I know, I know, it’s been over a month since I’ve posted. What can I say? If only I didn’t have to go to my job, but could still receive the paychecks. That would be nice. And I could make posts much more frequently. But alas, that’s not how the world works. Here’s a few things I’ve been up to.
For Halloween, Neil and I attended the wedding of our friends Jason and Frederique. It was a costume wedding, and people really got into it. Neil was a groomsman, and I went as a survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
If you’re interested, more pictures are here. Not all of the photos I took are up yet; I’ve been slowly adding them over time. So check back periodically.
I also had the opportunity to tour the main house at Skywalker Ranch. It was amazing. The layout team for our project went up to the Ranch, had a lovely lunch (they make a great fruit crumble, people) and toured the first floor and library of the main house. It was gorgeous. There are numerous original paintings by great artists like Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish. It was a true pleasure. Unfortunately, I don’t have any photos, because I forgot to bring my camera that day. If you do a google image search for “skywalker ranch”, I’m sure you’ll find some good photos.
Let’s see, other news… Neil and I went apple picking with my good friends Julianna and Lara. It was a lot of fun, but then we were overrun with apples! I made two or three apple crisps before I just got tired of having a box of apples on my counter, so I cut up the rest, and cooked them down as applesauce. Now I have a large vat of applesauce in my fridge.
I also successfully made sweet potato gnocchi! I was truly amazed at myself for this. In my mind, gnocchi is a food that you can only get in a restaurant. Neil and I had been out to dinner recently, and Neil had some really excellent gnocchi. I started to wonder, “how hard is it to make gnocchi?” so I decided to look up a recipe online and find out.
Turns out, it’s not that hard. It is pretty labor intensive, however. I used this recipe. Next time, I’m going to make regular gnocchi, instead of the sweet potato kind.
Ok people, that’s all I have for you right now. More soon, I promise. I will sincerely try not to let a month go by before the next post.