




Chronicles of my life in Miami, thoughts on life in general, and some wine mixed in for good measure.
It was as though the Verve Trash Fairy came and left this behind as evidence.
Woohooo! You know what that means? I can see the shelf they were on! They are all gone for now. Until the next case moves in, I have a blissful half day of shelfage.
I went out last night to this French Tuesday event. It's a snoot filled get together for French and Franchophiles, which I suppose means that you love everything French. I was invited (because, you have to be invited by a current member, of course) by a friend of mine, and as this was the second time she had invited me and I blew off the first time, I thought I should go. It was ok, held at a nice bar, good champagne, and I had to tango with a nice older man that insisted upon it. Luckily Mike and I took all those ballroom dance lessons, so I held my own.
So I returned and found Mike, his brother Dave, and our friend Drew hanging out. Watching Madonna's last tour on DVD that we ordered from China and you know, it actuallly looks good even though we had our doubts. They had already downed some wine, and Mike was making them cocktails exclusively out of Verve and vodka, even if they asked for something else. Way to go, babe!
One case down, several to go. Now we need to work on the Pina Coladas. Anyone thirsty this weekend?
PS. No, Mom, those aren't our cigarettes in that trash can, they're Drew's!
Invader #4:
TGI Friday's Pina Colada Mix.
"Oops," says Mike, after opening it because he finally wanted a Pina Colada 6 years after we've been together, "I didn't realize you had to refrigerate it after opening."
Yes, this lovely relic was around before we started dating, and has been the part of the pantry from two houses in Arizona and then traveled across country to take up residence here in Miami. I hate Pina Coladas, so now this will probably sit for a long time in our fridge. Taking up space on the valuable "top shelf", the only place tall bottles can go.
Now yes, I've been guilty of hogging up some parts of the fridge too. The yummy mango chutney that seems to go well with everything, except that I never use it. The delicious and expensive sea scallops that I bought at Wild Oats that I didn't need a half pound of and insisted on freezing because they were good quality scallops and are still sitting, frozen into a scallop brick, in my freezer a year later. The miso that I use to baste portobello mushrooms with the three times a year I make that dish.
This fridge takeover does make me miss the days of this, though:
That's right, you have your own rented pad now. I forgot. Have some room for the Colada?
Yes, the red pepper I bought at the farmer's market that I knew I bought and tore apart my refrigerator looking for but could not find. It was like holding a human heart. All mushy, the skin loosened....gahh.
Is it bad that I thought maybe it could be considered a roasted pepper? Possibly okay for consumption? Like a sundried pepper? How long would it take to really dry it out? Was it a marketable item? It was interesting, for a moment. I stood there and held it, squished it.
Don't worry, I chucked it.
So I think that these are pretty good proof that he can still see a bit. Plus he still chases after toys, and gets up on the couch ok. But I know it's getting worse, and his depth perception is off. So I was prepared for a not so great diagnosis.
I is still mad at you, woman. But I is not too mad for nap. Zzzzz....
So now we fight twice a day with the eye drops. Then he promptly wipes his face and eyes on our bedspread. That little shit. But he's worth every penny.