Here’s a good recipe for dealing with that leftover turkey carcass. Make some stock (you do know how to make stock, don’t you?) and some delicious soup.
For Meatballs:1 small yellow onion1/3 cup parsley1 large egg1 tsp. garlic (I tripled this)1 tsp salt1/4 baguette1/2 cup grated Parmesan16-oz of beef (I used 12 and there was plenty. […]

Our turkey cost $64. SIXTY-FOUR, PEOPLE! That’ll teach me to order without checking the price first. Christ. It must be free range, massaged by 4-H children, snuffed by Buddhists, plucked by fairy seamstresses…
Is everything more expensive in California, or is it just me?

I have: a very annoying cough that makes me wake up 6000 times a night feeling like I am choking. Great.
I forgot: that Sunday was my parents’ FORTIETH anniversary! Apparently it was quite a knock down drag out affair, since Mom sounded extremely bilious following the nine course meal and six bottles of wine […]

…for running.
After sitting in front of my computer all day yesterday, I finally grew disgusted enough with myself to put on my running shoes and leave the house. I mean, REALLY, how many days can I chastise myself for not being healthier before doing something about it? Apparently a lot. But my GOD, THE HILLS! […]

Simons, burnt orange, making lists, red shoes, boarding school, Grace Kelly dresses, finishing an essay, sweet potatoes, my surfboard, bookstores, cast nets, my dad’s stories, pie, feather beds, bonfires, books on tape, direct deposit, bluegrass, cheese, invitations to parties, my iPod, R-4 jackets, Mac LipGlass in Love Child, finishing a race, the word “jams,” British […]

Aw Puddin, speaker phone, blue flashing lights, unexpected car maintenance, Sunday nights, achy knees, barfing, cat allergies, the inability to barter, hotel art, typos, group work, cucumbers, sinus infections, January, halitosis, work travel, getting caught singing, culottes, “You Are Overdrawn,” writer’s block, long voicemail messages, jello salad, people with no thigh friction, feeling needy, writing […]

This is not going to be a very intelligent post. I’m tired. The damned dog had her pain medication patch removed yesterday and was very uncomfortable all night and kept bashing her bucket into the side of the bed. I finally got up, dragged her out of the bedroom and up on the couch with […]

Today was spent in recovery, thanks to a few too many Stolis at a friend’s birthday party. Mmmm…Stoli. So delicious.
This particular party was held at Swig. The last one she had was at a bar called Sip.
More like Guzzle if you ask me.
I was having an interesting conversation with a lawyer freshly transplanted from Manhattan. […]

MISS BEULAH HAS COME HOME!She’s lying beside me with a new and quite feminine looking bucket on her head, waiting for her chicken and rice to finish cooking. Her whole belly is shaved, which must be quite chilly, and her surgical scar is about 8 inches long and quite gruesome. But it’s so nice to […]

Dear Mom,
Why did you leave me here with the vet? I am sad. Yesterday they stole my ball and duck. To get even, I puked on the vet. I am crafty.
But today you visited me and washed my face and scratched my nose, which was nice. And you fed me chicken and rice (but not […]