Christmas Eve Dinner: Three dozen oysters, scallops with wine and veggies, a five-pound lobster, clams, snails, langostines, shrimp, salad, half a dozen baguettes, seven types of cheese, fresh fruit, creme anglaise, homemade meringues, candied kumquats, chocolate, coffee, red wine, white wine … and a few things I’m forgetting. Chrismas Day Lunch: Two geese, sausage and [...]
Ah, December … best of the winter months, because sure, it’s freezing and gross out, but at least a huge chunk of us get to huddle together with our families for warmth, drinking lots of booze and feasting on sugary treats while tearing open our many gifts. This year I’ll be doing that in France, [...]
I kept a couple of pics out of the general galleries I posted from our Kentucky trip last week because I wanted to get a bit artsy with them. Here’s one – a really nice low-lighting shot of some Woodford Reserve barrels in the aging warehouse, where the liquid inside makes the final transformation from [...]
Note: This is a continuation of the previous blog post. We awake bright and early (for Charlotte and I, at least … so 8:45am) and find that the heavy cloud cover from the previous day has lifted, and the sky is clear and blue. This means it’s going to be a bit warmer out, which [...]
This past weekend, Charlotte and I visited Kentucky with our friends Gabe and Brett. Kentucky is not actually my home, old or otherwise … in fact I’ve never been in the state before, but Gabe went to high school there, and Brett grew up there, and they both went to UK, so they acted as [...]
Last picture post for a bit (but I’ve got a cocktail and a book review coming soon). Just off of the midway at the New York State Fair, we stumbled upon this horrifying display, and I couldn’t help but try and take an artsy picture of it! By the way, the title of this post [...]
It’s going to be a picture-full week here on cDebris, as I’ve got another one coming for you guys tomorrow too. Here’s today’s shot: Charlotte, taking her first-ever ferris wheel ride. I really like this one, especially the way you can just see her eyes behind the sunglasses! And here again are links to my [...]
Super-special three-day update, here. We’re now settled in Maui, so it’s time to catch you guys up on what’s been going on. These entries may in places be somewhat shorter than normal because, frankly, there’s been less stuff going on. That should change tomorrow when we either go snorkeling again, go whale watching, or go [...]
Going to try a new format for the trip blog with this update … individual section headers. The reason I’m doing this is because before I write each of these, I write myself a little outline to remind myself how the day went, and some of the notes are kind of amusing in themselves, and [...]
Ah yes, Wednesday, our fourth full day in Oahu, and we’ve decided to give snorkeling another shot. The weather seems to be reasonably sunny, so hopefully that’ll work out. Charlotte and I head downstairs and snag some eats at the continental breakfast the hotel provides, then come back up and pack up our things. No [...]
