observations from the long weekend

A McDonald's Quarter Pounder tastes magical if you get just the right combination of burger, bun, cheese, and ketchup in every bite. If all you get is a mouthful of meat,  you can kind of see what the nay-sayers are on about.... Who knew that a beautiful, gleaming Safeway located in the suburbs carries all kinds of things it doesn't here, like a zillion kinds of fresh, wild-caught fish?... Nothing is prettier than Colorado at just the right time of spring, when it looks like a child's drawing -- a line of green, green grass touching a line of blue, blue sky, with white-peaked mountains off in the distance.... Peanut M&Ms are like crystal meth, only more addictive.... Cherries can survive a few extra days if you put them in the fridge while you're out of town, and they don't really taste any worse for it, no matter what people say.... I don't care what their nickname is, if you eat mostly fresh fruits and vegetables, it's amazing how little you can spend for a week's worth of groceries from Whole Foods.... Ad Hoc takes reservations, despite what I'd heard to the contrary.... Driving back into a cold and foggy city after a few days away in a warm, sunny place is the second most depressing feeling on earth.... I am madly in love with beets!... And carrots, like this Moroccan carrot salad.

Comments

[Doug]

My name is Doug and I am a peanut m&m addict.

Everyday on my walk back from work I'll stop by one of those machines where you put in a quarter and get out a handful of peanut m&m's.

Nothing makes me happier - its like I'm six years old again.

[Catherine]

I haven't had a peanut M&M in years, and it's a good damn thing because I seriously could not make myself stop eating them. It was gross. I hope my 13-year-old niece's bruise has disappeared by now -- sorry but it was the last handful!