this post is entirely about food. and booze. come back later for writing content.

on the perils of letting someone poke around in your cupboard:

"You have four different kinds of salt."
"Yeah"
"And three different peppers."
"Well, five, if you count the paprikas. No, seven, because there's the anchos and the chipolte and the jalepenos in the fridge."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why so many different things that do the same thing?"
*rolling eyes* "Why do you have three guitars?"
*pause* "Oh. Okay."

Reaction mixed on tonight's impromptu citrus-tahini pasta-and-veggies sauce: texture perfect, taste good, might need more garlic. But then, what doesn't?


In other foodie news, we have test-run Ayza Wine & Chocolate Bar, (West Village) and deemed it prettydamngoodallright. The menu is a bit limited, and there were no surprises in the wine list, but they poured a reasonable dose in the flights, and the cheeses were excellent. We did not have any chocolate. No, really. (Need to keep a reason to return, ya?)

Also, wandered into Highlands, also in the West Village. A smidge expensive, but not to make one wince, crowded but not too noisy, and there were no jerks in the room (pushing/refusing to let someone to the bar to place an order, etc). Eye candy skewed a bit young, but not painfully so, and newcomers felt right at home. I'll be back. Who wants to join me? :-)

Tweets from the Last Day of Revisions....

The following occurred over a 9 hour span


Errands run, coffee ingested, back to the WarRoom I go... #cantsleepdeadlineswilleatme #amwriting

...and I just realized there's a short story in the PSI universe that wants to be told, covering off-page adventures during #4. hrmmmm.

I will say this: @matrice has the gift of sticking her editorial finger right into the weak spot of my story-walls... (this is a GOOD thing)

@SBlackmoor @Matrice Revisions. Very painful. You go first.

Happiness is: revisions that are humming along, and a bowl of tom kha gai on a chilly winter afternoon....

...this scene is breaking my heart. Oh, poor PUPs....  #amwriting

oh lizard brain, once again you take all my bits and pieces & fold them together into such an elegant solution. #revisions #likeIplannedit

...and that's a wrap on revisions for DRAGON JUSTICE. One more read-thru for continuity, & back it goes to Madame @Matrice. *falls over*