i probably shouldn't pluralize the subject of today's update - in reality it's just my old flame rebecca, up in new england from awful, hot, prefab arizona. we had curry for dinner - the lao market had a new brand of dried long chili in and they're very nice - deep red (almost black) and giant. the problem is that one bag only makes about one curry. and they're cripplingly expensive - $1.39! can you believe the nerve of these people? i want at least ten pounds at that price. but the curry turned out very nice - eggplant, green sort-of-hot-peppers, enoki mushrooms, and some baby dandelion greens left over from last night (yes, i know, they're not culturally appropriate, but they're substituting for a whole giant group of bitter greens that we can't get here. so there.). oh, and tofu. which rebecca fried - the classic division of curry-labor in this household. oh, and we had caipirinhas. they go with everything.
she took pictures, too. so if they don't look terrible (and if i can figure out how) perhaps i'll put one up.
only time will tell.
2 comments:
i would say you had me at caipirinhas, but that was toward the end of your riposte. okay, it wasn't a riposte exactly. probably just my connotation to old flames. oi. alas, i digress.
i'm thomas bell, a friend, colleague and fan of yr dad. we worked together at youngstown state. he sent me a link to yr blog, good reading. anyway, i have a conference in newport in february (13-17, or so). i have a friend at brown who is doing grad work in some wacky arts program, so i know i'll be hanging in providence some. (saw a ref to providence somewhere in yr blog).
so if you are around during that time and have time for a cocktail or cup o' joe lemme know. i can be reached at thomaswbell@gmail.com. any skinny you would give on newport and providence spots for eats and libations would be great to have.
also, if you send me yr email, i'll send you a link to download a cd sampler of my top ten from '07, which is actually looking like 13 tracks. (it's the new "ten").
hope all is going brilliantly for you there. yr dad speaks highly of you. respectfully,
thomas bell
peter;
if you want to glean a few giggles at the expense of sugar-sculptors who deserve a future in anything but...
http://casweet-thing.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_archive.html
i think my favourite is what appears to be the african american woman waving a banner of bacon and satellites.
sincerely,
me
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