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14 August 2006
What do you recommend? Please recommend something. Anything goes.
I highly recommend sitting on a blanket on a sun-dappled foresty hillside, eating gruyere cheese, garlic-stuffed olives, organic grapes, and red pepper hummus. I recommend doing this with someone who will provide scintillating conversation and footrubs, and who will lob a grape across the blanket into your mouth with perfect accuracy.
I tried that this weekend, and it was pretty good. Oh, except I made up the part about footrubs.
sitting out on the deck of the family house, looking at the trees and listening to the birds, with a big galvanized tub of drinks nearby so everyone can help themselves.
mini-frittati, made in muffin tins. So adorable and delicious!
homemade veggie burgers with sliced avocado and tomato on homemade sesame seed buns, and a side of grilled potato wedges.
a mix CD made by my 15-year-old niece, featuring Franz Ferdinand.
sending your SO an unexpected email telling him why he's so fantastic.
sleeping late, with the cat curled against you making throaty little snurfling sounds.
Spinach sauteed with garlic and crushed red pepper and olive oil.
Seven Types of Ambiguity by Eliot Perlman. I haven't finished it yet, and my brother (who recommended it to me) said the ending's a bit disappointing, but then again he reads the last page of novels before he buys them, so I would assume that he'd find the ending of any novel disappointing. But I'm really enjoying it.
Also, I'd recommend finding a forest and going for a walk through the woods off the paths. I hadn't ventured off the paths in years, but this weekend I tried it again and had a great time. I'm not sure why I ever stopped doing it, especially since I live close to a few forest preserves.
Buging out on humming birds. Fishing and catching nothing. Learning to tie knots.
Macallan 12 year old Elegancia in small doses, hotdogs with sourkraut cooked in cheap beer. The novels of Tim Powers.
There is a fantastic little restaraunt about a block from here called The Marketplace that has those. Damn they are good. Although I think the syrup might be some sort of concoction of their own. Somewhat like maple syrup but not quite.
I highly recommend sitting on a blanket on a sun-dappled foresty hillside, eating gruyere cheese, garlic-stuffed olives, organic grapes, and red pepper hummus. I recommend doing this with someone who will provide scintillating conversation and footrubs, and who will lob a grape across the blanket into your mouth with perfect accuracy.
A leisurely bicycle ride through gently winding country roads on a perfect summer afternoon, sun glinting through lush trees, babbling brooks sparkling like diamonds.
I recommend puppies, they are good for mental health. Thing is they can also drive you crazy, but you go through it because they are super-cute loving creatures that only do what comes naturally, and knowing that they grow up to be doggies which are also good for mental health.
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