Benchmark

On Sunday, Joe and I went to the Greek Festival at Saint Sophia Orthodox Church in D.C. Gyros were the main draw, but they were surprisingly lackluster, considering the lines. I guess it's a captive audience for gyros.

As soon as we got our food and sat down to eat, it started to drizzle. We walked over to a shady spot down the street and sat on a bench, and I noticed all these wires sticking out at the base of the bench.

Turns out there was a notebook attached to record your time sitting in the park. I turned back to last spring and a Thai tourist couple complained about how expensive the gyros at the Greek Festival were. A nice little time capsule. I'm such a sucker for guests books, it's fun to see who else has walked in your shoes over the years.

Not everyone liked the journal though. There's always a critic.

Smart Phone

I saw my parents this weekend, and I let my dad borrow my iPhone to look something up on the Internet. He asked how to make the screen bigger, and was duly impressed when I showed him."Wow, this is so cool. Maybe I should get one of these," he said. "I could really see myself owning this...""Now what is this thing called?"Ha, we are only on version four, he's just a tiny bit behind.

Breakfast Salad

A few of us have dubbed this week at work "salad week." Only salad for lunch every day as a healthy alternative to the usual, i.e. Qdoba. (You can get salad at Qdoba, so that's not really fair).

I told Prudence that I even had a salad for dinner the night before.

"Oh yeah, what was on it?" she asked.

"Spinach. And then there were hashbrowns."

"Adele, I thought you were going to say, you know, carrots, tomatoes, avocados."

Nope. Topped the hashbrown salad with a fried egg.


Hey, greens are involved, which totally makes it a salad. Some might say it's breakfast, but if Martha Stewart deems it a salad, that's good enough for me.

Here's the recipe. Really easy and cheap, just fry potatoes in olive oil, combine with dressing and spinach, Parmesan and then add egg for protein and deliciousness.

Salad discovered via this blog...

Jeffrey Cambell Groovie in Review

I checked back in on the rainbow sandals today: they are sold out, but there's one review up. And it's a doozy.

Here's the text, in case you can't read it:

"The shoes are the best. I own many others, but these are def. my favorites. The bright multicolored heel make them an attractive option for any occasion/outfit. I wore them last weekend to my sister's wedding, and although my mother was horrified, and my sister was too self-absorbed to notice, my dad said they reminded him of the buttons he used to sport back in his "anti-man" hippie days. I only fell over once, but all the looks of jealousy made it worth it. Def a worthwhile buy. ENJOY!"

Urban Farming


I planted two tomato plants this weekend - an urban farming experiment. Only $2 each! Not factoring in $20 of supplies, of course.

"Each of those tomatoes will cost five dollars each," Joe said. Ever the economist.

I am not sure if the trough I put them in will be too shallow for the roots. What do you think? They are doing well for now. Thriving, I dare say. 65 days from now, I will be feasting on tomatoes. Perhaps.

Actually, I will be happy if they make it through this week. Will report back.