Plei and I went and had pedicures today! My toes are black with OPI's Divine Swine over it. Pink and fuchsia glitter with larger silver glitter! My toes are very sparkly. Then we browsed through some consignment boutiques, and went for a small amount of tapas and drinky-drinks. Mmm, Death in the Afternoon.

I know where you were for most of that and I am jealous. I adore that bar.

You will laugh, but that's the other color I was considering.

I am not a bit surprised.

I made pasta sauce using beef neckbones that I braised in the oven for two hours. I deboned and shredded the beef then added it to the cooked down braising liquid and put it over some homemade gnocchi.

I know where you were for most of that and I am jealous. I adore that bar.

We will take you back the next time you're up here, I promise.

That sounds delicious, Vortex! Also, I would kind of like a Stephtini now. Or some of -t's lime cordial. Mm. I just had my leftovers from last night's dinner--one goat-cheese stuffed date, and some tagliatelle with peas and greens and rabbit.

I just had dinner - and it was great but suddenly I am hungry

That sounds incredible, Vortex. Yours, too, meara. Yum.

My dinner was an artichoke. Just what I wanted, but not exciting to describe.

Just what I wanted, but not exciting to describe.

Try using jazz hands.

My dinner was an artichoke. Just what I wanted, but not exciting to describe.

To another lover of artichokes, the word alone is exciting enough. Artichoke. ARTICHOKE. I swoon, I pine, I perish.

There were some beauties at the grocery store this morning, JZ, 99 cents each!

Fancy that, the jazz hands help. MONORAILARTICHOKE

Hey, VW's wedding ceremony started exactly the same way I started Juliana's.