I'm trying to use up all the produce in my fridge before we go on vacation next week, and I think the zucchini may defeat me. I've already crammed as much as I could into the veg chili I'm freezing to bring up with us (all the pattypan squash went in as well), and I'm still left with more than I can handle. The kids will not eat zucchini fritters or zucchini fritattas no matter how many breathless Pinterest moms claim their recipes are foolproof.

I'm thinking zucchini muffins for the drive up and maybe just bring the rest to eat up there. If I pack them next to the frozen chili, they'll stay relatively cool even in a hot car all day.

You could always shred it and freeze it for zucchini bread or muffins at a later date.

I went for a run, did some filing, did some laundry, went to the gym, stopped in to see my dad--and found him visiting with the next door neighbor! I'm so pleased.

And then I stopped at the store on the way home and because I was hungry I now have a roast chicken, some more kale (there cannot be enough kale for me this year), some kettle corn, and a quart of ice cream. Woops.

But I have kale and a fresh ear of corn and an avocado, and I will have an excellent salad with chicken on top for dinner, booyah.

I went to the vintage carnival on Governors Island. It was pretty cool -- all these old French carnival rides that had been restored. I'm not sure of the exact dates for them, but I'd guess ranging from about 1880 to maybe 1955, with most of the stuff pre-1920. There were also carnival games, of similar vintage.

3 loads of laundry DONE and I wrestled the cover on the boxspring back on. Did a much better job this time. No bruising!

I just made zucchini refrigerator pickles...

As a kid, though, we put it through the meat grinder and froze it for zucchini bread later. I also just remembered an incredible zucchini bread that I used to make that was on the Kind Arthur flour bag- it was wheat and had raisins and it was superb!

Just listened to my neighbors guests say "let's have a party when you guys close!" which made my paranoid brain think that they are buying the property and will be the ones to evict me if I don't find a new place soon (they frequently have commented on how cute my apartment is and what they could do with it). But that seems convoluted to have our mutual landlady in on such a deception.

More like they found a new place to move into, which makes me excited that maybe they'll be gone before I am.

Is it possible to be more preppy? [link]

He could be wearing topsiders.

The shorts could be embroidered with little whales or lobsters.