I want to change my living room
In thinking about new sofas… ours are mishapen and pretty beat up now…. I got to thinking… I wish my living room was more eclectic style than modern traditional… I’m going to gradually work toward something like this:
potatoes with a side of onion
I found my new favorite way to eat potatoes… even better than garlic mashed! Josh sliced potatoes, chopped some onions and green peppers and fried them in butter on a skillet. It was so good! Even the green peppers were pretty good and I hate green peppers. They just absorbed the rest of the flavor. That has me thinking… potatoes with my fresh rosemary from the garden…. yum!
I would have taken a photo, but I was too hungry and just ate them 
Where the bike path led me…
I went on a bike ride yesterday evening and stopped by the new Bridgeport plaza that’s opening up in Valencia. The big shots in the plaza are going to be a Walgreens, Bristol Farms, Kabuki, and I think it’s called Athena’s, a Greek restaurant. This plaza is so visually stimulating though. There’s a large pond at the corner with bridges and decking over it. There are huge sails coming out of the pond and a neat bird scuplture. Not to mention the smaller water features and landscaping around the plaza. So, I brought my camera and took some pics of it…
hi-tech green style…
Since the hands-free phone law goes into effect July 1 in LA where you can no longer hold a cell phone and talk to it in your car… I needed to pick up a bluetooth headset. I really don’t talk much on my cell phone at all to begin with much less in my car, but it’s a good thing to have just in case and maybe it prevents that cell phone brain cancer everyone’s talking about.
So this is what I picked:
It’s not as stylish as the other bluetooth headsets out there, but it has something perfect for me in sunny California. A solar panel for charging! It’s the Iqua 603 SUN Bluetooth Wireless Headset. I’ve charged it once in the wall charger since I bought it and it’s been solar charging since. I just sit it in my car in the sun and it charges. Quite the opposite of most electronics that you should keep out of direct sunlight….
On a cooking kick…
So I’ve been trying some new things as far as cooking goes. I’m more of a baker (”I am the baker! I bake the cakes! Make no mistake! I like to bake…”). I made sausage cacciatore last night with the chicken sausage I bought at the Farmer’s market and it was delicious! I got a recipe from Lauren that I slightly tweaked for my needs.
I also made some bruschetta which we had tonight as an appetizer. It also turned out awesome. I’m not a huge fan of raw onions and this bruschetta was just tomatoes, basil, olive oil and garlic cloves. It was perfect. Of course you could always add some mozarella cheese to the top as well.
Here’s the sausage cacciatore:
First time on the lake this summer!
We went to the lake Saturday and it was a lot of fun. Being the first time out, I was shocked the seado’s didn’t break nor did Steve’s boat. I was contemplating wakeboarding… but it was the first time out and I don’t think my body wasn’t yet used to that much intense activity. So I toned it down and just rode the tube for a bit and rode the seado and boat. Went with Josh, Lauren, Keith, Steve, Miggie and their kids. We had delicious lunch as always, Steve and Miggie brought a ton of good food like carne asada, tostadas, sandwiches, salsas, yum!
I posted some photos here
I can’t wait until next time!
So many years to learn I’m semi-left-handed?
When I was cutting my dinner about a week ago, Josh noticed I cut left handed… or as he says “you’re doing it wrong!”. I was holding my fork with my right hand and sawing away with my left… I guess that is left-handed. I never realized it but I always cut meat and my dinner this way. I did realize when it comes to slicing tomatoes or a loaf of bread I do it right handed.
Weird! I’m an ambidextrous cutter?! It might come from Dad’s left-handedness.
Farmer’s Market
So, I’ve decided to get most of my fruits and vegetables and eggs at the Farmer’s market on Sundays now. They cost the same price as what I pay at Albertsons and they are way fresher and support local markets. With the way gas prices are now… I would expect produce prices to go up. Diesel is so much now!
While I was at the Farmer’s market I picked up my favorite, some purple Irises. $3 for a bunch of 5, not too bad. The seller even mentioned that you should put ice in the water and they will last longer because they like it cooler!
Photo application…
I was feeling creative in an actionscript3 programming sort of way and I created a photo gallery application in flash that loads images with XML. I must admit as far as design goes, I was inspired by famewhore’s website. I love the simplicity of it!
A couple years ago, I never would have thought I’d ever have the desire to do actionscript coding in my free time at home. It was so frustrating to me as a designer, but I feel I’ve accomplished a lot in the last few years! I hope it makes me a more well-rounded web designer
staring at the sun…
it’s been stuck in my head for 3 days now. i know it’s yesterdays news. but i still love this song.
