Mise en place

Posted by linkmeister on 16 December 2011, 10:29 am

I’m making some bread this morning. From Bread This is Chocolate Bread with Dates and Pistachios.

Drink up!

Posted by linkmeister on 16 December 2011, 12:01 am

A-Soalin’, Peter Paul and Mary

Orchestras! Bells!

Posted by linkmeister on 15 December 2011, 12:01 am

Carol of the Bells, Trans-Siberian Orchestra I’d never heard of these guys until about four years ago when those YouTube videos of Christmas lights synchronized to TSO’s music started turning up. They really are good.

Trim-a-tree

Posted by linkmeister on 14 December 2011, 7:41 pm

With a little help from some friends, the tree was trimmed this morning. Here’s the daylight view: From Events Here’s the nighttime view: From Events

Degradations!

Posted by linkmeister on 14 December 2011, 12:01 am

O Tannenbaum, Vince Guaraldi Trio Guess what’s on this morning’s agenda?

Oh, c’mon. Again?

Posted by linkmeister on 13 December 2011, 2:17 pm

It seems like every three or four years the driver’s-side window on the Geo fails, and today it did again. In a rainstorm, of course. I don’t have time for a morning waiting at the local glass shop!

Cool Yule

Posted by linkmeister on 13 December 2011, 12:01 am

Satchmo (Louis Armstrong) sings a song the wonderful Steve Allen wrote in 1953. If I’ve heard this before I surely don’t remember it. Wikipedia tells me Bette Midler included it on her 2006 album Cool Yule.