fake nails

we went to a ball on saturday night – and i got caught up in the moment and actually bought fake nails for the occasion… even though i rarely even paint or file my nails or anything. so, long story short is i ran out of time and did not even put the nails on for the ball, if you can believe that!

today is sunday and we went out of town this morning. when we got back this afternoon, i had to try them out. i’ve had them on for a couple of hours now, and dlr has admitted that he finds them sexy and it is kind of fun to have them on and feel a little sexier too, even though they are completely impractical and it’s making it hard to type and how the hell do people go through life with these things on?

i’m wondering if i should leave them on and try going to work with them tomorrow or if i should take them off tonight. i’m concerned about going to the bathroom and zipping up my coat and all the regular activities of daily life – but i am also not ready for the magic to end!

puerta azul

tonight we went to a Puerto Rican restaurant in Saint Paul and let me just say the food was very very good. we shared yuca con sofrito and tostones for appetizers – then dlr ordered pernil asado and i had the pollo con salsa de mango. everything was fresh and delicious. we will definitely be going back.

garlic

i really don’t know how vampires could be endangered by the smell of garlic. dlr is cooking some sauce for pasta with tomatoes and onions and yes, GARLIC! and it smells delicious. i can hardly wait for it to be ready. he’s also melted some butter with garlic and spread that over a sliced baguette which is toasting nicely in the oven. it doesn’t hurt that i’m drinking some wine — a pinot noir — which normally i think is kind of snobby but tonight i don’t mind.

i believe that garlic is healthy and beneficial and inspiring. and some claim that it has antibiotic properties — who am i to resist? according to Wikipedia, there are all sorts of superstitions surrounding garlic…

Garlic has been seen as a force for both good and evil. A Christian myth says that after Satan left the Garden of Eden, garlic arose in his left footprint, and onion in the right.^[19] Even in Europe, though, many cultures have turned to garlic as a protective force or white magic, perhaps because of its reputation as a powerful preventative medicine.^[20] Central European folk beliefs considered garlic a powerful ward against devils, werewolves, and vampires.^[20] To ward off vampires, garlic could be worn on one’s person, hung in windows, or rubbed on chimneys and keyholes.^[21]

and i have to doubt the Christian myth mentioned above, because wasn’t Satan in the Garden of Eden in the form of a serpent? how could a serpent have footprints? i like to imagine the protective forces as being real though, especially when i’m immersed in the scent and the absolute essence of garlic… Mmm… yeah. dinner is ready.

mojitos, baby!

tonight dlr made me a fabulously refreshing mojito. mojitos consist of fresh mint muddled with sugar and a little club soda plus lots of rum and limes. yummy! if you haven’t had one, i highly recommend it. they can be made poorly, but when they’re done right, it’s like nothing else. Mmmmm.

there’s an episode of Family Guy where Brian says, “mo-HEE-toe” and the way he says it kind of sticks in your head. kind of like that damn Empire commercial – “800-588-2300 – Empire (today)!” you’re singing it right now, aren’t you? admit it, i know you are. unless you’re not from around here and you’ve never heard it before. then you’re thinking, what the hell are you talking about? yeah. one of those two.

just go drink a mojito! you won’t regret it. i’m going to bed.