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Best Soundtrack probably ever, would have to be "Once" hands down.

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Jeez, here we are trying to eat better, and I think we'll have to make the trip to Grandview tomorrow night to pick up some ice cream...Thanks a lot, Faith!

We both think Lisa making into the final three is one more piece of evidence that the producers would rather have good tv than the best chefs in the finale. Does anyone else remember Sam going home, and Padma crying as she told him? Last night was a similar occurrence, as padma choked up when she asked Antonia to pack her knives. I think undercooking beans is a much smaller mistake than making three bad tasting dishes. If Lisa wins, I swear I'm not watching next year, I've been burned too many times by these damn producers.

Thank you for posting this! I first heard of the "Classic Daquiri" in an Esquire Magazine a few years ago. Apparently, it was a fave of old Stalwarts like, Hemingway, JFK etc. And I can tell you from experience, it is a totally classic cocktail. So crisp, refreshing, sturdy, and best of all, gender-neutral! I often joke about the lack of tasty, non-girly drinks out there, but thanks to these cocktail posts, I'm beginning to think otherwise :-D The tasty drinks exist, they've just fallen out of favor, pushed aside by neon, super-potent, syrupy concoctions.

Actually, the first time I had a "Classic Daquiri", I had to explain it to the bartender, but boy, once i tasted it, it was worth the explanation. Like a tart, punched up lemonade. YUM!

holy cow! i actually have a picture of these chairs sans signs when i was in NYC in early 2006!

I love pimms! I had my first at a pub in english countryside. Quite beautiful and it remains a favorite of mine. I've been rationing the one bottle of Pimms No. 1 I brought back with me, because I'm not entirely sure where I can get in the states. I've never seen it at normal liquor stores in Ohio, possibly a specialty store?

I think that the spread out move is a lot harder on everyone involved. When Emily and I moved into our first place together we had a two week overlap, and lord knows we used every day of that two weeks, and that was just too damn long. We languished in a sea of cardboard boxes, unable to make a big push to unpack everything. When we moved again, we only had the weekend, so on friday the truck was loaded, saturday morning it was unloaded (and loaded again and unloaded again...) and on Sunday we were all moved in. It did take a while to get everything unpacked, but it was worth it to not have to straddle two places and to think about getting "just one more carload after work today".

I own one, use it, collect vinyl. But then, I am a music freak! Mine isn't anything special, but it's definitely serviceable. I actually bought it at a yard sale for 50 cents and then spent about 60 bucks getting it up and running (there's a great Turntable Service place in Columbus, OH called "Needle in a Haystack"). I am ALWAYS on the hunt for great record stores and special vinyl. Emily and I have a pretty decent collection together that totally reflects the breadth of our tastes from the classic must-haves (Frampton Comes Alive, anyone?) to the new classics (The Tain and In the Aeroplane Over The Sea are two of my faves) to obscure relics (Two recent acquisitions I'm REALLY proud of, Zager and Evans, "2525" and Scott Walker 1) to new releases (Spoon's Ga Ga Ga ga Ga and Radiohead's Discbox). We love our vinyl collection and we love listening to records. It really does sound better than anything, even when it's being piped through our crummy stereo.

And Burnstoemerge- you shouldn't ask a music lover to give up their music, even if he never listens to it. Who knows, it could be valuable some day. Unless you're desperate for the space, you should just leave him be!

oh, one other tip to remember:

rare- cool red center
med rare- cool pink center
med- warm pink center
med well- warm mostly brown center
well- warm, totally brown center

Bathroom door is open when in use and when not in use, unless company is over, and then it's closed when in use.