i am enjoying a really nice day off following a number of days at work and the final (crazy) push for the end of the 100 mile diet event series. it's nice to just sit, listen to some music, check out my favorite blogs and have some time to write on my own. i also bought a dress... good day all over i think!
this is going to be a random one, so hang in there.
first off, i want to send out a THANK YOU to everyone who helped all of the 100 mile events happen. and to the friends and family who rushed to my aid when i wrote a slightly-freaked-out post about how the last event might be canceled. as it turned out, there was no need to worry (i have learned from this experience that everyone procrastinates), and that (sadly) some folks got turned away. nevertheless, the celebration dinner was a delicious, huge success. everyone at CP did an amazing job, and i think folks had a pretty good time! good news is that CP is going to do a series of farmer-inspired dinners, so you didn't totally miss out! also, they're offering cooking classes starting in january. awesome.
moving on from the 100 mile diet, i have a few other little things to share...
this is my 100th post on this blog! i've been thinking for a while that i wanted to start a new bloggy project when this one hit post 100. needless to say, i still don't have a clear vision for what that new project would be, so there's not really any news to share. i might have to push my deadline back. the only good idea to date was something called "every day" with photos or simple lines of text sharing the day with you all. i was thinking it would be a 365 day project.
i am actually quite attached to the title "the dangling conversation." it really seems the perfect way to describe what i'm doing here--chatting out into space, leaving my words dangling in a one-way conversation. sometimes it feels oddly lonely, and other times awesome to have this conversation going with whoever might run across it.
all that said, i'm thinking seriously about re-vamping this blog or starting a side project... so stay tuned, if you want to.
totally unrelated, but i'm 99% sure i've found a camera bag that i like. i've been wanting to get one ever since i inherited my film camera, and i really like the style of this one. and there's space to throw in my little beat up digital guy too, which is great. what do you think? (image found here.)
and finally, one of the things i've been enjoying most lately is retro-fitting recipes to fit our 100 mile diet options. e and i have made some pretty good meals lately, which is a nice change from the first few days of the diet when we had no idea what to do. recent successes included white cheddar and basil stuffed chicken breasts, as well as several different mixed berry cobblers (i'm slowly learning the ropes of whole wheat butter crusts--maybe when i perfect it, i'll post it).
despite this, we pretty much have a constant hankering for carbs. pasta is intimidating, so today i'm turning to potatoes. how about latkes for dinner? oh man, a crispy edged, fluffy, eggy latke with poached eggs (which i've never made!) and greens. yes. i'm hungry. thank you, smitten kitchen for inspiring me with this recipe and this one. yummy.
stay cool out there.
(maybe this beautiful video of iceland will help! enjoy.)
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