Great to see Candy and Stagg tonight! Great dinner at 850 Degrees here in Long Branch. The photo in this post is Stagg with Tuffy P in our kitchen….making coffee….but other captions are possible.
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Chanterelle Omelet
First go to a forest and forage around until you gather a basket of primo chanterelles. If you find a few hedgehog and lobster mushrooms and an bolete or two, no problem. It’s all good. Clean your mushrooms then saute them in a little vegetable… Read More
That’s the best ending they could come up with?
We’ve been watching True Detective on DVD and until tonight when we watched the final episode, we’ve been totally enjoying the show in all it’s twisted dark gumbo-noir detail. What’s with the limp cop-out happily-ever-after sucky lame ending?
Salad Bowl Banjos
My friend Jamie and I are working together on two salad bowl banjos, one for each of us. Jamie started by turning the first bowl. It’s going to be a pretty big pot – about 12 inches. He’s also fashioned a nice tailpiece from antler.… Read More
Mushrooms!
Enjoyed a great afternoon with my friend Jamie and the dogs foraging for mushrooms. We found mostly chanterelles but also a few hedgehog mushrooms and a couple lobsters. I had expected we would find some boletes and more lobsters, but the quantity of chanterelles (we… Read More
Milo enjoying some garden time
Nest
This nest must have been up in the locust tree. I found it in the garden this morning. I hope the birds using it were done with it for the season.
Front Garden update
The gardens change throughout the season but the front gardens really shine through July…
Alboka
Since becoming somewhat obsessed with clawhammer banjo, I’ve been posting mostly what we call “Old Time” music on this blog. Some readers will remember it wasn’t always that way around this joint. I’d like to feature some Basque music tonight, and in particular music made… Read More
The Intouchables
Last night we watched a 2011 film called The Intouchables on DVD (French with English subtitles). This is a 2011 film directed by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano. Now, I don’t know French directors – I hardly know North American directors for that matter (and… Read More
27th Street 