weekend news and notes

A busy weekend here, but no digital documentation, unfortunately. Some highlights and a lowlight:

• Visits from my dad, who got a ride in from Buffalo (the pickup at the Mass Pike was complicated, but only because I am a spacker), and from Lisa and Adam, who braved traffic jams all the way up from Maryland (they say that their new XM Radio device helped immensely);


• Friday night's turkey burgers were delicious, although, unfortunately, the pie was decidedly runny. It seems that a much heavier hand with the thickening agents is required for peach than for, say, apple. the good news is that I've got that the crust down pat. (I use a recipe from Nick Malgieri and throw in a couple of tablespoons of sugar, and make the whole thing by hand);


• Another happy and successful family visit to the ever-wonderful town library;


• Dinner Saturday night at a new place for me, with a new cuisine: Vietnamese food at the Bamboo Grill. Everyone else ate various stir-fry things, but my stomach was a bit hinky, so I stuck with soup...something called Mi Ga, basically chicken soup with ramen noodles. It cost all of $5, and it was DELICIOUS, and, at the moment, it's the only thing I want to eat for for the rest of my life. I'm already plotting and scheming to get back there in the next few days. I do wonder, however, how it came to pass that a google search on the restaurant led me to a Sopranos site. scrolling down, it becomes clear that I am going to have to hang out there more often, as it's a good place to stalk Joey Pants;


• Much wine was consumed, specifically dessert wines. Follow the link on the right side of the page for a new muscat that I like even better than the Bonny Doon Vin de Glaciere;


• And, last but not least, my cable was out last night at 9 pm, when I was all set to watch Sex and the City. Let's just say that, this is not the first time that this has happened recently, and that, after I had entertained my family and amused my children all day long, I was rather looking forward to 30 minutes of unadulterated grown-up time, and that my poor unlucky Comcast rep got quite an earful.