Grill baby grill

We have a grill!

This weekend's pleasant abundance of barbecued delicacies inspired us on our way back from Portland (did I mention I went to Portland? I went to Portland.) and we stopped at a Lowe's to check out our options. We ended up picking out a nice portable charcoal grill on a semi-collapsible stand instead of a tiny table-top version, and set it up Tuesday evening for the inaugural grill. On the menu? Cumin and olive oil cauliflower kababs and salmon, with spinach cous cous on the side. It'll take a bit of finagling to figure out how to get the temperature up faster, but even if I have to wait 45 minutes for salmon again it was totally worth it. I'll just be sure not to skewer my fingertips next time on any goll-durned cauliflower.

Tomorrow we leave for Philadephia and the Devon Horse Show. Now where did I put my jodhpurs...

SPECIAL EDITION OF COMEDY TUESDAY

In an EXTRA SPECIAL EDITION OF COMEDY TUESDAY SO SPECIAL IT FALLS ON A WEDNESDAY entitled "Kate did NOT forget, she just didn't remember"... I give you

Linktacular Extravanganza!
(because comedy isn't necessarily things that make you laugh,
but it definitely is things that don't make you cry...um, bad tears)

Pasta-Cake
This is how I know there is a higher power.


What's Your NPR Name?
I'm Katherline Sedlec, welcome to Fresh Air.


Pimp That Snack
Interestingly enough, they started out as Pimp MY Snack but Viacom sued.


Happee happee joy joy
Omg it's Stimpy! Oddly enough, not a cat...

carnie folk

Hm. Now I'm really excited for the fair.

Suppose I'll just have to eat cotton candy all weekend and pretend to use tickets to do all of my everyday activities (7 tickets for the Laundry Machine? No way! I'm going back to the Hoegaarden Funhouse!)


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fraaaahdaaaaay

Holy toledo!

My Thursday night was FUN and vino-themed... perhaps overindulgent but oh well.

Next weekend I'm off with the boyfriend to Philadelphia for the Devon Horse Show and a birthday (not mine) celebration. I've been told there will be food involved, so it ought to be good. Country fairs are absolutely my favorite thing EVER - fried or sugary concoctions (if I'm lucky fried AND sugary concoctions) and ferris wheels and pretty/stink animals... doesn't get any better than that! And the weekend after that I'm off to Austin for my cousin's wedding, which will be great since I haven't seen him since I was, oh, I dunno, ten?

Two cities I've never visited in two weeks! Weee!

And a three day weekend ahead of me makes this afternoon soooo glorious. Especially the promise of seeing a newly betrothed favorite MA native!!!!!

All in all, there will probably be more overindulgence, but that's okay. Summer's just about here!

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Comedy Tuesday

Last week, I introduced Comedy Tuesday (because there's nothing funny about Monday). Later that day, I was clicking around the awesomeness on SwissMiss, aghast that she's shared one of my FAVORITE SITES with the whole wide interwebs (that I will not be sharing today because I am still greedy about it...) where was I...oh yeah. And then I found this and nearly wet the couch.

Certain humor sites are awesome for their commentary - but the pictures really speak for themselves here. Enjoy.

la la la la la la la Hollywood...

Julia Child had an amazing career: she served Uncle Sam, was a wonderful and prolific writer, and revolutionized the way Americans cook. She's responsible for taking us out of the age of the jello-mold, and refining palates across generations.

So I can't wait to see this movie - especially because the tagline is: "Passion. Ambition. Butter." I hope it does her justice. And maybe Americans will have something aside from the image of Dan Aykroyd in drag to memorialize the incredible Ms. Child.

I also want to see - shut up don't say anything - Angels and Demons. Also The Brothers Bloom (which is getting mixed reviews but seems like my kind of thing). Now I just need the time and the moneys.

U-turn!

Whoa - I just realized Wednesday got a little TOO real, especially following Comedy Tuesday.

To calm things down a bit, here are two pandas playing Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Flutes in C Major.