Two perspectives of tonight’s sunset. Fall sunsets are the best.
mop Night
4th in line on a Friday night at mop.
Ribeyes on the BGE
Midweek, I got tired of the weekend pre-cooked, microwave-heated dinner fare for weeknights so I went full-on hump day Big Green Egg gangsta on these tender-juicy bad boys.
Brad's Birthday Dinner
Brad and I take each other out to dinner on our birthdays. This is a belated one for his (8/28).
Dinner with a View
Tapas night at VASO Rooftop Lounge, AC Marriott, Dublin.
EKA
Spent almost four hours making my first dozen batch of homemade Dominique Ansel’s Kouign Amann (DKA) pastry, with a soft, sweet, flaky croissant-like interior and a sweet caramelized outside crust. Not bad for a first attempt: taste- and texture-wise, it was pretty damned close to the original! It also worked well sandwiching a scoop of my other homemade creation, avocado ice cream.
Kids at Play
The ‘playground’ on my front yard at sunset.
Bumper Crop
Neighbor stopped by this evening to drop off some bounty from this year’s bumper crop. And now all I can think of are some fresh pico de gallo, maybe Margherita pizza, or better yet, pasta puttanesca ...
Newest Breakfast Club Member
Josh is an original member of our over-a-decade-old Breakfast Club. Philip is the newest and youngest member. But he really can’t be an ‘official’ member until he owns (and is able to operate) his very own Apple device. It’ll be a while.
Saturday Afternoon Walk
Today’s walk with Jiro was a game of ‘dodge the rain”.
Magic Book!
This arrived in the mail on Saturday. Look out for my home-made DKA’s and cronuts!
Hamilton!
Caught “Hamilton, an American Musical” at Cleveland’s KeyBank State Theater Saturday. So good, I would like to see it again. On Broadway this time.
NYC Case of the Mondays
Monday mood in New York City.
Walking Across the Brooklyn Bridge
It's a totally touristy thing to do, but heck, it's New York City!
Saturday in NYC
First full day today in the city.
Today at Breakfast Club
Good old reliable Trifecta with a twist: carrot cake pancake and millionaire’s bacon.
Co-Worker Farewell
Kathy joins her husband Mike on a job transfer to Alabama. Pizza party at Benny’s.
Midweek Dine-out
A co-worker/good friend from my Canada days was in town so dinner at a local pizzeria (Harvest in old Dublin) was in order.
More Sun-Chasing Shenanigans, Part 2
Jiro continues to find ways to enjoy the sun from inside the house.
Twin Tomahawks
Saturday’s dinner party main course was a pair of 3-lb tomahawk ribeyes, prepared sous vide style and finished on the grill. A second dish of spicy prawns with a spicy lime mango salsa rounded up the surf and turf theme.
