Crown Bling
I have a temporarily crowned Supreme Ruler of Teeth. I get the real crown in about a month, when it is custom designed with jewels and strobe lights, and a poison capsule in case I should ever be captured and tortured to give up secret family recipes or other priceless information.
Last weekend I started redoing an end table. First I decoupaged a faux-leather top, then I decided to repaint the bottom shelf and legs. I applied a second coat of paint this morning. It looks neat. I also bought a hammock stand and set up my hammock in the back yard. It sort of sucks the ambition right out of me.
Has anyone tried the new diet Dr. Pepper Berries 'N Cream? I came across it at Wal-Mart, reaching for a diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper and ending up with this new one. Hmmm. I'll give it a whirl. I like it a lot. It tastes like black cherry soda mixed with cream soda, which happen to be two of my favorite soda flavors. Yum. Since I was trying new things already, I bought a Reese's caramel cup. It was OK. I like the original better. Did you know there are 12 flavors of Reese's cups? I think I've had three: original peanut butter, white chocolate and caramel. You?
Dinner last night: bacon-wrapped meat loaf with brown sugar-ketchup glaze; roasted potatoes
Comments
No berries and cream, but the new Black Cherry Vanilla Coke is superb!
Bacon-wrapped meatloaf? That's one I'd like to try! :-)
Posted by: Red Momo | April 10, 2006 06:16 PM
Two notes:
1. THe best thing about easter (aside from the Christ rising from the dead thing) is the proliferation of chocolate egg flavors, analagous to the varieties of Reeses. Of course, the reese's PB and chocolate egg reigns supreme.
2. Did you know that free range doesn't really mean free range? For those who attempt to assuage their well-deserved guilt over the environmentally catastrophic consumption of fleshy animals by buying "free-range" or "cage-free" foods, check out the Salon article on this, in yesterday's edition. Or buy the book (the article is a book review).
Posted by: red meat | April 11, 2006 07:17 AM
Bacon-wrapped meatloaf not so good. I have another recipe for a bacon meatloaf. If that's better, I'll send you the recipe. I've started a meatloaf snackdown. Like the WNBA, it doesn't get much press until the championships. Gentleman Caller has declared Sunday night to be meatloaf night. So far there are two recipes that have been great; the rest are definitely subpar.
Posted by: blue artichoke | April 11, 2006 10:42 AM
Here's the URL for the article mentioned by Red Meat:
http://www.salon.com/books/int/2006/04/08/pollan/print.html
Posted by: blue artichoke | April 11, 2006 10:46 AM