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May 23, 2007
Swiss Delight etcetera
I made Gazpacho today. I didn't really use a recipe, although I did call Vicky to check the major ingredients on my list. We chatted about lovely persimmon and copper colored yarns and then I skipped home to make my cold veggie soup. I have eaten so much junk lately, I guess I shouldn't really be surprised that my appetite is rejecting just about everything but vegetables. As gross as it is to have been eating so poorly, it sure feels good to crave vegetables. And what better way to satisfy the craving than with Gazpacho? The irony of the whole thing though is that when I got my beautiful Cuisinart food processor from my dad a while back, I had promised myself that the first thing I would make would be Gazpacho because that is just one of those traditionally "Cuisinart-necessary" foods. Unfortunately I never got around to it, and now my Cuisinart is in storage, so instead I got out my new knife (also a gift from dad and Vicky) and chopped my heart out (that doesn't sound right, but you get me). My soup didn't quite taste like the stuff I grew up on, but I realized that Gazpacho is pretty easy-going: add a veggie here, tweak a measurement there, it should really just taste like good vegetables. So now I am enjoying my garlic-y Gazpacho breath and look forward to scarfing the leftovers (whose flavor only improves with time) in the morning. Yay.
On a totally different note, I have to share this most exciting purchase. I bought this beautiful mousy brown wool blanket from Savers yesterday for $10 (I know, a bit high for Savers, but well worth it when you find out the story behind it...) I really just liked the colors, and the little graphic white cross and how soft it was for being wool. I thought it would be the perfect picnic blanket, or just something to keep in the trunk of the car. I thought it looked old-ish, but didn't think much else into it. Today it occurred to me that maybe the blanket was truly vintage, and maybe it was military something-or-other (I love old army surplus stuff). When I went to look it up online, I discovered that it is a Swiss Army war blanket probably from the fifties or sixties. It's not worth a bundle (I saw prices anywhere from $20-$60), but I like it that much more. First of all, it has historical value, and second of all look at how amazingly it matches the colors in my rug? Yay.
This is my friend Libby Sterling. Yes, her name is Elizabeth Sterling. How incredible is that? She is very cool. She is from Alaska and embodies so much of that North-westness that I wish I had. She approves of Portland, which makes me happy. Anyway, there we are, two Libbys.
And behold, some more friends. I was crashing the Biola Senior Dinner last week. Apparently I have something very large and frightening in my teeth...
Posted by libbystokes at May 23, 2007 11:24 PM