Sushi-cam

God this rules. I wish I had thought of it.

When you question the president, Tinkerbell dies

Bill Maher wrote the following funny editorial. I hate it when he's right because he's such a prick, but I almost always agree with him.

Canada!

To celebrate our anniversary, we drove to Vancouver BC. It's about 2 1/2 hours plus an hour at the border. CocoRosie was playing on Saturday night, so we went to see them and wander around the city. The show was amazing. Tez the Parisian human beatbox blew my mind. Busdriver was also a freak show of staccato slamming rhymes, and Coco Rosie, every time I see them, further cement themselves into my heart. I have this odd mixture of reverence and compassion for them. I am in awe of their story and yet, I feel wiser than and protective of them somehow...in any case, the show was insanely great and the weekend was amazing. Here is a little photo collage:

We saw this on the drive up. I hate businesses that misspell words in their names...it's not clever or cute. But this is reminded me of a baby blackbird my friend Jennifer and I "rescued" when I was in high-school and we named it Jalopy Payphone. It died, but we kept it alive for about 2 weeks.

Beef carpaccio, shaved pecorino, truffle aoli and fois gras stuffed olives at CRU. Local organic, romantic, great.

Coffee so big, we had to share.

We went to the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Jon went across. It was really beautiful and I wandered around the grounds-- it's a little like a Disneyland town with people in costumes and a General Store and a Loggers' Grill for lunch, but we just looked at the sites and left. Not before taking note that 1) the river was fast and cranky and 2) one of those workers looks familiar....

Every Day in May is out the window

Fuck! I suck at these "commitment" art projects. Best of luck to all the EDIM folks, who are doing great without my weird dinner contributions anyway. I will, however, celebrate my commitment art project which is my marriage, which has been going on officially for one year as of last weekend and we're right on track, thank you very much.

A mediocre grilled sandwich and a great cocktail

Last night before the Circus Contraption show, we went to the Zig-Zag, which has, like the best bar in America or something and had dinner and some really great house drinks.

Derailed

Avocado Chicken and Artichokes

We had a (very) ripe avocado so I used garlic and onion and spices and turned it into a savory sauce to spoon over these grilled chicken breasts. The artichokes were overcooked, but the first for us this year and very good and the Medoc (Chateau Gresysac 2001) was nice, but a little overwhelmed by this dinner.

Coriander Chicken and Spring Roll

We didn't get out of the movie until 8:30 so I stopped at Rom Mai Thai and picked up some quick stir-fry and rice. Nothing glamorous, but indeed delicious. Does Rosé go with everything?

Tri-tip and Mint Pine Nut Couscous

This is what we ate last night:
Onions, garlic and carrots in chicken stock to cook the couscous. Fresh mint, lemon zest and tomatoes stirred in once it was done.The steak was rubbed with spices and cooked rare. Cumin cream on top. Corn on the cob (not pictured). A (great!) bottle of Barnard Griffin 2006 Rosé of Sangiovese.

What's for dinner?

I'm sort of participating in the Every Day in May project (for the real deal of this kind of project, check out my friend Gibson's 30 Days in Red Pants.) Instead of painting a picture or making art, I decided to take a picture of our dinner each night. Usually I cook. Sometimes we go out. Either way, I think it's a fun undertaking.