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I wonder if it’ll work this time around…

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sunrise,  sunset
swiftly flow the years
seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
blossoming even as we gaze…

HAHAHAHAHA

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Bill was surfing the web recently and he came across the Build-A-Bear cake kit at the Williams-Sonoma website.  We bought the kit while we were in San Francisco a few weeks ago, and Bill made his first attempt at making the cute little cake on Christmas Eve.
Here is a photo chronicle of his efforts:

The Pan

The [...]

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Home-made salmon cakes with a spicy salsa thousand island sauce, on top of spinach salad with champagne dressing, croutons, and fresh avocado slices.

Wine with the salmon cakes:  Grigich Hills Estate chardonnay

Salmon filets with crispy salmon skin on a bed of dungeness crab and herbed mashed potatoes, with pan-roasted cherry tomatoes.

Wine with the salmon filets:  Roudon-Smith [...]

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6 people + 1 late arrival
a kitchen bursting at the seams with food
Rock Band 2
a Magic Mic
2 bottles of champagne… er… sparkling wine made “methode champagnoise”
2 bottles of old vine zinfandel
1 bottle of ice wine
4 (or 5) bottles of beer
three quarters of a bottle of Italian limoncello
5 shots of some horrible Icelandic liquor reminiscent of [...]

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We’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner again this year.  I think we’re gonna pull it off without a hitch, especially since I’ve been prepping and cooking since this afternoon (Wednesday).  Seven people, including Bill and me, will be gorging here tomorrow.  I’m cooking everything except for the Yorkshire pudding, which is Bill’s assignment along with assembling the [...]

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