I couldn’t decide on my POTD, so you get two. The sunset from the parking deck in Midtown and a political collage at Gigi.
January 27, 2011
Most days, this is what I see when I glance up from working. Of course there are no birds in this shot–figures. They’re surprisingly hard to capture while wheeling and dancing in the air.
The hawks surfing in warm up drafts pushed off the hot asphalt are even harder to catch. The great flocks of white sea birds with their picture-perfect arched wings even harder still.
Generally they all just end up looking like dust. Or blurs. Some day. Some day I will catch one of the flocks of birds that wraps their flight path around my corner of the building. But not today. Today I have blue skies with a light scud of clouds.
January 26, 2011
The lobby of my building. Taken with the Hipstamatic app: Lucifer VI lens, Kodot XGrizzled film. I contemplated taking a picture of the Sicilian-ish style simmered tomato, onion & caper sauce with broccoli and rice I wolfed down for dinner, but the end of the day was too damn stressful with last-minute copy deadlines. So, a quick-snapped shot of the building after getting dog food at Target before the boys starve to death will just have to suffice.
January 25, 2011
Taken with the Blend Cam app (standard shot with monochrome version overlay) outside of YiYa’s Bakery/Cuban Restaurant, which serves up the best Pan Con Bistec in town. Their Cuban and breakfast sandwiches kick ass, too. Low on grease, high on quality.
January 24, 2011
*Princess Peach hands by ear gesture* My hero(s). My 2-day odyssey to find pork belly ends here. More details on what I’m doing with pork belly, along with a pictorial coming shortly.
January 23, 2011
My little bites, D’artagnan. He’s a pint-sized punk-rock Napoleonic dictator, but the cuddlyist little guy I know. Since returning from the chaos that was Weinerfest, he’s been extra sleepy and extra snuggly. Neither of us is complaining.
Smoky Porky Goodness
This, perhaps, is my favorite ingredient right this minute, currently beating out both garlic and sriracha. Double-smoked bacon is one of the richest and most decadent pork products ever to cross my threshold, and it’s smoky, porky goodness has found a way into dishes aplenty over the last few months.
This bacon comes slabbed, so you can slice it as you wish, cooks evenly, and lends a sublime smokiness to any dish.
Try it sliced on an egg and sharp cheddar sandwich on nice challah knots, cubed into crisp little crunchy nuggets in green vegetables, or sliced into lardons with onions in a potato hash.
January 22, 2011
Scene from the 2011 Dachshund Winterfest, where I spent my morning & afternoon selling, selling, selling! The event went great–we raised a lot of cash to cover rescue expenses & the T-shirt I designed sold out!
January 21, 2011
A ridiculously happy Nembu for almost no reason. It’s nice to see my sad old man with a smile.
January 20, 2011
These do not look like my feet. I finally broke down and with cajoling from my husband, bought my first pair of grownup workout shoes.
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