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matociquala: Light (click) a candle to benefit AIDS research.
Back from New Orleans, where Saz and Erac hosted Thanksgiving dinner -- roast turkey, mashed potatoes (with a half pound of cream cheese blended in), green bean salad with a mushroom-based dressing, cranberry-orange sauce, a sweet potato/green pepper/andouille/cheese casserole, more sweet potatoes with marshmallows, a fennel-orange salad, cremes brulees, and a lot of wine. The following morning, another couple hosted brunch, which included ginger-and-cilantro-seasoned scrambled eggs and many mimosas. And brunch this morning was at a restaurant in the French Quarter called "Eat" (the crawfish pie wasn't fabulous, but the shrimp grits are recommended).
Around the eating, there were some nice walks (including a trip out to Barataria Preserve, as well as a stroll by the river) and good talks, as well as much sleeping on my part (because I am boring and still Not Well. One of these years I will again have the stamina to go see a show when I'm down there -- or just to stay awake past 10 p.m. without obscene quantities of napping -- but it definitely wasn't an option this trip).
Also, three days without the laptop or cell phone = a good break.
Also, my copy of Dwarf Stars was in the mail stack when I got home. ("The Stepsister" is reprinted therein.)
Good to see people. Good to be home. And so to bed. *rueful smile*
matociquala: Light (click) a candle to benefit AIDS research.Back from New Orleans, where Saz and Erac hosted Thanksgiving dinner -- roast turkey, mashed potatoes (with a half pound of cream cheese blended in), green bean salad with a mushroom-based dressing, cranberry-orange sauce, a sweet potato/green pepper/andouille/cheese casserole, more sweet potatoes with marshmallows, a fennel-orange salad, cremes brulees, and a lot of wine. The following morning, another couple hosted brunch, which included ginger-and-cilantro-seasoned scrambled eggs and many mimosas. And brunch this morning was at a restaurant in the French Quarter called "Eat" (the crawfish pie wasn't fabulous, but the shrimp grits are recommended).
Around the eating, there were some nice walks (including a trip out to Barataria Preserve, as well as a stroll by the river) and good talks, as well as much sleeping on my part (because I am boring and still Not Well. One of these years I will again have the stamina to go see a show when I'm down there -- or just to stay awake past 10 p.m. without obscene quantities of napping -- but it definitely wasn't an option this trip).
Also, three days without the laptop or cell phone = a good break.
Also, my copy of Dwarf Stars was in the mail stack when I got home. ("The Stepsister" is reprinted therein.)
Good to see people. Good to be home. And so to bed. *rueful smile*
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