July 21, 2005
Friday Five
I haven't done one of these for awhile. You can answer in the combox or on your own blog. My answers are in the Extended Entry section.
Five Seasonal Questions
Imagine you are in one of these hot places, where the mercury hits 100+, as this is the underlying assumption behind all of the questions.
1. What is your favorite way to beat the heat?
2. What is your favorite hot weather dish?
3. What is your ideal hot weather music?
4. What smells do you associate with hot weather?
5. OK. Enough is enough. If time and money were no object, where would you go to escape this infernal heat?
1. Swimming.
2. Tomato and bread salad (chunks of organic, heirloom tomatoes, homemade croutons, balsamic vinegar, fresh thyme, extra virgin olive oil, a pinch of salt and a dash of fresh cracked pepper).
3. 1960's Jamaican ska.
4. Coffee roasting and cigarette smoke, the result of driving by Sacramento's Java City with the windows down. It is a great smell.
5. Lake Garda in the Dolomites.
March 12, 2005
Friday Feast (a day late)
Friday's Feast
From The Summamamas via Sotto, sotto, from Friday's Feast website!
Appetizer - Where do you go when you want to relax?
Caffe Greco in North Beach.
Soup - Tell about something that made you laugh this week.
There were these three guys who walked into a bar... and the many other jokes told by my friends late Wednesday night at Ocean Beach as we watched the storm waves crashing into the sand.
Salad - What is your favorite texture?
Right now it is meat.
Main Course - If you were to publish your autobiography, what would the first sentence be?
I never write the first sentence first. The lede must be the last thing I write, even after the first few edits.
Dessert - Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? If so, how?
Sort of. I drink Irish stout, eat corned beef and cabbage, listen to the Pogues, avoid overcrowded Irish pubs like the plague.
February 1, 2005
Friday Five
List five foods that remind you of home or your childhood (from Happy Catholic):
1. As we approach my birthday, I have to start thinking of my favorite birthday treat: Fondue!
2. Gringo Tacos
3. Fresh pasta with homemade pesto
4. Boef bourguignon.
5. Rigatoni alla bolognese