Finally tried Ross Isaac (a restaurant about 1 mile from home) last night, lured by the $5 martinis and patio. I had a Salty Drop martini (vodka, limoncello, grapefruit juice and salt), a wonderful combination that I will have to replicate at home sometime. Kidmissile had an appletini. We ordered soup and a couple of appetizers, thinking they ( Read more... )

This weekend, inspired by the success of my lemon vodka, I started the infusing process for blueberry vodka. Two days later it doesn't look like anything is happening. No coloration of the vodka. No bleaching of the blueberries. I hope this works.

And if it does, what do you drink with blueberry vodka?

I will post a real review soon, but I did love the movie and can't wait to see it again.

Very excited about seeing Half Blood Prince tonight!

I am really puzzled by the title of latest Fast & Furious film. As I recall, the previous films are: Fast & Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Fast & Furious: Toyko Drift.

Why does the fourth film have the same name as the first? Someone missed a deadline? No good ideas? At least add a "4" or "2009"

I was generally happy with Illinois' season. Looking forward to what they can do next year!

The tournament has begun!

I was able to run my first 3 mile training run yesterday...very slowly. My legs are pretty sore today as I expected. Next run is Tuesday so hopefully I will be rested by then. Kidmissile suggested that I do the first week of the training program twice which is a very good idea.

Started my pre-training (45 min. of cross-training) for the half-marathon. I'm going to follow Hal Higdon's 12-week training program for beginners but with a few variations as I'd like my longest run before the race to be 12 miles instead of 10 miles. I bought new shoes so hopefully my foot won't give me any trouble this time. When training for my ( Read more... )

Somehow I became obsessed yesterday with making some savory biscotti. I tried a recipe for cheddar-chive biscotti. It turned out pretty well, but next time I will use straight cheddar rather than a cheddar-jack blend, and more chives ( Read more... )