Threading the needle
through the icy winds
No delays, everything is on time
Hotels range from good to
Junkie status-
Bottomless cups of coffee
and late night dinners-too much white flour and sandwiches
Too many gas stations- and other peoples cars
Riding trains and buses
Taxi's and credit cards-
ID's and E-tickets
Endless phone calls- and little
sleep
Home.
Hugs from children as I walk through the door-
getting the news from the home front while laying on the couch from the Mrs.
Treats; like hummus and triscuts for dinner
and little chocolate easter eggs-
Home again
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Friday, April 13, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Pigtown Fling Recap
Monday Morning! ARRRGGGHH!!
Pigtown was INCREDIBLE! Saw some old friends, met some new- Danced my ass off and felt like a SPAZ! Short notes before I get in the shower and start my day-
Friday night- Started at 8pm and danced til midnight! The band was Airdance which at once was traditional but with a very jazzy, almost funky flair. Saw the usual gang of dancers- met some new people from Memphis, Cleveland and Columbus. All very nice- made a mental note to try and visit those places for dancing if schedule permits.
Saturday- Went to advanced Contra in the afternoon. Almost understood contra corners (which I have never really gotten). The gym where the dance was, was hotter than hell- sat down in the only airconditioned room in the complex afterwards- ended up doing something called Nia dancing, which was being held in the nice airconditioned room-
The dance is almost impossible to explain to any other human being in words. I call it "yoga booty ballet" from the infomercials on TV, although it's different.
My particular version was "cereabal palsy on parade".
If I ever thought I had the Funk, the Funk, (like Elvis) had left the building many years before I got there.
Met some people who were absolutely delightful (one was a fellow Nia dancer with much more Funk than I), all were easy to talk to and laugh with. Went to dinner with them at Pompilio's in Newport. They shot the movie "Rainman" there a million years ago. Was able to talk to them about my favorite things- Art, Mediation, Food, Travel, etc.
Had a great time.
Went back and danced until 10 pm, when I turned into a pumpkin and had to go to bed in order to catch a flight on Sunday to work a trade show in Chicago. Found out later by one of my dinner partners who was wearing a pedometer that she had danced the equivalent of 24.7 miles!! Wow!
I wanted to keep on dancing dammit!!
Sigh! It's almost 7am- gotta get in the shower- iron my shirt and eat breakfast!! No fair!!
Pigtown was INCREDIBLE! Saw some old friends, met some new- Danced my ass off and felt like a SPAZ! Short notes before I get in the shower and start my day-
Friday night- Started at 8pm and danced til midnight! The band was Airdance which at once was traditional but with a very jazzy, almost funky flair. Saw the usual gang of dancers- met some new people from Memphis, Cleveland and Columbus. All very nice- made a mental note to try and visit those places for dancing if schedule permits.
Saturday- Went to advanced Contra in the afternoon. Almost understood contra corners (which I have never really gotten). The gym where the dance was, was hotter than hell- sat down in the only airconditioned room in the complex afterwards- ended up doing something called Nia dancing, which was being held in the nice airconditioned room-
The dance is almost impossible to explain to any other human being in words. I call it "yoga booty ballet" from the infomercials on TV, although it's different.
My particular version was "cereabal palsy on parade".
If I ever thought I had the Funk, the Funk, (like Elvis) had left the building many years before I got there.
Met some people who were absolutely delightful (one was a fellow Nia dancer with much more Funk than I), all were easy to talk to and laugh with. Went to dinner with them at Pompilio's in Newport. They shot the movie "Rainman" there a million years ago. Was able to talk to them about my favorite things- Art, Mediation, Food, Travel, etc.
Had a great time.
Went back and danced until 10 pm, when I turned into a pumpkin and had to go to bed in order to catch a flight on Sunday to work a trade show in Chicago. Found out later by one of my dinner partners who was wearing a pedometer that she had danced the equivalent of 24.7 miles!! Wow!
I wanted to keep on dancing dammit!!
Sigh! It's almost 7am- gotta get in the shower- iron my shirt and eat breakfast!! No fair!!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
The Mystery of Weight Loss Part 2.1
It's not all our ancestors fault. Or the mountain lions. Or the Wooly Mammoths.
