good food

This weekend was my annual family reunion, which is always a highlight of the year for me. It's just nice to get to spend time catching up with family, enjoying each other's company and eating lots and lots of really good food.

Happy Friday to all. We are picking up Patrick and Amy this morning from the airport which should make for a fun weekend. I want to give a late happy b-day to Amy Jean … I won’t so how old, but she’s more than welcome to comment on that. We are looking forward to some good food, golf, and touring around.

My patient gave me an Olive Garden gift card a while back. There are only a few locations in Nashville, and nothing remotely near Bellevue, where my sweetie lives.

My all-time favorite story by Adam Gopnik is entitled, "Bumping into Mr. Ravioli." In short, it's about his young daughter and her imaginary friend, the one who's always too busy to play with her. She talks with him on her little phone and he's always hurrying off to do this or to do that, always on the run. Mr.

More food and beer pairing! This week, it's an odd one - Sushi and beer. Forget the junk they normally serve in your local sushi joint, pair some real craft beer with it! We talk all about pairing with sushi, try three different styles, and talk about getting over the notion of pairing strange foods and beers together with some good food/beer pairing tips. Make sure to tune in!

Digital Audio Insider took a look at the inflation-adjusted price of a download at iTunes (and has a nice multicolor graph to boot). In 2003 dollars (since iTunes was launched in 2003) a download today costs only $0.86. If download prices had risen with inflation, they would now cost $1.14.

So I got my taxes together today and am getting ready to take my 1040 and a check to the post office. I won't kid you, I don't like it too much. It makes a man consider John McCain...

http://tempusestnunc.blogspot.com/2008/04/hunger.html This post got me thinking.

The Dogwood Arts Festival on Market Square is being held this week, April 11-13.

My Mother and I went yesterday to beat the crowds and the weather. It was a beautiful day even with the wind.

Good art, good food, good music, good people...