Started in Guerneville, where we had been since Friday with the boys and their significant others. We "checked out" of a vacation home a few minutes before 10:00 AM.
Mrs Slug and I then drove through Sebastopol to the family cabin where rebuilding will start on the new septic system this week. Then we drove home to Berkeley by way of Glen Ellen.
Dinner was grilled tritip, asparagus, and potatoes. Dessert was cheesecake.
Just a really good dinner (it was Sunday) - Chicken Enchiladas, with a good, tasty avocado salad - paired with an American Syrah 2015, good match. But the most Father's Day thing was my daughter making my favorite desert - the Japanese Cotton cheese Cake - so much lighter and more perfect than the American version.
Spent the day up at the cabin. Jones got some dog park time. Watched baseball. Discussed with Newellbany what went wrong because his oldest daughter, who has lived her entire life on the East Coast, prefers Twizzlers over Red Vines, which is patently absurd.
Nothing. Brought my mom to her eye doctor appt and Costco to get glasses. Kids are all out, though will be seeing and having a late Fathers Day dinner with No 1 and 2 when I go help No 1 move to Providence next weekend.
Went to The World Famous San Diego Zoo with the family, took the kids for ice cream, then went to a local park. Had lasagna for dinner, watched Creed 3 with a few whiskey and Coke night caps.
A Marak is a Moroccan vegetable stew. In her introduction to the dish Ms. Wolfert says “Moroccans often steam or pan-roast vegetables in order to preserve their sweet intense flavor and to endow them with a creamy texture. Here juicy bits of preserved lemon and ripe olives embellish pan-roasted cauliflower.” Being a big fan of cauliflower, and having a head in the fridge, I decided to try it. My usual method of cooking cauliflower is tossing with spices and roasting in a hot oven, so this dish was a departure from habit.
Roasting + acid tamps down the sulfur taste and brings forward the nuttiness of its flavor. Very low in calories + a fairly neutral flavor = healthy, which means I make it all the time as a base for some type of sauce, topping, or spice. One of my favorites now is blended almonds, garlic, semi-dried tomatoes, Parmesan, and pink peppercorns.
Sports team name and logo changes always take a while to get used to, I feel this is especially true for sports announcers/journalist and older fans of those teams.
I watched Extraction 2 this weekend, I highly recommend it. Probably the 2nd best action film and action sequences you’ll see this year, just behind John Wick 4. I am excited for Extraction 3. The prison break sequence was awesome.
Somewhere in Queens (theater, 15/19 WB). Ray Romano heads up this art house film about parents who try to salvage an opportunity for their chronically shy kid. Surprisingly good, but perhaps I am biased because the subject is about parent on the horizon of being empty nesters. Romano surprised me with his good acting.
One reply - cheer girls from Tennessee were getting thrown up 45 feet in our area, a Cal area!!!, I think Sec II then - that seems so wild to me - how many cheer units they had on an away game? Wow, it was insane.
Quite a few Tennessee fans in the area as well. Guy right in front of us lived in Sacramento.
Not surprising. If he returns, probably will be a multi year contract at or below market value. Don't see a team taking him for what his option was. I assume Warriors would be given an option to match or come close.
What teams could use his D and playmaking ability without his O. Maybe someone like the Suns that have 3 scorers. I could see the Kings going for it. They need a Defensive presence and a big playmaker that just isn't PnR.
Giants sweep D*dgers in LA over the weekend. Friday night they rallied to win in extra innings, Saturday was a 15-0 pasting and Sunday was a relatively pedestrian 7-3 victory. SF thus moved past their rivals into second place in the NL West.
There's an island in the Potomac near the Kennedy Center that I like to walk to and sit out and read. I went by yesterday afternoon and the gates to the bridge to the island was locked. After awhile a bunch of park police and park service vehicles came over the bridge. It turns out Roosevelt Island is bear (black, not golden) territory. Unfortunately, they couldn't find the bear yesterday so they set a trap and the island is closed for the time being. They plan to catch it, tranquilize it, and move it out to the boonies.
It is shockingly quiet at the lake for the 3 day weekend. My theory is that it doesn't have any mainstream traditions like other summer holidays so people don't plan for it.
Also, a lot of people do not get Juneteenth off. This is the first year that my organization recognized the holiday and closed in recognition and celebration.
i would agree. still getting into the social consciousness.
my wife has day off (Pfizer) and i do not.
our company at some point realized that they were a little out of step in not having it be a recognized holiday and sent out an internal email telling us to celebrate and commemorate and take the day off from our stash of unlimited PTO if we wanted.
your Father's Day activities
Started in Guerneville, where we had been since Friday with the boys and their significant others. We "checked out" of a vacation home a few minutes before 10:00 AM.
