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AwesomeThings I Have Encountered Recently
Nov. 24th, 2012 09:14 pm-Catherynne Valente's novel, 'The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making' - everything about this book is marvelous, in every way, shape, and form. I love the story, I love the prose style, I love the heroine and the side characters and the word choice. I love the cover art. I love the fact that it would have been just as wonderful when I was eight years old as it is now, and I love reading it in winter when it is dark and cold and I can escape into the story. The only thing keeping me from running out and buying the sequel is the fact that, once I read that, there will be no more stories in the series waiting for me for an unknown period of time, and I want to parcel it out and make it last.
-Journeyman Restaurant now offers non-alcoholic beverage pairings along with their menu. This was a fun and interesting restaurant to begin with, if a bit odd and experimental, and now it has skyrocketed to one of my favorites, based mostly on this one trait. In a world where, increasingly, restaurants are expected to plan and provide for people with restricted diets (by choice or by need), I have been rather frustrated by the lack of places that provide for those of us who don't drink alcohol; not only do they do this, but they approach it with a ridiculous level of enthusiasm and creativity. My dinner tonight included, on the beverage side, a cocktail made of cold apple tea, cinnamon-spiced goat milk, and cayenne bitters; hot mulled apple tea; a soda of saffron, fennel, and lemon juice; green tea muddled with juniper; and a sipping cocoa made from wild Bolivian chocolate with mole bitters. I cannot say enough good things about this.
There is apparently an organization out there - Scholarship Experts - that offer college scholarships for students who, among other things, write the best zombie apocalypse plan. This makes my world a better place, and I only lament the fact that they did not exist when I was going to college.
Also, I am still in love with my spinning wheel, we have an epic new tv that will make hosting movie nights much more feasible, and I am starting to plan my holiday cookie list. Thanksgiving is over, but I still have a heck of a lot to be thankful for....
-Journeyman Restaurant now offers non-alcoholic beverage pairings along with their menu. This was a fun and interesting restaurant to begin with, if a bit odd and experimental, and now it has skyrocketed to one of my favorites, based mostly on this one trait. In a world where, increasingly, restaurants are expected to plan and provide for people with restricted diets (by choice or by need), I have been rather frustrated by the lack of places that provide for those of us who don't drink alcohol; not only do they do this, but they approach it with a ridiculous level of enthusiasm and creativity. My dinner tonight included, on the beverage side, a cocktail made of cold apple tea, cinnamon-spiced goat milk, and cayenne bitters; hot mulled apple tea; a soda of saffron, fennel, and lemon juice; green tea muddled with juniper; and a sipping cocoa made from wild Bolivian chocolate with mole bitters. I cannot say enough good things about this.
There is apparently an organization out there - Scholarship Experts - that offer college scholarships for students who, among other things, write the best zombie apocalypse plan. This makes my world a better place, and I only lament the fact that they did not exist when I was going to college.
Also, I am still in love with my spinning wheel, we have an epic new tv that will make hosting movie nights much more feasible, and I am starting to plan my holiday cookie list. Thanksgiving is over, but I still have a heck of a lot to be thankful for....
