Tasty Dinner... tonights dinner was an Asian style noodle bowl! Nothing like a delicious fish broth with nappa cabbage, carrots, rice noodles garnished with green onions and finished with soy sauce. Yummy...

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Laura and Patrick at the Naples Beach Pier. it was chilly for me..not so much for Patrick!

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Mini Vacation
So Greg and I had a mini vacation down to Naples this week. Friends from Chicago were down, and we decided to visit. We left Monday night after work. And arrived a little after midnight... the party offically started when Patrick meet us at our room for a hello and a quick cocktail. Very tasty and fun!!! After a brief batch of shut eye we meet for breakfast in the lobby, where Patrick introduced us to his sweetheart Matthew. Over our continetal breakfast we chatted... yes I did say breakfast.. I know what you are thinking. Laura actually was up in time for breakfast... yes I was! Then after that Matthew headed out to visit with family.. and Greg, Patrick and I headed out on the town for amusement and tasty food delights of course.We checked out the shops enjoying the lovily sunshine...Patrick was thrilled that it was warm enough to wear a short sleeve polo. We ended up being hungary
and thirsty...so we decided to stop for lunch....that was an intersting experience ...

The Lunch escapade was interesting, the picture is my NY sandwich with sauted onions and cheddar topped with a fried egg. This how the meal went at Sea Salt restaurant, we ored cocktails since we were on vacation. Placed order with the server and waited. All our food came out over cooked and we sent it back to the kitcken, mind you this was not a cheap place to eat. when the plates came back, Patricks Kobe burger was over done again and asked to speak with the manager. the chef appeared at with a plate with 2 rare kobe burbers and was going to start lectureing Patrick. I was going to have no part of this then I let the cat out of the bag about me being a Chef and all of his tone changed... break out the butt kissing routine. Wow!! it was pretty funny if you asked me. We did have to pay for everything.. but we did get a round of premium cocktails on the house! After we walked around some more found a little shop with some delicious deserts and coffee. Yummy!

Dinner later at the Turtle club was very good. I learned that Mattew is from my hometime Ft. Wayne Indiana... small world! We all had a great time! After dinner we went back to our hotel and played Wii. i have to say the Men of Chicago have Game!!! Next morning we went out for a quick breakfast then a little while later we said our goodbyes. Boy we had a great time...to bad it ended so quickly!

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Happy Belated Birthday Roy!!!

Last night we all got together to celebrate my bro-in-laws birthday! This is the week that Roy and I are the the same age for a few days! Yes we are Both 29 until Sunday.. that is my Birthday! So it was burgars and brats at the request of the birthday boy, and carrot cake. Fun was had be all!!!

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Party Mix anyone!

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What's the "Bigger purpose" of what your doing?
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Do you know the story about the two stone cutters? When asked what he's doing the the first man replies "I'm cutting this stone into bricks." When the second laborer was asked what be was doing he replies" I'm building a temple".

How much do we do in a a day with our nose to the "grindstone"? Focused making a list, checking it twice..done, done, done!

But what have we done. Really?

There is a Big Real behind everything that we do. Sometimes it's a negative Big Real, sometimes it's a positive Big real.

I'm not posting my blog. I'm evoking the truth.

I'm not cleaning my house. I'm making it into a Zen Temple in which I can hear myself think and we can cozy up. (Okay I'm just joking with that one. Vacuuming is vacuuming and it sucks hard. Pun! I know I just caught it) but you get my point.

Whats become predictable and auto pilot for a great dream? or vision or bad plot, we really don't need to participate in.

Working overtime? Maybe your making sure you can take that vacation to the Caribbean?

Hauling your ass out of bed to run? How about; connecting with the power of your body and tapping into your creative being.

Waiting on tables? How about: teaching loving, kindness and nurturing?

Look Up! Zoom back from the tasks and see the holy weaving of our time, and love and action. Make it matter because it does!

Last Night Delicious Dinner!

Last night Greg and I took in dinner in a movie at Sarah and Laszlo's house (sister and bro-in-law). Sarah made a delicious Butternut Squash and white Bean "Bisque" with a yogurt garnish. Bisque usually means cream right, well the white beans were added to replace the cream and the non fat plain yogurt was also added for creaminess and for a little zing. It was delicious and very nutritious. I brought some fresh baked banana muffins that went great with the soup. I definitely would eat that again and again! Just a way to remind people that healthy food is delicious and simple to prepare, and inexpensive Too! Cheers!

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Another reason I enjoy skimming the shelves at ye old book store.. you never know what you may find!

Here's a book to add to your bathroom library lists.. it's a picture book if you would REALLY like to Know!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO YOU!!! AND MANY MORE...

SO TODAY 11/12 IS MY MOM'S BIRTHDAY... AND WE (GREG AND I) DECIDED WE SHOULD HAVE MY MOM, DAD, SISTER(SARAH) AND BRO-IN-LAW (LASZLO) OVER TO CELEBRATE. MOM SUGGESTED PIZZA... BUT WHO WANTS THAT WHEN YOU CAN GO TO THE BEST RESTAURANT IN TOWN!!! MY HOUSE!!!

