BEETS

I love beets and had been wanting to try making them at home. I found beets and fresh goat cheese at the farmer's market at McCarren, wrangled Jon into roasting and peeling duty, and enjoyed a magenta tongue and fingertips for the night.

misc

cooking and company:

how we roll

the past few weeks: friends, food, films--

tanja, couchsurfer from hamburg! this lovely surfer stayed for five days and saw more of new york and brooklyn on foot that i have in four years:

dane and jonah, non-surfing couchsurfers from wisconson. fruit props ours:

whitney came and crashed for awhile!:

duke:

emma:

erik:

pork buns at momofuku:

green eggs and ham at brooklyn label:

birthday breakfast by bodhi and marie:

whitney and talisa's epic brunch making week featuring apple home fries:

old school, no otters in sight:

books and cookies in cobble hill:

swedish fish and star trek. yum:

kim bicycle blending her own lemonade at the rooftop films eco carnival:

rooftop films new york premier of No Impact Man.

things are pretty sunny

Rachel's mom sent her half a wheel of manchego cheese so we decided to have a manchego and sangria party at my place on Sunday. It was supposed to be a small affair but there ended up being over 20 of us and we made about eight pitchers of sangria. And then someone brought a vodka watermelon and it was all over.

The initial spread.

It was still a pretty classy affair at this point.

Some remains. The camera was forgotten early on in the evening.

Also! We had two French couchsurfers, Thibault and Marine, staying with us for the past few nights. Last night they made me and Whitney, another friend who is crashing for awhile, a Lyonaise salad and an apple crumble. YUM.

Thibault and Marine =).

Thibault made this amazing salad.

And Marine made an apple crumble. The four of us polished off the entire tray.

In other news, yesterday the KOGI Korean Taco Truck from L.A. made a guest appearance at the Dessert Truck in mid-town, and Veronica hooked Duke and I up with some amazing Kimchi Quesadillas. And tomorrow the summer of couchsurfers continues with a girl from Hamburg who will be staying with us for a few days. This week I'm also hoping to meet up with a few American couchsurfers whom I haven't had space to host am excited to hang out with.

love, good company, and good eats-

tbone

cooking, exploring, reading, hanging out, vice-ing, updating a blog

things that are easy to do when you don't have a full time job.

my food tends to follow the same color scheme.

easily the most involved sandwich i've ever made. turkey bacon, lettuce, tomato, paprika spiced swordfish, and an avocado-lime spread.

the best summer weekend lunch. still seeking a good baguette in greenpoint.

things that are hard to do: sleep.

unemployed, yes, but i've been waking up at around 7 or 8am every morning thanks to: two big windows facing the sun, pretty but impractical sun-letting-through curtains, thin window panes, a 7:30am saturday garbage truck, a bumpin' club two doors down, friendly neighbors who like to have loud conversations on the corner across the street at 6:30am on a sunday, and a 24-hour chiming church bell on the next block.

i'm not complaining--i have a coffee maker and a breakfast nook to wake up to.

Lately

-Geeking out at the Book Expo America. Juliet got me a press pass!

-These red bags were full of free books:

-Sherman Alexie signed galleys for us, we were awkward:

-Hanging and Shooting at McCarren:

-Rumpus-ing:

(Amanda Duncan from the Dresden Dolls was there too!)

-Cookin' garlic couscous with broccoli, cauliflower, and tofu:

-Hanging with cool kids:

-Seeing Up! It was adorable! And really well done. And the balloons were fine!

-Reading: (I promise I'll do a book post soon...)

-Gettings tons of couchsurfing requets and filling up my summer calendar with new friends!

-Goofing around (new 18-55 lens!):

Of course, there's also that whole post-graduation job hunting business, but it's not as exciting or visually pleasing to talk about. Suffice it to say that the search is going pretty well, given the circumstances. In the meantime, I'm still freelance proofreading those romances, mysteries, and westerns. Also, hopefully this week I will start freelance reporting and shooting for the Greenpoint Gazette! If you know of any other temporary gigs, let me know.

For now, summer in Greenpoint is pretty swell.