Happy Anniversary Us!

Holy whatthehell?!?!

Its been 11 years of me plus the Dylanger.  AND I LIKE IT!

Here's to 111 more years.
(Medicine is improving, so why not?)

In front of murder painting- Tate Museum, London.  

Romantical.

Blog Neglect / More Cookin'

Hello faithful reader!
(Or should I say- what's up Dylan and David and possibly Ramona?)

This poor blog is once again suffering from neglect.  I think its because I haven't been an interesting person as of late.  My time is spent working, cooking, training, and being lazy.  Not much room for story generating there.

I've also been a negligent photographer, and photos fuel more of this blog than actual words.

But here are a few pics from my intelligent communications device, and I will fill in my life blanks accordingly:

Its fall in Los Angeles.  AHAHAHAH that means its 75 and perfect.  

Sucka!

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Except when you're at the Queen Mary for Marc and Jen's wedding.

Then it gets rainy.

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No ghosts.... I looked.

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Excellent nuptuals, however.

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It also means green beans in the CSA box.  Gonzo loves green bean, quinoa, mushroom saute!

He also eats garbage, so I'm not too flattered in my cooking abilities.

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I met Patrick for lunch on Sawtelle the day before Thanksgiving.

We kicked off the weekend by getting crunky.

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Then by actually getting crunky while visiting Chuck, Adam, and friends and Tonga Hut.

It was a wild turkey night, and my ribs are bruised to prove it.  

Merry-go-rounds move quicker in the valley.

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I got up early on Thursday and made two big pans of stuffing.

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To bring to the Echo for Gobble Gobble Give.  

Around 3,000 dinners were made this year.

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By volunteers and and awesome food providers.

(I pulled this photo off the web)

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It was a madhouse outside, where volunteers were arranging clothing and toiletry donations.

And cars were arriving to take the dinners out to people in the streets.

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Its always gratifying to leave the event and see people enjoying a warm dinner from the to-go boxes while sporting new duds.

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Then I got to do round 1 of dishes....

(Yay!)

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...before starting Thanksgiving dessert.  

Yeah- I know... its mix from a box.  

So sue me!

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There were secret oreos in the brownies, and cookies n' cream ice cream was used in place of liquid.

  This was surprisingly good.

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Especially while listening to some Ed Rush & Optical.

Gets one into the cooking headspace, I guess?

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I forgot to take a picture of the finished product, but it looked like a big pan of brownie.

Not the most visually appealing.

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After the cookstravaganza, we headed down to Redondo Beach for Thanksgiving with the Hart family.

Turkey, Mac n Cheese, Green Beans and Wild Turkey were consumed.  

Then 'Splash' was watched.

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It was the perfect chance to give thanks for the blessings, good health, and many privileges we enjoy every day without thinking about it.

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And for the wonderful family, friends, animals, and opportunities in my life (thank youuuuuu!)

But most of all, we gave thanks for Qream.

Thank you, Pharrell, for making my long weekend that much sweeter. 

Hey You - Look At My Food!

Its Fall, I guess.
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Kidding!
Its definitely fall.   Duh.
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Its cold and its dark at 5 pm.  And my CSA box contents have been super exciting.  Persimmons, Pomegranates, Artichokes, Collards, Escarole, Apples, Squash, Heirloom Tomatoes so good- you'll punch yourself in the face.

The Box

Pretty, but poorly designed.

Now these are tomatoes!

The greens (chard and collards), carrots, celery, onions and cilantro became part of a white bean soup.

SO GOOD.

..And the kale became chips for ladies' night tapas snacks.

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Gonzo loves kale.  Seriously- he's begging for raw kale.

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Pre-baking.

Post-baking.  

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No, this is not weed.

Rocktober 31st

This month was non-stop action, but this past week has been pure insanity.  Shows, Justice CD, shows, shows, Halloween, tired.  I am limping through today.  (possibly due to excessive sugar consumption rather than tiredness- but I digress...)

Last week, there were shows from Tuesday -Saturday.  Hunnypot, Bleeding Knees Club, Trentemoller, Anamanaguchi, Eras.

The highlight of the show week was a tie between Eras and Anamanaguchi.  Very different vibes-- one was dark noise, one was 8-BIT NOISE WITH TEENAGERS AND JBLOCH!  They rocked the Troub for the best all ages show since ever.

Here are some pics from Anamanaguchi/FIDLAR/Starscream:

Yeah- glowsticks rained down upon the crowd like manna from video game heaven.

Owning the neon!

Mosh Pit filled with 15-18 yr olds!  Crowdsurfing, too!!!

Possibly my favorite show of the year!

Too much awesome for me to handle.  I am wiped out today....and...oh yeah.  today is Halloween.

Our day of celebration was really Saturday, but there is talk of heading to WeHo for a look-see at the parade.  Is it really a parade?  OR a bunch of randos walking around getting uncomfortably close to you?  Only time will tell.

Back to Saturday's events.

We went shopping a few hours before Zombie call time, and found some interesting things:

Disturbing packaging art on a pirate costume.

Dylan now has a set of three upsetting skeleton hands.

Dylan also revolutionized the snack world by creating a chocolate donut sandwich.  It really is beyond genius.  Two chocolate ones frosting-side in.

At CJ's zombie party, the undead were out in full force.  We all converged upon John's house (without John- he was at a wedding while we were partying at his house.  Don't worry -  he showed up eventually.)  Margot and CJ decorated the house in a most spooky manner, and provided only the finest in horror-themed refreshments:

There were princess zombies:

There were giant zombies:

There were pious zombies:

There was Rob Zombie (not Serj):

There was Zom-bee Girl (me!!)

And classy zombies:

And he was FINE, OK!?  He's fine!

Luckily- Zombies love to party [with small glasses of water]:

And play [apple juice] pong:

After a few hours of scrounging for booze and brains, we headed out to see Nathaniel's (ERAS) show.  He was playing a room in a dark, creepy performance art space in Santa Monica:

Across the room from his setup, there was a naked man in an apron cutting up a girl wrapped in saran wrap, doused in fake blood propped up in front of a giant wall of pornography:

p.s. The low light setting on my camera makes it look like daytime in here.  It was actually quite dark.

It was.... Interesting.  As was the rest of the space.  Performers were shaving each other into a bucket, wrestling and screaming on couches and floors, hiding under tables and yelling at dolls, simulating sex under a pile of raw meat, fighting in dressing rooms, and hacking up bodies.  The usual for a Saturday night.  KIDDING- its not what we usually do.  But it felt as close as I'm ever gonna get to 'Eyes Wide Shut':

It was a surprisingly fun/ messed up experience.  And I was extra happy to be dressed as a giant bee.  It was like a protective wall of ridiculousness.  None of the performers could harass me without breaking character-- because really- what do you say to threaten a giant bee?

Case in point- girl under table:

yes, this needs some shoppin' - I'll get there eventually.

After we got our our fill of confusion & darkness, we headed back to Zombieland and proceeded to get Zombie crunk through the powers of [apple juice] pong:

They were gloating:

But shouldn't have, because we were team awesome and most likely would have won:

But we fell prey to distractions:

And then Rob Zombie lost his goatee and I turned into Skrillex:

And the game was thankfully ended in a truce.

The end!   Congrats to you if you've stuck with me for the entire party recap!!!



**Hopefully there will be more tales of Halloween fun after the parade tonight!**