Some times its our childhood influences.
I ate lunch at Moe's this afternoon by myself. There were parents across the way from me with two small children. The little girl who was their daughter, maybe 4 years old, was looking everywhere but her plate. The mother is yelling at her to hurry up and eat. The father is telling her that there is so much food on her plate and it's a waste not to eat it.
Talk about mixed signals. Essentially they are telling her- Eat fast and eat a lot.
Amazing. Simply amazing.
Some times its our childhood influences.
I ate lunch at Moe's this afternoon by myself. There were parents across the way from me with two small children. The little girl who was their daughter, maybe 4 years old, was looking everywhere but her plate. The mother is yelling at her to hurry up and eat. The father is telling her that there is so much food on her plate and it's a waste not to eat it.
Talk about mixed signals. Essentially they are telling her- Eat fast and eat a lot.
Amazing. Simply amazing.
The Mystery of Weight Loss Part 2
One of the problems with losing weight has to do with Wooly Mammoths.
Our stomachs and our brains are disconnected by about 20 minutes. It's a lot like the time delays that they use for callers on radio talk shows. We can stuff 2000 calories down our throats in 10 minutes, and our stomachs will still tell our brains- FEED US MORE.
This is a design that is left over from 20000 years ago when food when food wasn't sitting on a shelf waiting to be eaten like it is today. You might not eat a full meal every day (in those days it was probably some hairy beast that you killed every week or so).
What happened was our stomachs disconnected from our brains so that our bodies made us overeat. That way we would have extra calories that we would store in our bodies, not at the super market- I don't know why it is 20 minutes. Maybe that is the time it takes for a mountain lion to catch the scent of a fresh kill? Eat quick otherwise it's gone- or you maybe you'll be gone too!
Anyway, this mechanism enabled us to go a few more days until the next Wooly Mammoth accidentally fell onto our spears.
Problem is there is too much food and too little time in our busy hectic lives. Our prehistoric bodies aren't meant for all this abundance. We are eating the equivalent of a Wooly Mammoth every day.
Thus one of the primary reasons why Europeans are skinnier than us-
They eat SLOWLY. They might take an hour to eat lunch. Smaller portions, slower eating.
Shhh....That is the primary key to losing weight. The food companies and restaurants don't want you to know that. They want you to eat more, faster- They have figured out exactly how many calories that you need to eat and if it was up to them they would have you to eat more- They are in existance to make a profit.
They really, really don't want you to eat less and slower.
Remember that and get ready to fight them. Your weapons are your fork and spoon (and of course your mouth)!
Think 20 minutes- Make yourself a meal, or when you eat at a restaurant and make sure you taste your food. Your mom was right when she said, "don't bolt your food!"
I hate it when she is (was) right!
Also, at a restuarant, tell them to keep the bread basket away from you. Offer it to the next table. The tortilla chips as well. When they bring them out, you will eat every one of those pieces of bread or corn chips. Your prehistoric brain won't be able to stop you. You will eat them quickly and your stomach won't know it until it is too late. Then you will be stuffed, uncomfortable and feel like crap.
That's what happens at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and Fourth of July (Labor Day, Memorial Day, you Birthday, Vacation, and so on).
More on visual cues on the next section- There are some sneaky things going on that you need to know.
Our stomachs and our brains are disconnected by about 20 minutes. It's a lot like the time delays that they use for callers on radio talk shows. We can stuff 2000 calories down our throats in 10 minutes, and our stomachs will still tell our brains- FEED US MORE.
This is a design that is left over from 20000 years ago when food when food wasn't sitting on a shelf waiting to be eaten like it is today. You might not eat a full meal every day (in those days it was probably some hairy beast that you killed every week or so).
What happened was our stomachs disconnected from our brains so that our bodies made us overeat. That way we would have extra calories that we would store in our bodies, not at the super market- I don't know why it is 20 minutes. Maybe that is the time it takes for a mountain lion to catch the scent of a fresh kill? Eat quick otherwise it's gone- or you maybe you'll be gone too!
Anyway, this mechanism enabled us to go a few more days until the next Wooly Mammoth accidentally fell onto our spears.
