Blood oranges have more flavor than normal oranges, and are slightly startling to open if you’re not expecting that color inside. Their extra flavor is nice in a salad, particularly if you make the dressing with some zest and the juice from a few of the segments.
Author: doug
February 18
On a fairly regular basis people bring in food and put it in our lunch room. Not often, though, is it two entire boxes of donuts. These were courtesy of one of our sales guys.
Boston Kreme is, in my opinion, the One True Donut, though today I chose half a French Cruller.
February 17
We use MythTV to record all of our TV. One nice thing is that I can stream my TV shows to my desktop PC or even the laptop, meaning I don’t have to be at the TV in order to watch something. Tonight I was able to chat with people over IM and read my email while I watched This Old House.
February 16
Roasted beets!
This paltry amount of food, believe it or not, was 3 good-sized beets when they went into the oven an hour ago. Now they are like candy… candy that’s actually good for you.
February 15
On the road again…
We continue to go to open houses to keep on top of the market. Lis’s TomTom has been invaluable in teaching us how to get to (and around within) Newton and Needham.
February 14
No lifeguard on duty.
I took a walk in Hopkinton State Park today to escape a house showing. It’s not quite beach weather yet.
February 13
We received an offer on our house today. I’m not gonna say any more than that on this public blog.
February 12
Compare and contrast…
Just 2 weeks ago we wondered if any of this would ever melt.
February 11
Some coworkers and I took advantage of the good weather today to go across the street to get lunch.
February 10
Allergy drugs so I can breathe at night and not keep Lis awake with my snoring: $20
Dealing with our pain-in-the-ass mail-order pharmacy: priceless.