Gee Whillikers Sonny

You sure are gettin' on in the years...

But you're not as old as your grandma and grandpa! Pour grammy some bourbon.

"An angel in white stone, whose wing tips merge, in the winter light, with the high hawk-colored cliff behind the village - this stone angel holds the wrist of a soldier, whose legs have already given way, and who is slumping into death. The angel does not save him, but appears somehow to lighten the soldier's fall. Yet the hand which holds the wrist takes no weight, and is no firmer than a nurse's hand taking a pulse. If his fall appears to be lightened, it is only because both figures have been carved out of the same piece of stone."

~John Berger

(david horvitz)

Quincy, CA: Pre-New Year's Adventure

Quincy, CA. 28-30 Dec, 2009.

Procrastinating

feb 20, 2010

Time Capsule

An Innovative Take on a Traditional Dish

Visited Barlata in Oakland for the first time a few weeks ago with my mom, and was relatively pleased. The one thing I thought was really spectacular was the restaurant's take on Spanish boquerones.

Boquerones are a savory dish, usually prepared with filleted, olive-oil-vinegar-and-garlic-marinated anchovies served on or with crusty bread. Marche aux Fleurs in Ross has a particularly spectacular version. Barlata, however, served us boquerones made with the anchovies laid on a bed of sliced pears, and topped with a shaved cheese (manchego?). Plus, we got a basket of warm, crusty bread on the side. The fish was slightly lemony, and the flavors and textures together were really an interesting and new take on an old dish. Bravo!



Barlata
Temescal
4901 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA

A Select Few of New Year's 2010

Ringing in the New Year the proper way - surrounded by beautiful ladies, good friends and plenty of champagne.

Black Orchid Club

Two Flaming Redheads
Crafted by dear Suzanne
Forbidden Island, Alameda, CA

tired of remembering things to be sad about

we don't have seasons here but it rains once in a while