SFistas! My friend Stephen the personal chef is doing a pop up restaurant in the bar Truck at 1900 Folsom. He's doing high class French Style bar food. Last I heard, the menu would include:

Pork Rilletes with Walnut Bread, Mustard and Cornichon – Pork braised in its own fat and wine served with crunchy walnut toast points, whole grain mustard and sweet pickles

Boules de Bouef avec Pommes de Terre – Savory beef meatballs in a Port Wine Gravy over Steamed Herbed Potatoes

Crudite et Fromage – Seasonal Vegetables with Romanesco Sauce, Basil Aioli and Garlic Crostini with Local Cheeses

Gratin Dauphinoise with Creme Fraiche Lorraine – Potatoes roasted in cream and garlic topped with a thickened cream, caramelized onions and house cured bacon

Croque Monsiuer – Toasted Ham & Gruyere Cheese Sandwich Topped with a Creamy Bechamel Sauce served with pomme frittes

Burger de Porc: Hamburger of ground pork, ground bacon and herbs served with pomme frittes

Request for Emergency ~ma. My BFF's husband just got rushed into surgery for a brain bleed. It was diagnosed a couple of weeks ago, and the Drs were convinced it would just reabsorb on its own, but he's been having worse and worse pain, so I guess they've decided to take action. Please send safe surgery~ma for B, and calm and strength to K while she waits.

SFistas (Lee in particular), I was wrong about the date of my friend's popup restaurant. It's MARCH 27, not February. So, you have time to get a group together.

I am a published beer writer! Check out my cover story in a prominent New Orleans weekly newspaper: Main article and sidebar content.

The end of my Social Security Saga. [link]

I am behind on B.org for various reasons...but if any of you want to reply to Jonathan Kaufer on my Facebook page (his long comment on my link to the "I am not a wife, sister, or daughter" post, go right ahead! (In case you wanted to reply but weren't sure how I felt about your doing so.)

ETA fer grammmmer

I need ~ma for an individual I work with. I'll be attending a meeting with him, and I have reason to believe that I will need to advocate for him, as strongly as I can.

Windsparrow ~ma for this individual.

I have been prescribed Tramadol. So far it is controlling the pain, so now to find out if it controls the pain well enough to let me type more than ten minutes at a time.

Doctor has ordered MRI. His best guess as to cause: degenerating discs pressing on a nerve, which previously caused problems in my arm and wrist. Confirming evidence. He did the rubber mallet test and says I have the reflexes of a dead man.

Right, so, I'm going to Europe this summer (leaving May 16. Back July 17.) As I was thinking about this trip, I thought, "I know a lot of people (especially kids) who would love to get postcards. I should create a way for people to ask for postcards." So, I made up a form (see below). If you would like a postcard sent, feel free to fill it out and send it to my profile address (or FB message me, if we're friends there). If you have questions, I will make up answers.

Your name

Person to whom postcard should be addressed

Address to which the postcard should be sent

Desired location(s) from which postcard(s) should be sent (I am planning on being in Sweden, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Paris, and undetermined location(s) in the UK, including London):

Any guidance on what sort of postcard would be most appreciated or particular interests of the recipient:

If the recipient is school-aged, about what grade-level?

Is there some deadline for the postcard (e.g.—if it is for a classroom, the end of school)? If so, what is that deadline?