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Summer ‘09

It’s basically here.

I have some pretty big plans for this summer/early fall and am really pumped about it all. Summer is the time for (in alphabetical order): baggin’ rays, baseball games, beer fests, Boulder, camping, concerts, cookouts, flings, gambooooool, great food (I think I could say this about every season), golfing, hiking, ladies, movies, outdoooooors, parties, pools, roo, running, sandals, shorts, skirts on those ladies!, trips, V, and probably even more other exciting things that I can grab out of the air right now.

nightrocks In the immediate future, some grad parties going on this weekend and on Saturday night, Flight of the Conchords with Iron and Wine @ Red Rocks. I’m really pumped for it.

I’m trying to figure out the specifics of some of the things that I want to do this summer and it’s currently looking like June 5th-14th is going to be booked. I think that there will be some Memorial day weekend shenanigans in the mix, and at least one camping trip coming up in the next two weeks. Speaking of camping! I have a very serious urge to do a lot of it this summer, in fact I think I’m going to end up getting a sweet tent and some other camping accessories and maybe running off into the woods for a while. There’s just something about the Colorado summer that really makes you want to spend as much time as you can outside, so we’ll see where this leads…

The Boulder farmer’s market opened up it’s Wednesday market last week and I think that I’m going to try to start doing a fresh dinner Wednesday nights with stuff from there. Try some new and interesting things at least. I picked up mint, basil, purple basil, and a flower pot last week, and although I can’t tonight, next week some artesian bread, CO beef, and fresh herb/veggie combo is probably in the works.

On the reading side of things, I’ve been running the slack train as usual. This is partly due to the fact that the Nuggets have been kicking so much ass in the playoffs that my free time is taken up with a lot of that, and I’ve been busy with some other things. But, it is time to get back on the horse and rip through some books. I have three that I’d really like to get finished up with in the next 2-3 weeks. About 650 pages to get through. Do it. Do it. Ha! I almost forgot, I did manage to get through one book, but to be fair, it was a 42 page e-book. That however does not detract from it’s awesomeness and it’s in a whole ‘nother category anyways.

Summer love.

-J

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05 2009


by J
posted in Food, Fun, Getcha Read On, Life in so many words..., Pleasing
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1 and 2.

1. To the people at the Spicy Pickle here in denver. Fuck you. Seriously.

(I realize that posting this on the internet is about as passive aggressive as it gets, but I’m going to be headed back that way later this day to let them know in person how I feel. )
So, you may ask what is their horrific crime that would drive me to such madness. Well it’s simple. The Spicy Pick is known for its total badassity that revolves around anything food related. They are the tits, at everything that they do! One of their amazing creations, in fact, the one in question, is called the Yard Bird and it would be a gross understatement to say it’s good. Freshly baked focaccia bread = warm fluffy deliciousness, roasted chicken, spinach, apple slices!, blue cheese crumbles, sweet sweet honey mustard, and OBV the biggest draw for any meal, BACON! Additionally, one of the cool things that you can do is throw on some extra veggies or whatever onto your sandwich. I take full advantage of this by spicing it up with tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, and alfalfa sprouts (FTMFW). This total packaged yardbird is a force to be reckoned with. This total packaged yardbird however was not the foe that I would be fighting today though. Instead I get the bastard child of this almighty beast. Chicken, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers and sprouts. and LIGHT ON ALL OF IT! It’s like a prisoner crawling out of a POW camp: Unbelievably thin, weak, battered, stripped of it’s core identity(read: apples, blue cheese crumbles, spinach, fun), and horrifically sad.
This was my sandwich. Ugh.. obviously it was still good because that’s how the spicy pick rolls, but what could have been… if only.
2. Wow. Things were quite the train wreck this past week, all over the place, but today is a gorgeous day and despite #1’s terrible sounding attitude, I am without a care in the world because it’s so awesome. Scheduled an impromptu massage this afternoon, everything is awesome outside, Nugs play tonight at home and we had best deliver a hurtin’ on those bitchass CP3 loving Hornets (p.s. I still love you Chris Paul, and I know you’re reading this) and life is wonderful. Should also be finishing another book today. Weeeeeeeee! Read! Do it for the kids!
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04 2009


by J
posted in Food, Fun, Getcha Read On, Life in so many words..., Rando
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Things to be thankful for.

With thanksgiving right around the corner it seems only appropriate that some wonderful culinary creations would be rolled out… 
This shit is absolutely, ridiculous(ly, amazing)!
If there is nothing better than roasting a duck and chicken inside of a turkey, than it is roasting a bacon wrapped duck and chicken inside of a bacon wrapped turkey.
If only the pilgrims could get a look at this bad boy…
In other news, tonight seemed like a perfect night to try to incorporate some sort of eggplant into a pasta sauce. This was my first time ever actually working with eggplant and I must say that I am incredibly impressed with my results. All said and done, it was a roasted red pepper, baked eggplant, roasted garlic, banana pepper marinara served over bow-tie pasta. “Robust” is an adjective that comes to mind.
This culinary adventure came about as an attempt to follow in the footsteps of a good friend of mine, who was gracious enough to surprise me with a jar of his own eggplant sauce last weekend.
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11 2008


by J
posted in Food
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