Some days I put the kids to bed and head down to my office with an idea that I’m going to be super productive and crush a few goals (especially ones I’m lagging at and need to catch up) and I get distracted by any number of things. For instance “Oh, I should tidy my…
Author: Tony
Listening to this album was a trip. I went into it with a little knowledge of Prince as I had the purple rain album when I was a kid and watched the movie more than a few times. Somehow, I never listened to this album before so this is my first time hearing most of…
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go to a monster truck show. They were huge when I was a kid and my favorite was BIGFOOT. Whenever the monster truck shows were shown on regular TV (remember in ancient times, we didn’t have streaming.. Or even more than a handful of channels) I’d be fascinated with these huge…
This weeks world tour of food takes us to Belgium! I knew one thing immediately I wanted to make- Liege Waffles! The rest we had to do some research on and everything turns out delicious. The main dish was a chowder called waterzooi – a rich stew with chunks of carrots, leeks and chicken. The…
So lots of the things I did this year were fun but this one.. I kept putting off. I think filling my 50th year with all this stuff might have been a way to distract myself from my own mortality. Isn’t that what a midlife crisis is? Some people get sports cars or boats I…
Category: Drama/ComedyStarring: James Stewart A sitting senator dies and a governor needs to replace him. Feeling pressure from wealthy lobbyists to appoint one of their guys to the post he is torn because his constituents don’t want him and he’s worried about his career. He eventually concoct a scheme to appoint a local man, Jefferson…
I went into this album knowing a single song from it (You can call me Al) which really is a catchy pop tune that you find yourself humming in quiet moments during the day after you’ve heard it. I did some research into what the album is about and saw that Paul Simon purposefully injected…
I was tinkering with ways to make a pesto pizza besides my usual fig jam pizza. Since the pesto was rich and salty I wanted something lighter to offset it. I ended up settling on tomato bruschetta topping. It was light, textured, but also was a flavor bomb that could hold its own against the…
I was wandering around the grocery store trying to decide what looked good for meals that week when I saw the fresh brussel sprouts basket and wondered how they would taste on a pizza. Some internet research paired brussel sprouts with red onions frequently so I decided to make the base of my pizzas a…
I mean – I didn’t have to create an entire meal as part of this challenge as I cook Italian food all the time – but since I was making all the elements (bread, pasta, dessert) I figured I’d count this meal. Mangia!(Manicotti, Rosemary Focaccia, Zeppole, and Summer Berry Granita)