Woodside Farm Creamery

After a nice dinner at a new restaurant in town (more about that later) we stopped to pick up Fawn to take her out for ice cream. Nothing but the best will do, so it was a trek to Woodside Farms Creamery!

This farm is a success story... an historic family farm converted to an ice cream shop and now has the ice cream concession in many well- known restaurants in the region. There is nothing better than Woodside Creamery ice cream!

Fawn knows this well and banana is her favorite...and because she eats so nicely from a spoon she's the center of attention.

Ahah! she poses for the camera... what can you say to those eyes???

Families come from all over for their evening of ice cream at the farm.

Saturday Morning Coffee

It's a long holiday weekend in the States- Labor Day- and this weekend also marks the unofficial "last" weekend of the summer. That's my long- winded explanation for saying I'm a bit lazy this morning and actually goofing off a bit by reading Vogue magazine.

Have you ever seen such a thick magazine? i thought magazines were things you read in an hour or less, but this one has more pages than Tolstoy!

Of course, all the pictures are of thin girls...looking wan and disinterested against National Geographic-like backgrounds...

Once in a while I spot an article...

...and then I saw this one... this looks like an interesting article... hmmm... might have to charge up my Nook and order the book. 

Right now, I need another cup of coffee!

Channeling My Inner Julia

I've been in the mood to make some lasagna but with a different kind of sauce-- what I really want to make is a combination red sauce and bechamel white sauce to make it an aurora sauce. I've checked a few recipes on line, and have come up with a plan for making my own, special lasagna.

I started by sauteing onions, freshly chopped cloves of garlic, and then added baby bella mushrooms. 

 The bechamel sauce is basically a combination of butter, flour, and cream with salt & pepper.

 To add flavor, I added this wonderful aged presciutto!

 Of course, we can't forget a glass of bubbly for the cook!

 Next, came some freshly grated Parmesan cheese. 

 I also added some peas...

 Here it is assembled... of course, I made way too much because I don't know how to cook for just 2 people! I'm used to cooking for a tribe!

So, here is what the results were before baking...2 pans will go into the oven and the small green dish will be dinner for Ed and I this evening. 

Voila! Inner Julia satisfied!!!

4 Gigs of Trouble

What would you do if you were chaperoning a student trip to Washington, DC and stumbled into some bushes only to find a nearly dead man who been shot, and slipped you a 4 gigabyte thumb drive? That's just the beginning to this light-hearted murder mystery centered on Toni Teitelbaum, teacher and former Marine in this book 4 Gigs of Trouble. The story involves love-able uncles, (one of them works at the Pentagon and the other launders money), threats, chases, the suspect pharmaceutical industry, and corrupt public officials. 

It makes for good reading!