Tis almost the season!

If only you could see the dentures

The look in his eyes says everything you need to know about the experience

Women without Men

This evening my sistah and I are are going to an exhibit in the Newcomb Gallery. The artist, Shirin Neshat, has a fascinating story and very interesting approach to and interpretation of the world. You can read a brief article about her here . Should be a very cultural evening!

Tuesday Morning

This week I decided to venture out of my culinary comfort zone. For me, that meant letting Miss Taylor (the egg lady at the farmer's market) convince me to try mustard greens. Now, Miss Taylor has been trying to get me to try the kale or mustard greens for weeks. And I must admit, aesthetically speaking, they are very tempting. Miss Taylor digs them out of her garden that very morning, and not only do you get the leaves, you actually get the root bulb, with fresh, clean dirt clumps still hanging off of the rootlets. She has ruby red, garnet, green goblin, curly, and flat variations. And they are pretty. Especially all bunch together on the table, its a veritable cornicopia of southern-ness. And of things that growing up north of the Mason-Dixon line I consider very strange and foreign. So for weeks now Miss Taylor has been trying to convince me to try some of the greens. This week, I decided to go for it. Only with the mustard greens though, kale is still a little much for me. I was pleasantly surprised in that the greens, while pugent, were very palatable. So I succumbed to Miss Taylor and purchased a bunch of the ruby red mustard greens. I have yet to use them in a salad as she suggests, but they are so pretty they almost look like flowers. And I got my dozen, farm fresh brown eggs. It was, as my mother would say, a way good morning!

New Delights, and an oldie too!

MMMMmmmmm, homemade strawberry popsicles. Especially for breakfast. Another Cresent City Farmer's Market find. So delish. And so decadent.


Patois. A new and utterly fabulous New Orleans restaurant. And Uptown too! While the food was amazing, the company really sealed the deal. I could be anywhere with those ladies and have the time of my life.


Over the Top. Sometimes, you need a little edge in your life. And sometimes, that edge is perfectly manifested via a perfect, sliver-flecked, gunmetal gray polish. Applied during a manicure with a new friend. Thank you for being there.


And the oldie. My black lacoste hat. Purchased for me, post-Katrina, by a dear friend. If you read this, please know that I still think of you. And cherish what we had. And at the end of the day, hats will always prevail.

Googly Eyes Part 2

googly eyes

Googly Eyes

GoOgLy EyEs

GOOgly EYes

GOOGLY EYES!

As you may recall, last week I spent many an hour proctoring the Anatomy Lab midterm. I like to refer to that experience as having my googly eyes on the students. Today, the googly eyes were reversed, and I had the distinct pleasure of having 220 googly eyes on my as I taught the Anatomy Lecture. I was a bit concerned going into the lecture this morning, as I was to present 2 chapters in about 50 minutes, while the professor usually presents about 1/2-2/3 of a chapter in 50 minutes! So it was quite the task! I think it went pretty well, I covered the material I wanted to cover in about 35 minutes! Unfortunately there is not a clock in the classroom, so I didn't know I was speed-demoning my way through until the end when I finished and everyone looked overjoyed that they had gotten out early! Reports are in that I did not speak too quickly, even though I finished so quickly, so that's nice to hear! Most importantly, people seemed involved and actually engaged when I asked questions, so that was pretty great! And they laughed at my joke! E came in sat in to enforce some discipline and everyone was very well behaved! I was talking to E about the lecture as he kindly gave me a ride to my next class and he asked what my joke was that everyone had laughed at. Ummmmm, I'm not really sure...probably wasn't really a joke, probably more like the class just laughing (at me), but I feel that controlled, non-malicious, laughter mid-lecture is always a good sign!

My lecture was about muscle tissue and types, so I gathered some pretty cool graphics. If you have questions about muscle tissue, feel free to ask, I'm all brushed up and ready to share my knowledge!!!! And my lecture ppt if you want to see the cool pictures :)

Skateboarding muscle man

Chess playing muscle man

Tuesday Morning

This morning I made my weekly trip to the Cresent City Farmer's Market. Miss Taylor had kept a dozen eggs on the side for me, which was lucky because the market was crowded this morning! I would have imagined that the market would be less crowded as we progressed into later Fall, but apparently I was wrong-the cooler and more crisp the air, the greater turnout at the market!


Today also marked my introduction to satsumas. Satsumas are a type of Louisiana citrus, its kind of like a cross between a clementine and a mandrin orange (yes, I mean the ones in the can-delish!).


Having yummy citrus always reminds me of my favorite childhood place: Grandma and Grandpa's house in LaQuinta. LaQuinta was lovely and magical for many reasons, most of all the company and love that was shared and enjoyed there. Additionally, right outside the patio doors were citrus trees: grapefruit, orange, and lemon. I'm pretty sure that my two main food groups when at Grandma and Grandpa's were grapefruits and oranges. In the morning, we would run outside, pull a few oranges and grapefruits off of the trees, and have a grapefruit and orange juice for breakfast. And again for a mid-morning snack, and then maybe for our afternoon snack we might get fancy and have an orange with grapefruit juice. So divine. This citrus was way different from the kind you get in the store-these jems were a) enormous compared to the grocery store variety, and b) so naturally sweet no sugar was necessary. Mmmm, mmm, mmm!