Much of the summer has been taking up with work, family obligations and wedding prep.  So as August started to slip away I decided to plan a super secret surprise day for The Goog (well 3 people knew were we where going, but he didn't and that's the important part).  So armed with the GPS, road snacks and vague idea of what we would do when we got there, we set out.
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What....after all this time, a post????   So this summer has been an absolute roller coaster, with some very high highs and the absolute lowest of lows.  I'll not get into it, but instead what I will try to do is catch up on some of the more pleasant aspects of the last few months.  For example, the northern garden....

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Parsley Salad

I made this for Durian Day after reading about how much that fruit can give you "death breath".  Parsley is a natural breath freshener and this salad was a big hit.  It's was mainly cobbled together from stuff I had in my fridge.
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Last night, for Comicazi Book Club (name still pending), we decided that each member would chose a book (graphic novel) and report on it back to the rest of the club.  This would help us to learn more about the favorite books of each member.  I was pretty gungho about this idea.  Until I realized it was basically doing a presentation....
So because this felt more like public speaking then a usual meeting would, and because I hate public speaking (even though I was among friends), I wrote something up, which really helped.
I thought I would share, so  see below for my book report on BPRD #1

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Durian Adventure
On Sunday a group of food adventurers gathered To try Durian "The King of Fruits".  I was fairly nervous about this.  Given all I had read, I was really not sure what to expect.....So let's get into it...
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This coming Sunday I will be gathering with some other faithful food adventurers (you may remember them from the grasshopper eating incident) to try something that has been call "the King of Fruits".
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The Goog and I love popcorn.  It's the snack of choice with us.  While I think stove top is clearly the best method for popcorn, it's not something we do that often.  That said, standard store bought microwave popcorn...it's just not that fantastic.  It's too salty, too fake tasting...you get none of that good roasty corn flavor.
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The Goog and I have been in the throes of wedding planning...picking vendors, managing expectations , it's all very mindless and a little messy.  But we have tried to do a lot of stuff ourselves to make things a bit more personalized.  One of these things was designing our own stamp to put on paper stuff (envelopes, place cards).
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