Comments for RealityPivots http://realitypivots.com/wordpress The tango embrace if done properly is very improper. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:31:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Leap for joy by David http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=997&cpage=1#comment-6807 David Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:31:36 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=997#comment-6807 I've had Solomon, our maitre d', make you a reservation. I’ve had Solomon, our maitre d’, make you a reservation.

]]> Comment on Leap for joy by Diana http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=997&cpage=1#comment-6802 Diana Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:58:27 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=997#comment-6802 Congratulations on all of the above! Make mine Pesto Bravo... :D Congratulations on all of the above! Make mine Pesto Bravo… :D

]]> Comment on Path to the Future by David http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-6456 David Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:29 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987#comment-6456 I've sent you an email to shift our conversation to another channel. I haven't been to Whidbey in years. I’ve sent you an email to shift our conversation to another channel. I haven’t been to Whidbey in years.

]]> Comment on Path to the Future by Diana http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-6449 Diana Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:36:02 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987#comment-6449 Yep, lots to do before Musselfest. I don't want to hijack your blog entirely with that stuff though - I might set up my own blog for the endless details of cooking experiments, farmhouse maintenance, etc. Have you been out to Whidbey Island? Yep, lots to do before Musselfest. I don’t want to hijack your blog entirely with that stuff though – I might set up my own blog for the endless details of cooking experiments, farmhouse maintenance, etc. Have you been out to Whidbey Island?

]]> Comment on Path to the Future by David http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-6442 David Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:11:43 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987#comment-6442 I had to look that up and found that, "According to the Professional Union of Italian Pasta Makers the sauce became popular in the 1960s." Do you have your Union card? My Brussels Sprouts ended up creamy too when I added some yogurt to the rather lemony final meat dish. I'm disoriented. I remember things by location and now your not over there in Seattle, he waves his hand about, but off to the left on Whidbey Island. Egad. I've become pretty comfortable with sour dough and made my own starter. I hadn't heard of Musselfest before. Sounds like you are set for a good time. I had to look that up and found that, “According to the Professional Union of Italian Pasta Makers the sauce became popular in the 1960s.” Do you have your Union card?
My Brussels Sprouts ended up creamy too when I added some yogurt to the rather lemony final meat dish.
I’m disoriented. I remember things by location and now your not over there in Seattle, he waves his hand about, but off to the left on Whidbey Island. Egad.
I’ve become pretty comfortable with sour dough and made my own starter. I hadn’t heard of Musselfest before. Sounds like you are set for a good time.

]]> Comment on Path to the Future by Diana http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-6440 Diana Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:41:27 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987#comment-6440 That sounds like a very worthy dinner! Tonight my friend Sonya and I made a pretty fantastic pasta puttanesca, with brussels sprouts braised in cream on the side, and a salad with local feta and kalamata olives. No oven needed! We threw in a cheap sangiovese but it worked well with dinner. We're both serious foodies so when she came out to help me run this B&B on Whidbey Island, the kitchen started crackling like a Jacob's Ladder ;) The B&B is an actual thing in a 19th century farmhouse, though in its starting stages, and should be full-on by March starting with Coupeville's Musselfest as a kickoff. Hmmmm.... sourdough! My favorite. I need to make a starter. That sounds like a very worthy dinner! Tonight my friend Sonya and I made a pretty fantastic pasta puttanesca, with brussels sprouts braised in cream on the side, and a salad with local feta and kalamata olives. No oven needed! We threw in a cheap sangiovese but it worked well with dinner. We’re both serious foodies so when she came out to help me run this B&B on Whidbey Island, the kitchen started crackling like a Jacob’s Ladder ;) The B&B is an actual thing in a 19th century farmhouse, though in its starting stages, and should be full-on by March starting with Coupeville’s Musselfest as a kickoff. Hmmmm…. sourdough! My favorite. I need to make a starter.

]]> Comment on Path to the Future by David http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-6434 David Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:27:43 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987#comment-6434 I forgot to mention that those EMs in the pic were sour dough and the innovation was that I had added yeast. An appreciated improvement over the previous hockey pucks. Today I'm marinating top round steak in lemon, a new idea I picked up off the internet. Combo with Brussels Sprouts and potatoes from the garden for dinner. In the meantime I'm bashing on the garden buildings so I can store the stuff I moved and get access in a usable fashion. It will be time to put the peas in soon. In what part of Seattle do you live? I lived on Capitol Hill from '71 to '76. If I had known about Tango then I don't think I would have left. B&B? oy vey. Dream or present day reality? I forgot to mention that those EMs in the pic were sour dough and the innovation was that I had added yeast. An appreciated improvement over the previous hockey pucks.
Today I’m marinating top round steak in lemon, a new idea I picked up off the internet. Combo with Brussels Sprouts and potatoes from the garden for dinner. In the meantime I’m bashing on the garden buildings so I can store the stuff I moved and get access in a usable fashion. It will be time to put the peas in soon.
In what part of Seattle do you live? I lived on Capitol Hill from ’71 to ’76. If I had known about Tango then I don’t think I would have left.
B&B? oy vey. Dream or present day reality?

]]> Comment on Path to the Future by Diana http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-6431 Diana Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:07:11 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987#comment-6431 Hooray for the Volvo stationwagon! They rank in my top favorite types of cars. So useful, and worth fixing up. How's the hearth cooking experimentation coming along? I'm revisiting crumpets and english muffins, whole grain style, because I want to offer them at my B&B. I've made just about every kind of pan bread in the past but I'm trying to get it honed into magnificence. Hooray for the Volvo stationwagon! They rank in my top favorite types of cars. So useful, and worth fixing up.

How’s the hearth cooking experimentation coming along? I’m revisiting crumpets and english muffins, whole grain style, because I want to offer them at my B&B. I’ve made just about every kind of pan bread in the past but I’m trying to get it honed into magnificence.

]]> Comment on Path to the Future by David http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987&cpage=1#comment-6411 David Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:40:37 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=987#comment-6411 These are skills that warm a Shed Boy's heart. I'm terrible with cars. I almost gave up on the van once and then found that all it needed was a $5 part. I think now that its problem is a cracked ring in the cylinder that does something special and should have had it's thingamabob adjusted more often so it didn't burn up. I just gave up on repairing it after a similarly talented German repairman advised that it was time for retirement. I have come bear a dual allegiance to my '87 Volvo wagon. These are skills that warm a Shed Boy’s heart.
I’m terrible with cars. I almost gave up on the van once and then found that all it needed was a $5 part. I think now that its problem is a cracked ring in the cylinder that does something special and should have had it’s thingamabob adjusted more often so it didn’t burn up. I just gave up on repairing it after a similarly talented German repairman advised that it was time for retirement. I have come bear a dual allegiance to my ’87 Volvo wagon.

]]> Comment on Occupy Shedville by David http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=948&cpage=1#comment-6410 David Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:27:57 +0000 http://realitypivots.com/wordpress/?p=948#comment-6410 It is one of my few good qualities that I can enjoy dancing with a beginner as long as they are attentive. I look forward to a repeat. It is one of my few good qualities that I can enjoy dancing with a beginner as long as they are attentive. I look forward to a repeat.

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