Monthly Archives: November 2016
Thanksgiving 2016
Since my friend who hosted this year’s Thanksgiving dinner is gluten sensitive, my contribution was a pumpkin cheesecake with a gluten free graham cracker crust. What a fantastic sacrifice of some animal graham crackers! Pre-Vitamix days, I would’ve mashed those bad boys up with a potato masher like Mom used to do. It’s all about incorporating technology now. … Continue reading
Mid-Week Night Hike
I braved the unknown in the dark to find our meeting place for this mid-week night hike along Lady Bird Lake, starting on the East side. Although the organizer set the rendezvous point at a place that would be closed by the time we got there, in FRONT of that place was an international hostel … Continue reading
Spinning Wheels
After having dinner with a boisterous group of women at a restaurant, I came across a swag table, sponsored by a local radio station. Since “free” is my price, I grabbed the only meaningful thing among a sea of junk: a book. As I sped read the back copy, the guy working the table informed … Continue reading
Zombie Ball 2016: Morris Day & The Time
Once again, I enticed a friend to go to the Zombie Ball with me. I didn’t realize until we got there, she’d never heard of the headliner although she vaguely remembered the antagonist from the movie “Purple Rain.” As an added bonus, I saw another friend walking by himself in the crowd, grabbed him, so he … Continue reading