What's for dinner?

Maybe pesto and veggie pasta? Sounds great to me! The tomato harvest is finally here, and with 7 plants, soon our kitchen will be buried in them! I'm going to try freezing tomato sauce this year -- after I get tired of Italian tomato soup, salsa, and Caprese salad.

Funny/Good Show

On Friday Carley and I went to the Doug Fir to see Nellie McKay. I have a couple of her albums--she is an oddity who composes songs that could be part of Broadway musicals from the '50s but with a contemporary sensibility. We love shows at the Doug Fir because the room is so small--we were even able to get a table while we were waiting for the show to start. The crowd was NPR-diverse: turbo music dorks, oldsters, drunk sorority-types. The show was good--her banter reminded us of a politically-minded grama with a Judy Garland-affectation, which is funny because she is 23.
Live Performance
Fresh Air Interview

Leatherman Hack

I saw a cool post about a way to integrate your keys into a multitool. While Carley was in Philly I put mine together. It was fun to Dremel and grind the keys into shape.

Borscht.

I saw a recipe in the paper of record and decided to try it. While I was making it I expected to be disappointed, but the cold borscht turned out to be really good.
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Berry Picking on Sauvie Island

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We went and got in touch with our fruit--picked marionberries, blueberries and peaches.