Sky and I haven’t had a weekend off together, in the same town, for ages. So the last two days were magical and good.
We slept in and made breakfast and drank coffee at leisure with cats strewn about us.
We walked up and down and sideways and oceanways and greenways — all over Capitol Hill and a nice long trek around Discovery Park. We hit the market, we hit a movie. We had a cozy dinner with L & R. We watched a lot of Mad Men. It was superb.

I didn't think I wanted to wear a ring (I'm not a big jewelry person) until I remembered that I had my great grandmother's stored away - it's sweet and small and makes me smile
More recently it was just a secret thing to be happy about. Now it’s more of a Time to Get This Show on the Road sort of situation. I just need to stay away from the wedding blogs because I tried reading a few and they made my brain crack in half.
On to other topics: I’ve been experiencing a music resurge lately. I’ve been listening to new or new-again bands lately like Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem, and Santogold. It’s nice when you hit a wave of music thirsting.
Also?
Ro
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The new Arcade Fire is knocking my fancy pants right the hell off.


Pairings
Yesterday morning I made myself some coffee then sat down to breakfast. Only it didn’t work — breakfast was leftover fruit crisp (apricot, rhubarb, & pluot) and that just doesn’t go with coffee. That needs tea.
This started me thinking about how I pair things. Like when I see Dale Cooper enjoying coffee with hot cherry pie it just kind of squigs me out. Hot cherry pie, or anything fruity, requires hot tea, duh. Coffee is meant for chocolate and/or caramel desserts. Cheesecake and other vanilla type things can go either way, though I’d prefer a nice Earl Grey if I’m having creme brulee.
Similarly, I cannot abide a peanut butter and jelly sandwich cut diagonally — that’s got to be cut in half with rounded, blunt halves. And you can’t expect me to be okay with any mayonaise based sandwich cut bluntly in half, that’s got to be diagonal. PB&J or honey = half, rounded and everything else = diagonal. Right? Who is with me here?
Yes indeed, fine by me!
The wrong way
Do any strange pairings rule your life? These are the only two I can think of off the top of my head, but I’m sure there are more.