This outing was a perfect example of the magic of social media.  The Red Menace mentioned seeing a Blog post about the Museum of the Modern Snow Globe (http://museumofthemodernsnowglobe.com/),  The Smalerie mentioned it wasn't from from her house, and I mentioned that so were some of my favorite curry fries....a few facebook posts later and perhaps one of our quickest coordinated adventure was born.
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Mt first trip to the Hat Store

Back in the late summer, I decided I wanted a hat...but had no idea where to start.  In fact, I was pretty sure I wasn't even a hat person and that the whole exercise would be pointless anyway.  At this point a friend mentioned Salmagundi.  Ok, so let's go out to the hat store and see what happens.
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Well well well....look who decided to write a blog post.  Truth is, I'm out of excuses.  "The Weddening" is past, and decent progress has been made on Thank you notes.  And the truth of it is, there has actually been a lot going on.  Weddings,a touch of travel, food adventures, fashion adventures, and upcoming physical challenges....it's probably time to wrangle this horse and get back on. 

Consider this post an "ease in", with more on the way.

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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