February 15, 2025
gem
photography, travel
april, birds, dive bar, ocean, romey, savannah, swimming, tybee
Ah yes, the beach. It was either warm or cold.
But temperature alone is no deterrent. In fact there may not be a deterrent.
This video above should be viewed while humming Bolero.
Of course no side quest to tybee (or not tybee) is complete without a visit to bubba gumbo.
Here you will find a line of locals at happy hour happy to wait for a sticky table and most any kind of fresh deep fried seafood. We taught them to make Zombies, and we bet that next time we go there everyone will be drinking them. Here we met a very dynamic and zany woman (about which more on our next quest to the African Art Museum).
February 15, 2025
gem
art
april, April Claggett, art, romey, savannah, SCAD, scad experience
Really the only way to experience the experience is to have faculty privileges. Or maybe mushrooms would be fun.
SCAD is distributed all over. This makes Savannah extra special. Kind of like hot sauce on eggs.
The two queens.
February 9, 2025
gem
humor, party
2025, NYE, romey, romey's mom
We may have had a sedate NYE to ring in 2025, but others did not. They are too wild for us.
Romey says, “cheers mom!”
January 25, 2025
gem
cooking
caviar, champagne, cooking, james beard, NYE, nye 2025, romey, veuve clicquot
When you want that, you have to do this. (Recipe here.)
And then this.
Which makes for a quiet but delicious New Years celebration. We’re saving up our energy for 5/25/25.
Cheers!
January 25, 2025
gem
animals, dogs
dogs, gem, maybe, maybelline, romey
Bad dog. Usually great dog but with a bad habit of destroying NYer magazines (too woke for her? Is she a Republican? Horrors.) and/or books from the book pile. She does it when she is mad at us for leaving her home.
While we were here…
Maybeline was doing this…
What?!
January 25, 2025
gem
cooking, farm
cooking, dog, maybe, maybelline, minestrone, romey
One guess who likes vegetarian minestrone! It’s not maybe.
Delicious and really easy.
December 20, 2024
gem
cooking, food
brining, cooking, feast, micheals, pies, romey, thanksgiving, turkey
This year we perfected the brining operation using Thomas Keller’s recipe from the French Laundry. 48 hours lead time is worth it.
Look at that bird! Crispy on the outside and tender and juicy inside.
We also made cranberry sauce.
And stuffing with fresh chestnuts and dried cherries.
And pies
Then came the family and the feast.
The licking of the beater was the best part!
October 6, 2024
gem
flowers, photography, plants
dublin, ireland, romey, st stephens green, travel
When you are filled to the brim with people, visit the green and let it all back out.
September 11, 2024
gem
who knows
bar, couches, living room, painting, remodel, romey
It was a slippery slope from cleaning out the bar to a complete refactor of the living room.
Next came removing furniture, swapping couches, and re-imagining the art.
Couch shopping?!
New couch, new location.
Then came some shelves, replacing the mirror.
And a new TV mount, which accidentally caused a new TV (don’t even ask).
Then the new Romey approved color scheme. Which meant moving all of the glasses.
And all of the furniture.
This became that. And all the sudden everything was complete.
The new living room is somehow twice as big and is way more comfortable.
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