So Rob already posted about the amazing, gut-busting Chili Challenge. But there was a different, more clothing-related aspect to the evening, too: unbeknownst to the attending population of Manchester, VT, I was impersonating Karen from Californication. [A brunette, carnivorous one; the vegetarianism suggestion is just me hazarding a conjecture.] So: button-up blouse w/ a little pizazz + leather belt +… View Post
2011 Manchester Chili Challenge.
So I went to my first chili cook-off last week. I ate 25 little cups with varying degrees of spice and meat assemblage including beef, turkey, duck (I think), wild boar, venison, and lamb (I also think). The evening was genius and concluded with a very restless night’s sleep and bubble guts that spilled over into the next day. Was… View Post
You can take the girl out of NY.
Rural VT wear! Black leather is good for the soul.
More on that soup shack.
This may seem like a little photo overkill for a post about a soup place (without any photos of the soup, to boot), but for someone who has a tremor, I’m super proud of these: Smokin’ Bowls: the lazy wife’s savior during a blizzard. Shoot the moose if I’m not tired of telling you about the weather, but on this particular… View Post
Staying in and going out: Johnny See Saw’s
The best of both worlds in one night: staying in and going out. Because going out means driving a few yards down the mountain and over a small hill to get beers at Johnny See Saw’s. Act I. Staying in. I was late coming back from Saratoga, where I went to do fun things like return the cable box, deposit… View Post