It's totally not that big a deal, but there was a cute one at Target, and I was already putting the shampoo and cat food on my credit card, so what the hell.

99. Get/make a green purse.

In other news, No Meat/No Booze is proving to be difficult.  I succumbed to peer pressure and had a glass of wine last night, although I did avoid meat at the ( Read more... )

#13 means no bacon.

I'm a sucker for documentaries about the food we eat and where it comes from.  I loved Fast Food Nation and Super Size Me.
This one lived up to my expectations.

And inspired me to start on #13 immediately.

However, I will slightly edit it, I will eat meat that has been killed/processed by someone that I know.  (for example, the salmon my parents ( Read more... )

Last night C and I went to the MN Orchestra to hear the Blind Boys of Alabama. What an excellent concert! (noted: the decidedly different crowd from the Ben Folds concert). They played a whole range of music; my two favorites were Amazing Grace sung to the tune of The House of the Rising Sun (I am not shitting you on that!) and a piece at the end ( Read more... )

Marisol had a successful opening.

In the silent auction C outbid me on a necklace... and then gave it to me.  :)

This morning I slept in and made french toast for us with some of the leftover bread (donated to the opening night party from Franklin Street Bakery).

I finished off the weekend with a Stitch n Bitch. 
I made Clive.


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I need to not get in the habit of spending money...

I just eschewed top sirloin for lamb loin chops.  I justified it by reasoning I needed top shelf all the way to pair with this wine, but there was no need for the sushi lunch.

It's the final countdown.
With mere days left on my 101 list, I'm getting close (with nattienatnat 's help).

Tonight we felled two in one go:

80. Have a fondue night. (completed 6/15/09)
92. Learn to play Mah Jong. (completed 6/15/09)

Both were awesome.
nattienatnat , kurosawa , and
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( london day 5 )

happy Pocky Day!

Yesterday I taught "Duke it Out, for families" at the G.  If you didn't catch it from the title, that's stage combat for kids AND their parents.
It was tons of fun.

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Last night C and I went over to Keith and Ari's place, and had a wonderful evening filled with pizza, talisker and chocolate. 
To round out the deliciousness we watched the first ( Read more... )