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Gallimaufry
Jun. 23rd, 2013 09:27 pmI've been running around.
Thursday it was an eye exam. Normal enough, *BUT* I am trying hard to make a go of the VVO diet, and due to poor planning it was time for a vegan meal when I got to DuPont Circle. So instead of yomping up to the Greek place for their fabulous pork, I cast around until I found a little place called SweetGreen. Where, for slightly over $10, I had a build-your-own salad of spinach, asparagus tips, squash (corgette, y'all), corn, mushrooms, almonds, and roasted tofu in a miso/ginger/sesame paste.
Now that is the kind of delish that I would never have thought of before VVO! (While I am not following the program perfectly - I had two vegetarian meals today - it is certainly making me THINK about the food I eat and how it relates to the other food I eat. I've also discovered that some vegan meals are really, really crappy for you. Just remember y'all, half a grapefruit, half a head of broccoli, and half a pound of french fries with malt vinegar = vegan!)
Friday it was back to downtown for the Red Circle meeting. The presenter was from The Naval Treaty, and I may just end up in a hat trick of scions, because they sounded like a ton of fun. (The Naval Treaty is, naturally, the scion based in Annapolis.) The last two meetings have missed the quiz, so it was moved front-and-center to this meeting. The brain-bender that I remember best: "What Egyptian ruler was mentioned by name not once, but twice in The Boscombe Valley Mystery?" "'Tut, tut,' said Holmes."
Saturday morning I was zipping all over town because it was the town-wide yard sale. I scored my usual set of "Oh, I'd like to own this junk" trivial stuff - baskets, teapots, etc.:
And then I saw this:
$30, y'all. Just thirty bucks.
"Some people said they might come back for that," the seller said. "I'm not stupid, it goes in my car RIGHT NOW!" was my reply.
Mind you, it doesn't comfortably fit the place I ended up putting it, but it's okay until there's another spot and... thirty! Dollars!
Thursday it was an eye exam. Normal enough, *BUT* I am trying hard to make a go of the VVO diet, and due to poor planning it was time for a vegan meal when I got to DuPont Circle. So instead of yomping up to the Greek place for their fabulous pork, I cast around until I found a little place called SweetGreen. Where, for slightly over $10, I had a build-your-own salad of spinach, asparagus tips, squash (corgette, y'all), corn, mushrooms, almonds, and roasted tofu in a miso/ginger/sesame paste.
Now that is the kind of delish that I would never have thought of before VVO! (While I am not following the program perfectly - I had two vegetarian meals today - it is certainly making me THINK about the food I eat and how it relates to the other food I eat. I've also discovered that some vegan meals are really, really crappy for you. Just remember y'all, half a grapefruit, half a head of broccoli, and half a pound of french fries with malt vinegar = vegan!)
Friday it was back to downtown for the Red Circle meeting. The presenter was from The Naval Treaty, and I may just end up in a hat trick of scions, because they sounded like a ton of fun. (The Naval Treaty is, naturally, the scion based in Annapolis.) The last two meetings have missed the quiz, so it was moved front-and-center to this meeting. The brain-bender that I remember best: "What Egyptian ruler was mentioned by name not once, but twice in The Boscombe Valley Mystery?" "'Tut, tut,' said Holmes."
Saturday morning I was zipping all over town because it was the town-wide yard sale. I scored my usual set of "Oh, I'd like to own this junk" trivial stuff - baskets, teapots, etc.:
And then I saw this:
$30, y'all. Just thirty bucks.
"Some people said they might come back for that," the seller said. "I'm not stupid, it goes in my car RIGHT NOW!" was my reply.
Mind you, it doesn't comfortably fit the place I ended up putting it, but it's okay until there's another spot and... thirty! Dollars!
