farm

i met leigh at the mid-week noe valley farmer's market this afternoon. i needed some fresh items, but this farmer's market is just as much of a rip off and disappointment at the saturday market on 24th street. i got a few things -- green garlic, little gems lettuce, yellow nectarines and a small bag of cherries (like 25 cherries for $3.50... um, no). but now that i'm home making a fruit tart and freshening up some frozen tomato sauce with the green garlic, i'm glad i went. i have been thinking about the first harvest at thewhofarm today. wonder what they harvested.

fish 'n glass

up at the cabin last weekend al speared the biggest ling cod in his diving history. it was the ugliest things i'd ever seen, julia agreed. last night we cooked up some greasy fish 'n chips! we fried the fries, battered the fish, cut up some red onions for the remaining batter and waited in anticipation for it all to be ready. during the last batch of fish frying, which contained the prized cheeks, al noticed something funky in the water. the thermometer had broken during that batch and we had to toss the fish. i almost cried. we sat down to a large batch of fries and three pieces of fish. no onion rings. no cheek. no thermometer.

closed

pine paneling here we come! we are heading up to the cabin today around noon (maybe after scoping out a great looking estate sale). my car is jam packed with stuff, and it doesn't even have any of the furniture we want to take up. we've got to borrow david's truck in a few weeks for that load. boy do i wish our kitchen looked like this, alas it's mostly white cabinets and a light counter top, but we've got some plans for improvement. i'll document all the updates and changes as they happen, our goal is to get a lot of color into the now very beige space. this kitchen belongs to the lucky marusica, and i do love her style. the only similarity we have is the electric stove, which is not going to be an easy transition after cooking on the wedgewood. we need to add propane to the house and get a gas stove in asap. it looks like rain up there, but i've got plenty to do inside. al plans on diving, but we'll see if that happens.

clean

on our saturday trip for russian river cabin shopping, we stopped at macy's up in santa rosa to use the facilities. they were having a huge sale and al has been wanting some non stick pans. i came across this martha stewart eco friendly non stick that uses a ceramic coating instead of the scary teflon stuff. i was really happy when he said we should get it. i used it for this morning's breakfast and it was quite nice. he also let me get some new sheets, i'm working on my pink bed but he doesn't know this.