Mrs Slug and I then drove through Sebastopol to the family cabin where rebuilding will start on the new septic system this week. Then we drove home to Berkeley by way of Glen Ellen.
Dinner was grilled tritip, asparagus, and potatoes. Dessert was cheesecake.
Just a really good dinner (it was Sunday) - Chicken Enchiladas, with a good, tasty avocado salad - paired with an American Syrah 2015, good match. But the most Father's Day thing was my daughter making my favorite desert - the Japanese Cotton cheese Cake - so much lighter and more perfect than the American version.
Got a video call from SGB2.0 from Portugal. Spent the day with my best girl reading and floating in an inner tube.
Spent the day up at the cabin. Jones got some dog park time. Watched baseball. Discussed with Newellbany what went wrong because his oldest daughter, who has lived her entire life on the East Coast, prefers Twizzlers over Red Vines, which is patently absurd.
Daughters visited, brought gifts, cards and lots of love. Ordered out, The missus made dessert. Couldn't have been a better day.
Nothing. Brought my mom to her eye doctor appt and Costco to get glasses. Kids are all out, though will be seeing and having a late Fathers Day dinner with No 1 and 2 when I go help No 1 move to Providence next weekend.
No 1 and 3 are supposed to show up at my house tomorrow night
Yeah that should be fun for them and their mom.
Went to The World Famous San Diego Zoo with the family, took the kids for ice cream, then went to a local park. Had lasagna for dinner, watched Creed 3 with a few whiskey and Coke night caps.
drove up to New Paltz NY about 90 min from home and did a very manageable 6 mile hike w/ the family that everyone was good sports about.
then a nice dinner at an Irish pub before heading home.
New Paltz is famous for rock climbing at the Gunks. lots of people were out climbing and i am sure my kids would rather have been doing that.
Cauliflower
Not generally a fan. though well prepared is perfectly adaquate.
Good for your keeping things moving in your body (if you know what I mean).
I love cauliflower, it is so much better than broccoli.
I like 'em both!
I didn't used to like either. Now I like both, so agree.
I'm the other way. I like broccoli but don't like cauliflower.
No one is perfect HAG.
Guess I’m not perfect either…f-ck.
Marak of Cauliflower with Tomatoes and Olives - a house favorite ...
https://spadesspatulasandspoons.com/2015/03/22/march-in-the-kitchen-marak-of-cauliflower-with-tomatoes-and-olives/
A Marak is a Moroccan vegetable stew. In her introduction to the dish Ms. Wolfert says “Moroccans often steam or pan-roast vegetables in order to preserve their sweet intense flavor and to endow them with a creamy texture. Here juicy bits of preserved lemon and ripe olives embellish pan-roasted cauliflower.” Being a big fan of cauliflower, and having a head in the fridge, I decided to try it. My usual method of cooking cauliflower is tossing with spices and roasting in a hot oven, so this dish was a departure from habit.
Roasting + acid tamps down the sulfur taste and brings forward the nuttiness of its flavor. Very low in calories + a fairly neutral flavor = healthy, which means I make it all the time as a base for some type of sauce, topping, or spice. One of my favorites now is blended almonds, garlic, semi-dried tomatoes, Parmesan, and pink peppercorns.
My wife uses it greatly lots of time. Kinda a newish development.
Something that changed names/identities and you are still getting used to it
I was in Vegas last week and found out it was no longer McCarran Airport, but now it's called Harry Reid Airport.
Sports team name and logo changes always take a while to get used to, I feel this is especially true for sports announcers/journalist and older fans of those teams.
I refuse to accept Max as a replacement for HBO.
Sierra Mist is now Starry, not that I drink it much but I only noticed because Costco food court has Pepsi products at their soda fountain.
I was trying to figure out if it's just a name change or an actual flavor/ingredients change. Can't tell so must just be a name change.
I can’t really notice a significant change to the flavor.
Why do people still say Burma? It has been Myanmar for decades now.
Eh,
I don't know all the details, but I think Myanmar is not the good name, it's the name the dictators picked (they've been around a while).
Because no one wants to say Myanmarese python.
i like how they will change an airport name but never its 3 letter code
my guess is that things that are "easier to say" are also "easier to remember".
but i am sure it is a lot more complex than that or that the previous statement is not as simple as just that.
The one that drives me crazy is when people say “Myanmar, formerly Burma”.
Since most people know where Burma is, and most don't exactly know Myanmar is, its a helpful reference.
my child using they/them pronouns.
i am firmly in support but i still mess up the pronouns 25% of the time.
