Even the escalators are slower here

Trying. To. Slow. Myself. Down.

Vacation time aside, life is just that much slower here in the south. I'm trying hard to adapt...

Everything has bacon in it

I'm in Savannah, Georgia. Let me start of by answering the basics: no,
I'm not visiting any friends here, and no, I am not traveling with
anyone. In continuing my tradition of
random-US-cities-in-3-days-or-less, I ended up in Savannah after
hesitating and missing a deal on New Orleans. (which of course, turned
out to be the smartest idea ever given than Hurricane Gustav is about
to pound in with category 3 or 4 winds)

There's been a lot to see and eat in Savannah, but one thing is clear:
there is bacon in everthing here. For my 7 course tasting meal at
Elizabeth on 37th last night, there was no less than 4 courses
containing bacon -- quite a feat considering two of the seven courses
overall were desserts. Today at brunch, the servers at Clary's were
feasting on a snack from the kitchen: a plate full of bacon. Just
bacon and nothing more.

Can you tell that it's gonna be a gluttonous trip?

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I'm too old for this!

Just got back from Vegas late last night. Usual whirlwind of eating, drinking, partying, shopping and losing money. I'm so drained! LOL

And yes, Tao was still yummy. I really really love sea bass satay.

Back from "home"?

Just got back from a 9-day road trip up (and back down) the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Wow. I've forgotten how much I love it up there...it reminded me, of well, home. The weather was gorgeous (not a single drop of rain, or much of a cloud the whole time), the food was glorious, and the people were friendly and awesome as always. More details on the trip later, but here's where we visited -- I know you can't see the route on this map, but the link below will take you to the actual driving route that we took.


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Actual driving route

Finally: mochi and chocolate!

Someone has figured it out! Mochi = awesome, and mochi + chocolate = even more awesome-r. LOL. Well, I guess I'd have to actually try them first, but these moonpillows sound pretty delish!

OMG I need this

Purple dots bberry skin. Seems like I may have a penchant for all things purple dots.

The 200th post in a random stream of consciousness

It's the 200th post on my blog. The optimist would say, "Yay! Congrats!", and the pessimist would say, "It's about time!", and finally, the jaded Silicon Valley type would say, "So what? No one really blogs anymore. It's all about twitter and Facebook updates anyway." Anyway, I'm somewhat surprised that I stuck with this blog for this long. Lots has happened as usual, so I figured I'd do a stream-of-consciousness-in-bullet-form update:

- arm/shoulder is better. ER, Docs, and PT therapist can't all quite agree on what's wrong with me, but it's just definitely better

- Went to Albuquerque for a wedding last weekend. Let's just say that ABQ desert is definitely not the same as Las Vegas desert. And yes, I did have the green chile. And tumbleweeds exist.

- I went a whole 6 weeks without getting on a plane! That was pretty painful. And then I realize planes were painful, too. I had a two hour flight from ABQ and it hurt my back. Maybe it's time to admit that I'm getting old. Or that I should never fly domestic.

- Tom Cruise is still crazy.

- Mariah Carey's new album was so-so. But now she's married. WTF?

- Starbucks stopped making almond syrup. So I switched to honey syrup. But apparently that's discountinued, too. Does that mean I have to go back to hazelnut. I guess it doesn't really matter since syrups (and soy milk) are now free with my registered Starbucks card. Woohoo!

- the travel resumes: Sonoma next weekend, then Boston, New York and Chicago

- strawberry season rocks my pastry world!

I guess they don't need my business!

One of my favourite eat-there-when-I-travel restaurants, Tao Las Vegas, was the #1 highest grossing non-chain restaurant in the US last year. Their NYC sister restaurant was #5. Dang! That means we need to find new places to eat.

P.S. In case you're too lazy to click the link, Tao Las Vegas raked in 66 *million* dollars last year by serving 750,000 meals! Insane! They nearly DOUBLED the 2nd place restaurant (Tavern on the Green), who only pulled in a measly 33 million dollars.

I need to start a restaurant.

Olympic Torch in SF -- well, protestors anyway

So we thought the torch was coming our way today but due to protestors, they moved it all the way across the city...but here are some pics of the protests along the original route. (or just check out the slideshow below.)

10 things that are hard / impossible to do with one arm (part 2)

in 2 words or less...

1. bake
2. paint
3. cook
4. photography
5. drive (safely, anyway. or stick.)
6. type (fast)
7. empty trash
8. wear sweaters
9. floss
10. open wine

oh well...a "few" more weeks to go!