Once there was a girl...
I'm a lady who loves Earl Grey tea, skeletons, and stilettos. Also slightly obsessed with tentacles. Wrap your mind around that.
Enjoy the brevity and tweet me @thegirlblogger ~ A
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The Animal Kingdom, A Charley Harper Retrospective
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Meanwhile, in Alberta Canada..
Wow its really not that cold here in Edmonton today..
really, its not..
wait..
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‘How Will You Respond, When Death Calls Your Name?’
Lisa M. Krieger and Dai Sugano of the San Jose Mercury News tackled...
My rainy day French Onion Soup recipe
5 large sweet yellow onions
5 large red onions
Tablespoon of minced garlic
Beef broth
Small can of tomato sauce
Red wine
Thyme
Rosemary
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
Gruyere cheese
French bread
I threw this together for a comfort food meal while I did laundry and putzed around the house, I used my memory and a couple recipes to create my shopping list, and the rest I improvised.
I trimmed the onions, then cut them in half, then sliced 1/4” slices (cutting from the trimmed ends, top to bottom) so I had pretty uniform crescent shapes.
Toss with a generous helping of salt.
Prepare large skillet or crock with olive oil and fill with a layer of onion.
Sprinkle with thyme, rosemary, and pepper on each layer to your taste.
Continue adding layers of onion and seasoning until you use all the onions.
I took a big lid and topped the whole mix with it, it was to help contain the heat and control the heaping mound of onion from overflowing on my cooktop.
Cook on medium heat until the onions sweat and start to break down. Remove the lid once they start to go translucent.
Turn the heat to low and stir every 30 to 45 min to prevent burning.
Cook low and slow for a few hours until they turn dark and are caramelized.
Transfer the caramelized onion to a soup pot.
Add a touch of olive oil and a tablespoon of minced garlic to the skillet and sauté.
Deglaze the whole skillet with a small amount of red wine.
Transfer the garlic mixture to the onion. I added half a small can of tomato sauce for a little more savory flavor.
Add equal parts beef broth and water to the soup pot, bring to a boil, then simmer until ready to serve.
Slice the French bread thin and toast in the oven at 450 degrees for 6 min each side.
I served the soup in oven safe ramekins with a slice of toast and sliced gruyere cheese (grated would probably be better). I didn’t put them under the broiler, as my ramekins aren’t rated for that high of temp, but I put them in the 450 degree oven for 5 min to melt the cheese.
By all accounts it was very tasty and a pretty easy day of cooking without a lot of fuss.
This is my best friend Sarah. She is a beast. She is running the Tinker Bell Half Marathon and raising money for cancer research because she also has a heart of gold. She has trained so hard to make this a reality and I am so proud of her!
I am asking all my friends, family, and supporters to consider donating just $5 to her so she can get closer to her goal. I have been unable to fundraise in a while, so I am thrilled to help Sarah meet her goal for this cause. Thank you!
Visit her donation page here:
http://bit.ly/WbRJ6h
If you didn’t already notice, I’m on a bit of a hiatus. You can still interact with me on other social media sites if you’ve already found me…
So until I magically have free time again this blog will get a bit dusty. Don’t mind the cobwebs… the spiders make nice friends!
This is, like, the opposite of cool, cool, cool.
They were supposed to premiere on October 19th. The surprise move is supposedly to help NBC’s freshman comedies, like Guys with Kids and Animal Practice.
Oh, and the other show is Whitney if you were wondering (you weren’t).
No words.
(via hyacinthclare)
I know this has gone around the internet quite a bit already. But seriously. FANTASTIC work!
SO THRILLED for Caine and @CainesArcade’s follow up film! http://cainesarcade.com/2012/09/caines-arcade-2-launches-the-global-cardboard-challenge/
~Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via thatkindofwoman)
This right now. So much. -A
(via thatkindofwoman)
This one is a must have for @karlfisher
via @popchartlab:
Here’s our latest print: The Compendious Coffee Chart! We’ve got Percolators, Vietnamese Filters, French Presses, Aeropresses, and more!
Nina Simone- Sinnerman
// Makes me want to watch Thomas Crown Affair. Mmmm Brosnan.
(via thatkindofwoman)
My aunt who makes the best lasagna, at least the only kind I like, saw Angelini Osteria featured on The Best Thing I Ever Ate (go watch the clip!) and added it to her bucket list of places to visit when she traveled to California.
She visited LA this past week we made reservations to try it out…
I went ahead and ordered the nidi di rondine off their specials menu. It’s best described as a pasta ‘nest’, rolled pasta with cheese and ham, topped with a rich meat sauce. I honestly had no idea what I was ordering because the menu is in Italian, but I knew I:
1. wanted to order pasta
2. wanted to try something new
Best decision ever.
I think both my mum and aunt liked their lasagna verde well enough, very interesting flavors and textures with the spinach pasta. I definitely won with my dish… it was like heaven on earth.
I also had the most delicious beet salad, the mixture of fresh greens, salty balsamic, tart pickled beets and melt in your mouth fresh buffalo mozzarella really made a great start to the meal.
If you want to try some amazingly delicious and authentic Italian food (more than half of the patrons in the packed restaurant were speaking Italian, if that says anything about the quality of the food!) make a reservation for Angelini Osteria.
And reservations are a must, it’s a tiny restaurant, and the place was still hopping and people were being seated after our pretty late res time of 8:45 on a Sunday!
Angelini Osteria(323) 297-0070
7313 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036
I didn’t bother with taking pictures in this crowded restaurant for several reasons, one being the place is so small I didn’t want to distract other diners, plus I really wanted to just enjoy the meal as well as take in the hustle and bustle of the staff… you’ll just have to trust me that the food is exceptional!
Now I love these actors even more!
You sing it @TPrettyman!
Tristan Prettyman - My Oh My (by TristanPrettymanVEVO)
So what exactly can I watch right now @NBCOlympics?
I can’t even figure out what sports are live streaming. What’s M Prel? I didn’t know there was a sport called W Group A. Oh look two games on courts. Is that basketball, volleyball, tennis, or maybe badminton?
Oh I have to click the sport, let the feed load, sit through an ad, and then determine it is something I have no desire to watch. Then repeat 6 times.
How about listing the sport first, then the match info…. oi. Just seems so simple!