Problem is there is too much food and too little time in our busy hectic lives. Our prehistoric bodies aren't meant for all this abundance. We are eating the equivalent of a Wooly Mammoth every day.
Thus one of the primary reasons why Europeans are skinnier than us-
They eat SLOWLY. They might take an hour to eat lunch. Smaller portions, slower eating.
Shhh....That is the primary key to losing weight. The food companies and restaurants don't want you to know that. They want you to eat more, faster- They have figured out exactly how many calories that you need to eat and if it was up to them they would have you to eat more- They are in existance to make a profit.
They really, really don't want you to eat less and slower.
Remember that and get ready to fight them. Your weapons are your fork and spoon (and of course your mouth)!
Think 20 minutes- Make yourself a meal, or when you eat at a restaurant and make sure you taste your food. Your mom was right when she said, "don't bolt your food!"
I hate it when she is (was) right!
Also, at a restuarant, tell them to keep the bread basket away from you. Offer it to the next table. The tortilla chips as well. When they bring them out, you will eat every one of those pieces of bread or corn chips. Your prehistoric brain won't be able to stop you. You will eat them quickly and your stomach won't know it until it is too late. Then you will be stuffed, uncomfortable and feel like crap.
That's what happens at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and Fourth of July (Labor Day, Memorial Day, you Birthday, Vacation, and so on).
More on visual cues on the next section- There are some sneaky things going on that you need to know.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Coaxing the Leaf
When brewing loose leaf tea, the water temperature- the vessel the tea is brewed in and the amount of time you let the tea steep is critical. Any variation of those elements can effect the taste, ever so slightly. Tea is at best a moving target when it comes to taste.
Tea is a testament to change. When first brewed and poured, it tastes different than when let sit in the cup for 10 minutes. The color changes, the bitterness becomes more prevelant.
I am a fan of White Peony Tea, a inexpensive white tea, also called in Chinese Pai Mutan. It has a roasted honey flavored taste- unique and maybe an aquired taste. I really don't know anyone who drinks the stuff (with the exception of my family).
The directions for brewing it from the tea company are nothing but brutal. They tell you to boil the tea to 180 F and then steep it for 5 minutes. I have brewed it that way, and the tea comes out nasty and thick.
Over the years I have played around with it- and this is how I recommend to make a superior cup of tea-at least today, because like everything in the world- its going to change.
1. Boil the water to 180F.
2. Fill a cup with ice and then pour water over it.
3. 1 teaspoon of loose leaf tea into a clay yixing (YEE-SHING) teapot.
4. Pour the hot water over the leaves half of the way filling the teapot. Set the timer for 2 minutes.
5. After two minutes- pour the cold water into the pot, filling it. Set the timer for another two minutes.
6. Pour and serve immediately.
The company I buy my tea from is called Rishi Tea. It is organic, fair trade and falls within the psuedo liberal demographic I am a big target of by psuedo liberal marketers. Below is a link.
http://www.rishitea.com/
Tea is a testament to change. When first brewed and poured, it tastes different than when let sit in the cup for 10 minutes. The color changes, the bitterness becomes more prevelant.
I am a fan of White Peony Tea, a inexpensive white tea, also called in Chinese Pai Mutan. It has a roasted honey flavored taste- unique and maybe an aquired taste. I really don't know anyone who drinks the stuff (with the exception of my family).
The directions for brewing it from the tea company are nothing but brutal. They tell you to boil the tea to 180 F and then steep it for 5 minutes. I have brewed it that way, and the tea comes out nasty and thick.
Over the years I have played around with it- and this is how I recommend to make a superior cup of tea-at least today, because like everything in the world- its going to change.
1. Boil the water to 180F.
2. Fill a cup with ice and then pour water over it.
3. 1 teaspoon of loose leaf tea into a clay yixing (YEE-SHING) teapot.
4. Pour the hot water over the leaves half of the way filling the teapot. Set the timer for 2 minutes.
5. After two minutes- pour the cold water into the pot, filling it. Set the timer for another two minutes.
6. Pour and serve immediately.
The company I buy my tea from is called Rishi Tea. It is organic, fair trade and falls within the psuedo liberal demographic I am a big target of by psuedo liberal marketers. Below is a link.
http://www.rishitea.com/
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