go vote!

i'm heading out to vote this morning...and for the first time, feel anxious and slightly nauseous about the impending results.
stay tuned....

awesome art by oliver jeffers.

music monday -feist

this whole daylight savings, fall back time thing has me hungry for dinner at 6, ready for bed at 9 and up at dawn.  this song somehow just fits this morning. 

thai brussels sprouts

ok, so i've never been a big fan of brussels sprouts. they were always far too bitter and chewy and never part of the rotation of vegetables we ate as kids. well, now, brussels sprouts are on almost every new gastropub and restaurant menu in town. marinated and roasted until they are charred and crispy -  the new must have menu item can be actually quite delicious! so when i came across this easy momofuku recipe, i had to give it a go. i skipped the puffed rice and can officially report now that brussels sprouts (prepared the right way) deserve their current place in the culinary trend sun!
have a crispy and tasty weekend! 

petite cocoa batons

my current sweet snack obsession:

the choice is clear

6 days and counting - just in case you still have doubts, read the new yorker's endorsement of obama, along with the one issued by the new york times this past weekend.

sandy

devastating eerie pictures courtesy of the new york times. 
hope everyone on the east coast is safe, dry and enjoying a cozy board game and good book day at home.  

  

music monday - la light

the music is nice, but the video has me transfixed. home sweet home...