriately, and how to use that wind to navigate to where I want to go. I learned to control the amount the boat heels so that I can skim along on a close haul, body hiked out over the rail, without taking on a drop of water. I learned to look at the water and see changes in the wind approaching. I also learned how to make decisions quickly and commit to them, how to make a passenger feel secure even if I’m panicking a little inside, how to teach others new skills patiently, and that sometimes I can do more than I think I can -- all of which have come in handy in directing, come to think of it.
I still have one groupon left for the Fame, so I’m hoping to get out to Salem some time during Halloween week for one last sail, but I’ve got to say, that was a heck of a good season. I’ll be counting the days until the spring!
(Also, for some reason I can't get LJ to let me upload a new icon of myself at the tiller of the Fame. Phooey. This is a photo from on board the Roseway, taken last fall.)
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Oct. 11th, 2010 12:52 pmOne more quote from Bigger Than the Sky... It's not that it was such a great movie, but it did have a few really nice moments.
"Death is no stranger, is it? Those of us who live in the theatre live with death every day. Our words die as soon as they are spoken. Each moment on the stage lives no longer than a breath. And yet, because our words address that which is immediate, they live, in death, forever, in our hearts, and in the hearts of all who hear them."
I have a post I've been wanting to write about my birthday, but I think I may have used up my LJ quota for the week at this rate! But I'll get around to it soon. Meanwhile, suffice it to say that it was a lovely birthday, and I am blessed in my friends.
"Death is no stranger, is it? Those of us who live in the theatre live with death every day. Our words die as soon as they are spoken. Each moment on the stage lives no longer than a breath. And yet, because our words address that which is immediate, they live, in death, forever, in our hearts, and in the hearts of all who hear them."
I have a post I've been wanting to write about my birthday, but I think I may have used up my LJ quota for the week at this rate! But I'll get around to it soon. Meanwhile, suffice it to say that it was a lovely birthday, and I am blessed in my friends.
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Oct. 11th, 2010 12:52 pmOne more quote from Bigger Than the Sky... It's not that it was such a great movie, but it did have a few really nice moments.
"Death is no stranger, is it? Those of us who live in the theatre live with death every day. Our words die as soon as they are spoken. Each moment on the stage lives no longer than a breath. And yet, because our words address that which is immediate, they live, in death, forever, in our hearts, and in the hearts of all who hear them."
I have a post I've been wanting to write about my birthday, but I think I may have used up my LJ quota for the week at this rate! But I'll get around to it soon. Meanwhile, suffice it to say that it was a lovely birthday, and I am blessed in my friends.
"Death is no stranger, is it? Those of us who live in the theatre live with death every day. Our words die as soon as they are spoken. Each moment on the stage lives no longer than a breath. And yet, because our words address that which is immediate, they live, in death, forever, in our hearts, and in the hearts of all who hear them."
I have a post I've been wanting to write about my birthday, but I think I may have used up my LJ quota for the week at this rate! But I'll get around to it soon. Meanwhile, suffice it to say that it was a lovely birthday, and I am blessed in my friends.
looking for old roller skate
Oct. 11th, 2010 10:05 amDoes anyone (Boston local) have an old metal roller skate that we could borrow for a sound effect for The Big Broadcast? Figured I'd ask y'all before I started spamming various lists... Thanks!
ETA: We're specifically looking for a squeaky old metal skate, before anyone suggests we ask the Derby Dames or something :) We need it to be a horse-drawn carriage.
ETA: We're specifically looking for a squeaky old metal skate, before anyone suggests we ask the Derby Dames or something :) We need it to be a horse-drawn carriage.
looking for old roller skate
Oct. 11th, 2010 10:05 amDoes anyone (Boston local) have an old metal roller skate that we could borrow for a sound effect for The Big Broadcast? Figured I'd ask y'all before I started spamming various lists... Thanks!
ETA: We're specifically looking for a squeaky old metal skate, before anyone suggests we ask the Derby Dames or something :) We need it to be a horse-drawn carriage.
ETA: We're specifically looking for a squeaky old metal skate, before anyone suggests we ask the Derby Dames or something :) We need it to be a horse-drawn carriage.
We are all Cyrano
Oct. 11th, 2010 02:21 am Man, I should really be asleep by now, but I got caught up in watching a movie called Bigger Than the Sky. It's about a man in a community theatre production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and mostly it makes me very grateful for Theatre@First, because boy are we a nicer group than they are (although I'll take their space and budget, please!) But then I got to this one line, said to someone playing a small part, and I had to stop the video to write it down for future reference:
We are all Cyrano, all loving with no hope of true love in return . . . All Roxanne, loving an illusion of love . . . All Christian, loving with words that are not our own . . . All imperfect, parading our imperfections in spite of our fears, with one thought in mind, to play to the end, to risk all and to be left with that which is most dear . . .
We are all Cyrano
Oct. 11th, 2010 02:21 am Man, I should really be asleep by now, but I got caught up in watching a movie called Bigger Than the Sky. It's about a man in a community theatre production of Cyrano de Bergerac, and mostly it makes me very grateful for Theatre@First, because boy are we a nicer group than they are (although I'll take their space and budget, please!) But then I got to this one line, said to someone playing a small part, and I had to stop the video to write it down for future reference:
We are all Cyrano, all loving with no hope of true love in return . . . All Roxanne, loving an illusion of love . . . All Christian, loving with words that are not our own . . . All imperfect, parading our imperfections in spite of our fears, with one thought in mind, to play to the end, to risk all and to be left with that which is most dear . . .
One more time...
Sep. 29th, 2010 05:44 pmGoing offline until Saturday night (when it will be MERE HOURS until my birthday! Woo! Of course, my Hebrew birthday is actually today, but that's not generally as exciting. Damn, I should have bought cake! Oh well, the Ben & Jerry's Snickerdoodle ice cream will just have to do. Or maybe the salted brownies at auditions tonight.) Catch you on the flip side!
One more time...
Sep. 29th, 2010 05:44 pmGoing offline until Saturday night (when it will be MERE HOURS until my birthday! Woo! Of course, my Hebrew birthday is actually today, but that's not generally as exciting. Damn, I should have bought cake! Oh well, the Ben & Jerry's Snickerdoodle ice cream will just have to do. Or maybe the salted brownies at auditions tonight.) Catch you on the flip side!