I'm sure your wonder what we had for our delicious birthday feast..i guess I can give you the menu:

Mom K's Fabou birthday menu:

Appetiser:

Celery Volute, garnished with spicy peanut butter creme fraiche and persimmons (A fancy way of saying soup that is made with a white stock, fish, chicken, vegetable and thickened with a white roux, butter and flour cooked together then added to the stock to thicken. Creme fraiche is the French's' version of sour cream.)

Entree:

Chicken Confit stuffed with fig and chevre over butternut squash flan, sweet pickled red cabbage, granny smith apples, onions. (I bet you are wondering what confit means? It's actually a very ancient cooking method from France used to preserve meat, traditionally it would be salted and cooked very slowly in it's own fat for about 12 hours, then packed in a crock covered in it's cooking fat, which acts as a seal to preserve. Now we cook in olive oil or some sort of veg oil. It is still cooked very slowly and end result is the very moist and flavorful meat that falls apart. Chevre is a Delicious creamy lightly tangy goat cheese.)

Dessert:

Fresh baked Cherry Pie a la mode

It was one delicious event at the best restaurant in town!

Happy birthday Mom!!!

CHEERS!!!!

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From Sea to Shining Sea.....

Sunday afternoon Greg and Paul (Greg's Dad) Performed at The Palladium for America Remembers A Veterans Day Tribute. Singing many patriotic songs and even starring "the Andrews Sisters" (of course the are not the orig anal group, but they were great).Greg and Paul have been singing with The SPC Concert Chorus for a few years now and enjoy it quite a bit. All the veterans past and present were saluted and remembered and all enjoyed a patriotic concert.

Here's a small piece of history on The Palladium if you didn't know. The First Church of Christ, Scientist was built in 1925. In 1998 the building was purchased by The Palladium Theatre Company which renovated it while preserving much of the interior, including the 1926 Skinner organ along with the arts and crafts period tile work. In 2007 the Palladium was given to St. Petersburg College with the commitment of operating it as a community theatre, while adding college functions.

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YOU CAN EAT CAKE!!!!!

Happy Birthday Dad!!!!

Dad(with a brand new birthday gift of Drambuie) my Mom and Hubby Greg. Saturday was my dads birthday. So the family got together to celebrate with all the necessary birthday festivities. My sister Sarah and I cooked a delicious dinner. I know you are wondering what was on the menu? We had the infamous homemade ceasar salad with the secret recipe dressing with fresh garlic and herb croutons. Fresh lemon and olive oil oven roasted mangrove snapper, a melange of delicious fresh vegetable that included summer squashes ( which we grow here in the fall)along with winter acorn squash. Delicious green beans and a few more!

So after a champagne toast and dinner we retired to the family room for the great tradition of birthday gifts. The boys (Laszlo and Greg) made sure that there was the gift of Drambuie so the time honored tradition of Rusty Nails can continue! After presents it was a rousing game of Trivial Pursuit.. Gents against the Ladies which seems how we team up. The Gents did win by a narrow margin, but that was OK because it was Dads birthday! Then of there was birthday Cake, after candles and singing plus all the birthday hoopla we all had some delicious homemade black forest. ooh it was soooo good!!!

The lunch tour continues! We ( Mom and I) have been to this restaurant before. The Zom Hee Restaurant on seminole blvd in Seminole. This is my favorite Chinese Restaurant inb town. The food is so tasty, and tea and wonton soup always make my day. My fortune cookie said "that I shouldn't put off till tomorrow what I can enjoy today" I say cheers to that! If you stop in make sure to grab a sugar biscuit and some hot tea and enjoy. P.s. the if you like a little bit of everything or would like to try it i reccomend the buffet. It's delicious ....

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The annual chilli cook off at our church St. Matthews was tonight. Greg and his Dad (Paul) were the offical judges. Lots of chilli was had by all and fun too! Costumes and bobbing for apples too!

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IS IT WITCHES BREW? Of course not it is a pot of delicious split pea soup. Yummy.. i have to thank a buddy of mine Patrick for suggesting I make it for Monday nites dinner. To bad he didn't get to have some, it was super tasty and I made biscuits from scratch to go with it. Maybe witches brew is just spit pea soup after all...just a thought.

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Sunday revisited....Hanging out with family watching The Bucs lose again. We all so played games, relaxed and had a good time. This picture is of My Mom and bro-in-law Laszlo while we were playing Yatzee Free for All. Had a tasty dinner of beef stroganoff which was so tasty on a chilly evening in Florida. We finished of the evening with our first strawberry bounce tasting of the season. If you don't know what bounce is...oh you don't I will be glad to fill you in. It is a liqueur made traditionally adding cherries and rock candy to vodka, whiskey, or even brandy. Put in a jar in the dark and shake every so often, stain it three months later. Pop and give it in the freezer the freezer for a few more. Longer you wait the smoother it gets like a fine congac. It was very delicious!!!

Cherry bounce is an all-American drink
Even Martha Washington enjoyed a sip of cherry bounce or two.
Louisianans aren't the only ones turning the summer cherry harvest into bottles of bounce. The homemade cordial is as American as apple pie.
Even Martha Washington brewed her own version for special occasions. The very first First Lady had a recipe that called for 20 pounds of cherries, 10 quarts of cognac, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and a pint of crushed cherry stones.

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