to reminisce

this weekend i made gloriously soft homemade pretzels.
i made a spectacular curry from scratch.
i cooked a traditional hungarian goulash.
i created strawberry apple pancakes from thin air.
i pan-fried a steak medium rare and placed it on a bed of ginger sweet potatoes, green onions, red peppers, and asparagus.

and i washed it down with belgian beer

this weekend i cleaned my apartment... sort of.

this weekend i watched a vampire movie.

i watched the only football game that i've seen all year, i rooted for the underdog, and then didn't mind when they lost because i won the pot for the third and fourth quarters anyway.

this weekend i went looking for star anise, lemon grass, and galangal and came home sorely disappointed and empty handed... i had to substitute ginger for galangal, lime juice for lemongrass, and cinnimon for star anise... it's not the same people.

this weekend i ordered a 3-cup granite mortar and pestle and a 20-inch cast iron griddle.

this weekend i dropped off my car to get the suspension realigned after i kind of drove sideways into a curb on one particularly rambunctious day in the snow about three weeks ago.

this weekend i wore my flip flops even though it was 35 degrees outside.

this weekend i ordered an album called Push the Heart from a band called Devics because i stumbled across them and liked them.

this weekend i caught up with a handful of old friends on skype, that magical window into your loved one's homes halfway around the world.

this weekend i took a shower on saturday and on sunday but not today, because i had to get up right away to cook the pancakes.

this weekend i went with some friends who are about to get married to a lake in the nearby city and we walked around and i took pictures of the two of them looking oh-so-much in love.

this weekend i almost got guilted into playing pictionary.

this weekend will never happen again, but it was wonderful while it lasted.
love
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