Travels
Tales from the kitchen: burnt popcorn
My wife loves popcorn, and loves to make it on the stove. She’s been known to flavor the snack (which sometimes serves as dinner) with a variety of ingredients: salt, Parmesan, Tapatio, chocolate chips.
Now, we’ve all burned popcorn at some point, even if it was in a bag in the microwave. But Kim doesn’t like [...]
I’d like my alcohol to go, please.
I was in Baton Rouge over the weekend, and though I couldn’t find a drive-through daiquiri shop (trust me, they exist), my sister and I were able to walk out of a bar with these tiny cups.
We thought the barkeep was supposed to place tape over the straw holes, but when he didn’t, we didn’t [...]
I’m not as fat as I once was
Tomorrow morning I will arrive in Baton Rouge. It’s been three years since my last visit, but that was for relief work after Hurricane Katrina hit; this time, I’m there for my aunt’s wedding (the back story behind which is a separate post).
Once the wedding date was set, I knew I had to commit to [...]