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miles to go before i creep
Jun. 1st, 2011 04:08 pmmust. rest.
this weekend was madison weekend. derek and i took the three day opportunity to go out to visit laura and beau. unfortunately, beau had to work most of the time. and when he wasn't working, he was slaving in the kitchen for us. he made a peppery onion and dumpling soup, a braised fish dish with purreed celery root and a tasty sauce, and a sweet pistachio tart with salty pistachio ice cream. beaufoods is one of my favorite reasons to go to madison.
and i get to see my gal laura. i can't wait until she moves here. it will be a comfort.
another favorite reason? the zoo. they have red pandas there. they are so effing adorable. i can't really stand it. the capybaras are pretty good too. and the otters are very active. the favorite activity this time was making up dialogue for the prairie dogs. oh, how i love a colony of prairie dogs.
laura took us to ella's deli as well. it's a kosher place, tons of variety. and. the whole place is decked out in cast-off animatronic displays. it's a little disturbing and the constant whirr of the machines turns you a little crazy after a while. after about 10 minutes, i just had to keep my head down and out of all the sensory overload. we instead turned our gazes to the table, which was a glass-topped shadow box full of oragami animal creations. it was a nice lead-in to our memorial day treat...
...the house on the rock. this was my fourth trip. i can't say anything much about it without going off into weird land. it's one of my favorite places on this earth. every few years i yearn for its whimsical, creepy, otherworldly goodness and i have to go. it refuels me. it keeps me believing in fiction. it assures me that there are points of interest in this world that i not only highly identify with, but seem to be doing well enough financially to suggest that there are enough people in the world who think it's important enough to spend a day rolling around in something that is like the dark parts of my own heart. hmmm. i think i need to be reading more gaiman....
but i haven't fully recovered and now i am exhausted. time for a nap under my desk before the long ride home. and then i believe i might have enough energy to watch some tv and nap before bedtimes.
this weekend was madison weekend. derek and i took the three day opportunity to go out to visit laura and beau. unfortunately, beau had to work most of the time. and when he wasn't working, he was slaving in the kitchen for us. he made a peppery onion and dumpling soup, a braised fish dish with purreed celery root and a tasty sauce, and a sweet pistachio tart with salty pistachio ice cream. beaufoods is one of my favorite reasons to go to madison.
and i get to see my gal laura. i can't wait until she moves here. it will be a comfort.
another favorite reason? the zoo. they have red pandas there. they are so effing adorable. i can't really stand it. the capybaras are pretty good too. and the otters are very active. the favorite activity this time was making up dialogue for the prairie dogs. oh, how i love a colony of prairie dogs.
laura took us to ella's deli as well. it's a kosher place, tons of variety. and. the whole place is decked out in cast-off animatronic displays. it's a little disturbing and the constant whirr of the machines turns you a little crazy after a while. after about 10 minutes, i just had to keep my head down and out of all the sensory overload. we instead turned our gazes to the table, which was a glass-topped shadow box full of oragami animal creations. it was a nice lead-in to our memorial day treat...
...the house on the rock. this was my fourth trip. i can't say anything much about it without going off into weird land. it's one of my favorite places on this earth. every few years i yearn for its whimsical, creepy, otherworldly goodness and i have to go. it refuels me. it keeps me believing in fiction. it assures me that there are points of interest in this world that i not only highly identify with, but seem to be doing well enough financially to suggest that there are enough people in the world who think it's important enough to spend a day rolling around in something that is like the dark parts of my own heart. hmmm. i think i need to be reading more gaiman....
but i haven't fully recovered and now i am exhausted. time for a nap under my desk before the long ride home. and then i believe i might have enough energy to watch some tv and nap before bedtimes.
