St. Joe's 2nd

just got back from a weekend out on st. joe's penninsula for our second anniversary. the weather was about perfect. the water was as clear as i have ever seen any waters in the gulf of mexico. the hike in, not so bad. the hike out, a little rough. but we made it without any severe sunburn or other injuries. and the finishing touch was dinner at caroline's in appalachicola. the oysters are the best at that place. and so is the crab cake. and the grouper. it was a nice way to spend our anniversary. some adversity, some work, some beauty, love and great food. see you next year gorgeous.

torts

got back from the beach where we crashed our diet. we were raw for almost four weeks. the dinner we had out there was a shellfish tomato soup. with a loaf of bread and a bottle of cab. ever since i have been wanting to stuff my face with good food. tonite we had tortellini stuffed with shrimp in a creamy red sauce with mushrooms. with a loaf of bread and a bottle of zin. i guess they were ok. i forgot what torts are supposed to look like. they ate just fine. my resume grows a little more..

grilling eats

last night we had the best meal at the house in a while. we had about a dozen st. augustine shrimp, some crimini mushroom caps, asparagus, all grilled, over durum pasta we made with the omega juicer.

the shrimp and asparagus were dowsed in the green grill sauce (adapted from rich reynolds, thanks ol' buddy..), which is a lot like a very loose pesto minus the nuts and cheese. caps just tossed with a little olive oil and salt and pepper. and i will add, grilled to perfection.

the fine durum flour we found up in wisconsin during our last vacation up there. just straight half pound recipe. and the extruding function of the omega was a a nice change from the atlas rollers. on the plate it was nearly dry, just a little more of the green grill drizzled on top. it was the best pasta we have made yet. nothing needed any more salt or pepper. it was super fine.

and the accompanying wine was arrogant frog. a nice little number from france retailing at our local kick-ass market for 5.99. i love ward's. mangoes finally down to .69 each.

after the clean-up put on the new grill cover, which right now is coming in very handy with this steady light rain courtesy of storm ida. it fits perfect. found it at tj max. THE place if you need any kitchen utensils, gadgetry or miscellany.

and thanks to my lady. or else none of it wouldda happened. WE kick-ass. great meal and thinking back, it was probably worthy of one of them wines in our cellar. ha!

i start again

ok. new plan. all i do from this thing is go to other blogs for music. and so, i will direct you the casual viewer to what i am listening to, and where. and in this, by way of, there will be more.
here is the very latest little thing,
http://rapidshare.com/files/155798738/Our_Map_to_the_Monsters_Olympics__2008__-___experimentalrock.wordpress.com__.rar

i hope this works for you, not the exact locale..

relief

finally. my health care approved, however, unable to make an appointment until december i am told. so, thanks to my favorite local immediate care center i can again smell and taste things. anti-biotics, and some steroids for the ringing ears. and after three days of those i have a sharp pain in the low back, i'm sure is related. i feel like an old man. an OLD man. knees creaking and popping.

these blogs over here, remind me of all the old zines i used to read. every 'author' wants one to believe that their reviews are accurately giving you the 'read' on the album, and how flatly they most all fall. disappointed slightly. very slightly. back in the day of vinyl it would have cost five or six bucks per sample. much more disappointing..

its the music..

http://alphawellen.blogger.de


this is the place i started at, with the music. from alphawellen you can get to lots of places, hundreds. places i've never been. there will never be enough time.

i cannot thank these people enough..

big south fork

i must recommend big south fork, especially in october. their site isn't that spectacular, but trust me, its a gorgeous area. the quote i liked was that it is like a mini-grand canyon, now overgrown with forest. arches and half domes all over the place. we took many many photos i will soon post to flickr. one week was not nearly enough time to hike it.