I'm curious, Seattle folk: why aren't Bainbridge or Whidbey Islands on your short list of wonderful places to buy a house in the area?
Because the commute would be doubleplus insane?
We've got a couple of Bainbridge houses on our list of faves-- there's one job Lewis really, really wants that, if he got it, would be about six blocks from the ferry stop downtown so on paper, it seems like six of one, half dozen of another, commute-wise. And I like the idea of island living-- I know a few of the Seattle area writers who live on Bainbridge. But in everyday application? That would require a lot of thought, I think.
The internet would be an issue for sure since it's such a huge requirement for me professionally.
Tep, we've scored a batch of extra delicious white peaches and Emmett's gone on a binge.
We did wind up doing a smoothie to finish them off.
Smoothies may be in our future, at least at the end of the week. When I pack our lunches,* peaches are definitely included.
Also, when I make the black beans: saute onions in butter and olive oil, add beans, add cumin, add fresh salsa, add pinch of brown sugar.
Oh, yum. Do you leave them in more or less intact bean form, or do you puree them to be more refried-bean-texture-like?
*(The way household jobs have been allocated is amusingly along traditional gender roles** -- because The Boy's ADD is inattentive-type, it can take him [seriously] 30 minutes to pull together a bagel, veggie burger, peach, carrots, and string cheese. But since I'm already making my own lunch, I just fire questions into the other room to find out what he wants, and get it all together.
In return, he mows the lawn, picks up dog poop, and cleans the litter boxes, among other things. Although the litter box cleaning is really because my allergies won't let me do it -- my lungs would collapse.)
**(And I actually really dig making his lunch. Somewhere, Andrea Dworkin is shaking a fist at me.)
Oh, yum. Do you leave them in more or less intact bean form, or do you puree them to be more refried-bean-texture-like?
Basically bean form, since the advantage of doing this dish is it's ease and I don't have to get out the blender.
However, I have done it as sarameg suggests - soupier and pureeing a portion of it to add some body.
Can't do chiles, though, because I've got to slip it by youngish, unappreciative palates.
I usually meat mine up on the side by broiling some Fancy Wienies.
When I make bean burritos, I just kind of mash some up near the end with the back of the wooden spoon to thicken it up.
Done. Finally read the entire notalwaysright site. Thank god that's over with.
That works too.
I don't know how I feel about Fancy Wienies in black bean chile. May be an abomination.
Oh god, I'm craving chile and cheese with red rice now. I've got the red rice and cheese but not the chile ...And I have no doting guides to bring me their mothers' cooking. Mmm, ema dahtsi. I guess I made an impression?
I was able to order a pizza online from Papa John's once, but now whenever I try to log in it tells me there's already a customer with that phone number and refuses to let me go further. It's cost them a fair amount of my business since I tend to think of ordering after receiving online-only coupons, and refuse to pay full price just because their system is screwed up.
If you live on an island, you probably should assume you'll do everything on that island. If you live on Whidbey, don't ever assume you'll come to Seattle for anything other than an Event. I used to live in Mukilteo - the other end of the Whidbey Island ferry run (Mukilteo/Clinton), and the backups to get on that ferry can be 2 or 3 ferry-cycles long (4 hours).
Bainbridge is a little closer, but still - island living is island *living*. The very rich can make it a causal thing - live on an island, come to the city to do things like work or shop or play - but I don't know "average folk" who do so.
Also: the ferries stop at about 1am. In my social circle, that's criminally early. YMMV of course; not everyone is a blood-sucking child of the night.
(Speaking of which: rumor has ANOTHER Lestat film...with ROBERT DOWNEY JR as LESTAT. My head jumped off my neck and flew around my cubicle at work when I heard that.)
Theo, I'm assuming you'll see this on the morning shrift. You did leave your purple sweater in our hotel room. elishavah (eli) volunteered to take it, because she lives in Boston and figured you two could work out a way to meet up. LJ user name "elishavah".