Czechia.
I am like that country's dad, still calling it by its formal name.
I still am not used to Pluto not being a planet
Nah, makes sense.
He said he's not used to it. He didn't say others aren't used to it.
DBD AV CLUB
Finished American Born Chinese. I enjoyed it. 15/19 Disney+.
Modern loose adaptation of the Money King story.
I finally watched Creed 3 last night and I really liked it. Easily the 2nd best film of the Creed series.
I watched Extraction 2 this weekend, I highly recommend it. Probably the 2nd best action film and action sequences you’ll see this year, just behind John Wick 4. I am excited for Extraction 3. The prison break sequence was awesome.
Interesting. I saw 1 a couple of years ago and had no idea they were even making a 2 until it popped up on my recommended list.
Somewhere in Queens (theater, 15/19 WB). Ray Romano heads up this art house film about parents who try to salvage an opportunity for their chronically shy kid. Surprisingly good, but perhaps I am biased because the subject is about parent on the horizon of being empty nesters. Romano surprised me with his good acting.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Cheer
One reply - cheer girls from Tennessee were getting thrown up 45 feet in our area, a Cal area!!!, I think Sec II then - that seems so wild to me - how many cheer units they had on an away game? Wow, it was insane.
Quite a few Tennessee fans in the area as well. Guy right in front of us lived in Sacramento.
Wine.
It's an extra-cherry cherry cola revered in North Carolina.
I've had that in Kentucky. It was really good. I think No 3 found it at World Market (RIP I think) out here.
my older child (freshman in college) claims that Bud Light Hard Soda Cherry Cola is her go-to alcoholic beverage.
oh YUCK!
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Coach Prime has a medical problem with his foot
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2023/06/16/deion-sanders-foot-amputation-risk-colorado-buffaloes/70330087007/
That would be very scary.
PRO
[The Athletic] Draymond declines option now an unrestricted free agent
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1670825084892717062?t=rooY7_w4Ec4qMGWHekr5kA&s=19
Not surprising. If he returns, probably will be a multi year contract at or below market value. Don't see a team taking him for what his option was. I assume Warriors would be given an option to match or come close.
What teams could use his D and playmaking ability without his O. Maybe someone like the Suns that have 3 scorers. I could see the Kings going for it. They need a Defensive presence and a big playmaker that just isn't PnR.
Looks like he is asking for a 3yr deal to match with Steph's timeline
That makes sense. It all depends on how much they're willing to give him.
I wonder if they'll try and do a Klay extension and have all 3 end at the same time.
Giants sweep D*dgers in LA over the weekend. Friday night they rallied to win in extra innings, Saturday was a 15-0 pasting and Sunday was a relatively pedestrian 7-3 victory. SF thus moved past their rivals into second place in the NL West.
Giants sweeping the Dodgers makes it by definition a good weekend!
This was a tough one to watch as I dislike both teams equally.
USA defeats Canada 2-0 to take the CONCACAF title
https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/667792
USA!!! USA!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
CAL
Go Bears!!!
There's an island in the Potomac near the Kennedy Center that I like to walk to and sit out and read. I went by yesterday afternoon and the gates to the bridge to the island was locked. After awhile a bunch of park police and park service vehicles came over the bridge. It turns out Roosevelt Island is bear (black, not golden) territory. Unfortunately, they couldn't find the bear yesterday so they set a trap and the island is closed for the time being. They plan to catch it, tranquilize it, and move it out to the boonies.
Humans: here's some nature we set aside. I mean, not too much nature - let's not go crazy
Special Juneteenth edition. It's not like I totally forgot it was a holiday when I was scheduling the DBD.
Not a holiday for us. Not likely to be one either, we are only closed 5 days a year.
I like the Juneteenth flag and I will have to buy one to fly next year. It should help trigger and thus own the corn flake cons in the neighborhood.
It is shockingly quiet at the lake for the 3 day weekend. My theory is that it doesn't have any mainstream traditions like other summer holidays so people don't plan for it.
Also, a lot of people do not get Juneteenth off. This is the first year that my organization recognized the holiday and closed in recognition and celebration.
I feel in large portions of the country, a vast majority of the population is still unclear as to what the holiday represents…
Tell that to Lake Merritt
Nearby, but I avoid it.
i would agree. still getting into the social consciousness.
my wife has day off (Pfizer) and i do not.
our company at some point realized that they were a little out of step in not having it be a recognized holiday and sent out an internal email telling us to celebrate and commemorate and take the day off from our stash of unlimited PTO if we wanted.