Entries from May 2009

May 21, 2009

Dear Glee Showrunners

Your show is very appropriately named and I love it almost unabashedly. Even though I was never in showchoir, I am a total showchoir/a capella junkie. You captured showchoir as a competitive sport to a t. The acting and direction seems spot on. One major quibble though – why set up [...]

May 20, 2009

Ok Parkway Manor Boyz – It’s ON!

Because the boys in Oakland just bought a house!  Yesterday, J and I went to the title company and signed all the papers.   Tomorrow, our real estate agent will be handing over the keys and the hosue will be ours!  Yes this is the same house we were agonizing over earlier.   On top of being [...]

May 19, 2009

Birthday Dinner Lesson Learned

Always trust West Coast Rebecca’s restaurant picks.  So May 11 was my birthday but J was really sick that night and I was tired from work so we just stayed in a vegged out.  But Friday was the more formal celebration with West Coast Rebecca.  I asked that my present from her be that she [...]

May 4, 2009

Fava Bean Fest

So last year, when J and I were visiting San Francisco to determine whether we would move cross country, West Coast Rebecca made a great meal of orichette with anchovy and fava beans. I’ve been loath to eat fava beans because they resemble my much-hated lima beans. I ate them last year and [...]