Sober activities

Went to see Richard Thompson (a British folk rock singer whom I adore) last weekend. The concert was great and I was thinking how glad I was that I wasn't drinking. If I had been, I would have had several glasses of wine before the show, and then I would have been jonesing through the show, wishing I had more wine (it was an alcohol free venue--woohoo!) rather than enjoying the music, which I did thoroughly.

On the way home, I enjoyed a nice cold ginger beer that my husband had thoughtfully packed for me in his mini cooler (Alas, he brought his beer.). But it was delicious and way better than alcohol would have been.

Got to go to the Red Sox last night with some people from my old job. Some of my old colleagues were a bit shocked when I turned down wine. And I'm really glad I did. Especially since they would have opened a bottle just for me (we were in box seats). And I would have had to fight not to drink it all by myself in front of all these folks. Not drinking is so much better. I got caught up with old friends and enjoyed the game. And the Sox won, despite the bullpen problems. There's nothing like seeing Big Papi hit one over the wall.

Computers, who can live without them?? Certainly not me. Anyway my good ol faithful PC has just bitten the dust and the temutuous researching of the best rate for a computer has begun... If anyone has some good info to offer me, leave a comment....

I did find this great site with info about the best rates for computer equipment.

Planning with some friends to go on a fishing holiday, well i got just the place for you. Went on holiday in Vanuatu and had the best fishing day trips ever. Went outside of Port Vila bay caught a yellow tuna 8.5kg's took a piece back to the hotel where the cooks chacked it on the barbie for my dinner.

Good Ben it is very simple to make an ox Bourgignon, the secrecy, so that it is good, it is to obviously do it in Bordeaux.

Here my receipt, one needs a beautiful quite thick casserole, kind the Crucible or Staub.

At sight of nose and memory, the list of the ingredients:

400 gr. of ox crossed out of dice,

150 gr. of Bacon or bacon, cut in sections of 1 or 2 cm

1 onion, 1 shallot,

2 or 3 cloves of garlic

1 turnip

1 large carrot, of cultivated mushrooms.

2 - 3 cloves of garlic

1 or 2 spoon has soup of flour,

1/2 L of Bordeaux (body is needed)

1 limps of soup (bubble) of chicken.

1 sheet of bay-tree, a parsley branch, dried thyme, grasses of Provence.

To start by dissolving the Bacon in the casserole during 5 or 7 minutes to withdraw the bacon and to leave 2 spoons with juice soup of bacon.

Melanger the ox in a bowl with salt and pepper

To make brown ox in the casserole, each face during 5 minutes, withdraw ox and reserver.

To put onions and the shallots emincees in the casserole videe with still a little grease (juice of bacon)

To make cook has sharp fire during 5 Minutes, time that the onions become transparent. To add emincé garlic.

To continue to cook with soft fire during 2 minutes and to add the flour. Well melanger and to cook 1 more minute.

To pour the wine and to make quiver by scraping the edge of the casserole well. To pour the chicken stock.

To add the bay-tree, ox and the bacon.

To make cook has soft fire during half an hour.

To cut carrot and turnip out of dice and to add.

To continue to make cook during 1. 30.

To withdraw the sheet of bay-tree, to add mushrooms cut into 4, to add the tym and grasses of Provence

To continue to cook with soft fire during half an hour.

To modify assaisonement, with the taste, to add parsley and to be useful immediately but the best following day (to let cool before metttre with the refrigerator)

Beer, beer, bratwurst, beer, beer, football, beer
That about sums up the weekend. Oktoberfest was outstanding and it was good to hear of the Bull riding virtuoso (Herr Spellman) is engaged to Kelly. Maybe we can rent the bull riding thing for his bachelor party?

Saturday I was proud to see that my overseas training for beer consumption is still resident in the ol' skill set. However, I don't think my kidneys were quite ready for 3-liters on Saturday followed by Sunday's onslaught. The river may be approaching flood stage downstream somewhere.

Sunday spelled doom for Waggs digestive system. Hope everything comes out okay. Also, I'll try to find a washer to donate to your kitchen sink.

The Ryder Cup is this week and a gathering is being planned for fine bourbon and 'import' cigars at Jillian's on Sunday from nooon to 6pm for the singles matches. Friday and Saturday will have similar coverage times and I may look into taking off Friday to watch it. Yes, I enjoy watching golf that much.

Lepus, when you get a chance, bring me some pot pie to munch on so I don't have to miss any coverage.