My friend and I had planned on going to Pour on Center for pizza one Wednesday (which was pizza night), but it turns out they aren’t doing that anymore, so that was disappointing. But our server said they are going to bring it back once the weather is nice, so we’re planning on going then. Instead of pizza, I had shrimp tacos, which were quite good, and a sidecar cocktail, which was excellent. Surprisingly (for a Wednesday), we had to wait for a table. While we were waiting, my former mother-in-law and niece and her boyfriend walked through the door. That was a nice surprise! I rarely see them anymore.
martha
I watched the Netflix documentary on Martha Stewart last night and it was pretty good. As a long-time subscriber of her former magazine, it was interesting to learn more about her background.
It was also interesting to learn more about her stock trading case, which landed her in prison. I always assumed it was for insider trading, but she was not charged with that. She was basically charged with lying to the FBI about selling the stock. The way it was presented in the documentary (she received a phone call from her broker recommending that she sell the stock) didn’t seem unseemly, but who knows how things really went down? But the fact that James Comey was the prosecutor makes me think that they wanted to make an example out of her. His track record does not impress me. In my opinion, prison was overkill (she was also fined, which I think was appropriate).
But, I digress. It was heartening to witness her comeback after getting out of prison. Martha has been the authority on decorating, cooking, and gardening for as long as I can remember.
My rating: 4/5
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“If you want to be happy for a year—get married. If you want to be happy for a decade—get a dog. If you want to be happy for the rest of your life—make a garden.”
― Martha Stewart
productive weekend
Due to Thursday’s concert, I took Friday off. It probably wasn’t necessary, but I haven’t had a day off since January 1, so I figured, why not? Friday was pretty nice, so that worked out. I got to do some stuff outside, and it put me in a really good mood. But first, I had to make a trip to Home Depot to pick up supplies to replenish the dog area. I also bought new edging. The 1.5″ edging that I installed last year wasn’t cutting it (the gravel always ends up in the mulch), so I bought 2.5″. I installed that and put down the mulch and gravel. Hopefully, that will work.
I also trimmed my twig dogwood, which was getting out of hand. One of the branches had propagated itself, so I dug that up and relocated it to a different area. I also cleaned the smoker, which I haven’t been able to use for a couple of months, so it’s ready to go.
These days, weekends are for cooking, and I made a couple of recipes (some old, some new):
I’ve been working on the fake beam for the laundry room and made good progress with that this weekend. It’s now assembled and ready to be finished.
I also did the usual, such as cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, walking dogs, naps, etc.
furiosa: a mad max saga
This was pretty good for a Mad Max movie. I enjoyed it more than the previous one, anyway. But, I must confess: I only watched it because Chris Hemsworth was in it.
My rating: 3.5/5
experience hendrix
Experience Hendrix is a tour put on by the Hendrix estate. It’s been going on for a while, but this is was the first I heard of it. It features a rotating group of top-notch musicians who play all of the classic Hendrix songs, plus some classic blues songs (which I assume Hendrix must have played back in the day). This show featured some great guitarists such as Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dweezil Zappa (I doubt I would have ever had an opportunity to see him play if it wasn’t for this tour), Ally Venable (I’m pretty sure I saw her at the Flood City Music Festival a few years ago), and many more. I also got introduced to a new-ish blues guitarist, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, who was amazing!
This is one of the best live music experiences I’ve had. One thing is for sure: there was more talent on that stage last night than any other show I’ve been to.