Back from Pittsburgh

We had a relaxing time in Pittsburgh last weekend. I'll write a little more later, but after a night out at Adale's parents we stayed with her sister in the city. We had both forgotten how easy it is to get around there compared to Philly, and how much cleaner the city is. In addition to visiting our favorite restaurants & places we kayaked on the Allegheny right next to downtown.

The reason I'm not giving y'all more detail is because all I can think about right now is the news I received yesterday that our landlord is going to put our house on the market. I really don't want to move but it looks like that may happen. Fuck!!! Maybe we'll buy a house or maybe I'll always be home in my undies scratching my nuts when there's an open house to make sure nobody rents the place. 

The pictures below are from near our friend Etta's house in Polish Hill (a neighborhood in Pittsburgh). 

BREAKING NEWS: New fad sweeps the nation

Vacation Time!!

Hey all, we're heading out to the 'Burgh for vacation so I probably won't be posting anything until after Memorial Day. I don't want to risk any kielbasa juice dripping on on my keyboard. In the meantime you should check out Bigfoot's twitter page (I'm excited to see him embracing the new social media platforms.) 

I want to share my jams with you

I thought this list of logos & analyses is pretty cool. They've got 25 clever logos with hidden tricky-bits, like the Fed-Ex logo below. Look at it for a few seconds...

Now look at the space between the "E" and the "X" and how it makes a forward pointing arrow, suggesting forward motion & speed.

This logo is for the Hartford Whalers hockey team. Check it out...

This has a triple whammy: the blue whale tail, a "H" in the negative space between the blue & green designs, and then a green "W". Smooth, right?

Adale's jalapeno relleno tacos. How awesome an idea is it to put these mini-chile rellenos in a taco?

Big Weekend!

Summer is almost here and we're ready for action. Without much effort or planning we managed to pack a ton of summer-time fun into the last few days. I really can't believe how nice this weekend was.

1. Happy hour with co-workers on Friday
2. Watched playoff basketball games on tv
3. Went to get tacos at Taqueria Veracruzana (chorizo for me, mini-chile relleno out of stuffed jalapenos for Adale)
4. Had no idea that the 9th Street Italian Market festival was going on (right next to the taqueria) and got to walk around there for a bit. The Paul Green School of Rock kids were performing at they were awesome & ended their set with Purple Rain. Here's a link of them playing California Uber Alles with Jello Biafra from a few years ago. 
5. Planted sunflowers, dill, and other stuff with the neighbor kids (see picture below)
6. Went & got italian ice at the Trolley Car Diner a few block from the house
7. Planted 21 different herbs & vegetables in the back yard garden
8. Grilled up a bunch of vittles, including king oyster mushrooms (see picture below)
9. Drove by this house for sale in our neighborhood
10. Watched Ladies & Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. Girls start a punk band movie with a Legend of Billie Jean feel - highly recommended. 

Aaron (on right) and Quron are all about helping us garden (except Quron is a little scared of big worms)

Grilled asparagus, peppers, and king oyster mushrooms. Mmmmmm good!

I'm meeting with my supervisor later today to see if I can take a 3-month leave of absence so I can teach Mr. Peaches how to play piano. Wish me luck!

 We finished digging out the "L" shaped garden bed and our little backyard is really starting to shape up. I took the video yesterday while we were mixing in some Bumper Crop soil amendment & waiting for the charcoals to heat up. We had our usual cornucopia of grilled items - marinated meat, peppers, onions, mushrooms, and tofu.

I bought my brother a little camera made to clip onto your pet's collar & take pictures as they do their business. I got him to loan it to me last week & I started to play with it today. Below is a video I made with the first pictures I took with it - I had it on top of my computer monitor & set it to take one picture every minute. I put it on the kitty last night and learned two important things about using the pets-eye-camera: (1) kitty doesn't like wearing it & won't run around on his own accord when he is wearing it (2) you really need to watch kitty when he's wearing it because when he takes a drink of water he also dunks the camera in the water dish & that is not good for the device.