yesterday there was a bluegrass music festival in downtown. part of it was free and part of it you had to pay for. we did both. at 1 pm there was the
steep canyon rangers. this was free and fabulous. they were great and i must see them again. later we saw a different band in the smaller
teather which wasn't bad, just different. in between bands we ran a few errands, walked around downtown, and got coffee at the devil that is
starbucks. not only did my latte suck, they gave me the wrong size. i would have said something but i was just to upset. upset for even going there in the first place (but the cool local coffee place after 4 1/2 years had shut down....damn economy!), and upset because the coffee sucked. so why would i want more? crappy service number one. well actually number two, because earlier we went to the huge beer and wine store, and they again, didn't have my
beer, so i went to customer service to ask why. this one guy sitting at his computer, shook his head, told me it must have been a long time ago that i bought that beer there, and that he does the ordering and they don't carry it.
ok dude, i bought it there like a month ago. the chick sitting there, bless her soul, looked on the computer for a moment and then walked with me over to where the beer should have been. seems like there was a computer glitch and the inventory stated that there were 30 bottles. nope, none. she told me that she would fix it in the computer, get it ordered, and hopefully next time i come in they should have some. we liked her, but the other guy was crappy customer service #1. then later after we got coffee it was time for dinner. all we wanted was a simple sandwich, and you would think that would be no problem downtown, but nope. no sandwich. the places we wanted to go were either closed all together or the kitchen was closed. what the f*%#. so we went to this BBQ place instead. all i wanted was mac-n-cheese and green beans. simple right? they brought me fries instead of green beans. i eventually got my green beans, but not once did our little waitress refill our beverages or come check in on us. it's not like she had to walk that far, we were sitting at the bar. why at the bar? well since you asked. when we walked in there was two folks waiting to pick up to go orders and another couple being seated. after a few long moments standing there, right in front of the hostess, she finally asked me "how many?" two. "last name?" sharp. she started to write it down. what?? writing it down, why is she writing it down, we are the only ones standing there.
"it will be about 20 minutes."
what the f&#$!!! there's like 7 or 8 tables empty. "why 20 minutes?" i asked.
"there are a few people in front of you."
"really? where are they?"
"they like to walk around a bit, but if i call them and they don't show up, we will seat you."
what the hell? can we sit at one of the many open seats at the bar and eat there? sure.
crappy customer service #3 (hostess) and #4(waitress). you'd think with the economy as it is, if someone walks into your restaurant and you have many empty tables, on a
saturday night no less, you'd be smart and sit them. anyway bluegrass will make it better, so back over to the festival to hear
chris thile and the punch brothers.
ok that's sort of bluegrass, but really more like jazz played on bluegrass instruments. either way it was pretty good, but i must say the
steep canyon rangers were by far my favorite.
steep canyon rangers
punch brothers
now onto the pancakes part of this post. in my grand tradition of "well that's about to go bad, better make something with it now" cooking talents, it's time for cottage cheese pancakes. i came across this recipe at smitten kitchen and it sounded and looked really good, even though i am the worst at making pancakes. but this morning i was determined, and i had cottage cheese that was threatening to go bad. i kept telling myself, slow and low...slow and low...slow and low, as to not burn the poor things. it worked pretty good. i also added blueberries, for no other reason than ray screaming he wanted blueberries. next time i will either try dropping in the blueberries once the pancakes are in the pan instead of mixing them in, as seen here, or perhaps make the pancakes straight and top them with a blueberry sauce. i didn't burn the pancake this morning, but they were still a tad bit gooey on the inside. i'm not sure if it was my technique or the cottage cheese. but no worries, we ate them all up and we still have some non- blueberry ones to snack on for the rest of the day. now what can i do with cottage cheese pancakes and deer meat?????
cooking my cottage cheese pancakes with blueberries.
come here my pretties...
they're coming for you!!!!!
lazy day sunday snack!!!!
i thought i would throw this pic in. i feel really bad for my microwave because it never gets used. it just hangs out in the kitchen watching all the other appliances get lavished with love and attention. since i have no use for radiating my food, i have now given my little microwave a new task. along with mister magnet, he is now responsible for holding up my recipes/ingredient lists for me to look at while cooking.
it is now 1:05 pm on sunday. it's beer and bath time. later.
radishes at day 30ish
yummy roots?
3 very small peppery tasty treats.
IT'S GROWING OUT OF THE TRASH HEAP!!!!!!!
and not just in one spot, but 3 separate spots. 
sweet babies enjoying the sun.
what started out as a roast, turned into more of a stew.
can anyone say "sleeping with the enemy?"
hey what a minute.... i thought this amp went up to eleven??!!??
