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Fruits of Our Labor
Sep. 19th, 2022 10:06 amSome random stuff:
☆ While I've been out here rehearsing, Jameson has been in Vegas going to see Aerosmith and Nine Inch Nails, and doing some gambling, and lounging by the pool, and eating at Gordon Ramsey's (beef Wellington and sticky toffee pud to be exact). He's been keeping me updated but I've been trying to leave him alone a bit so he can relax and enjoy this time to himself.
☆ On our first rehearsal day last week, I brought my homemade caramels to Andrew. "Oooh, this bag is heavy!" he exclaimed with joy, and then ran off to presumably eat some. In following days I received many complements on the caramels not only from Andrew but also members of production (I guess Andrew was sharing/rationing them out), including "These are DIVINE" and "Ok these caramels are like crack!". A few people even asked for the recipe, or tips for their own caramel recipes. I was very happy that everyone enjoyed them :)
☆ I keep forgetting to mention this: remember that time I tried a bunch of interesting Asian-inspired oatmeals? Those are made by a company called Yishi, and come in flavors like Red Bean, Black Sesame, and Taro Bubble Tea, among others. Now you can buy them at Whole Foods! If you see them on the shelf I recommend giving them a try (especially if it's the individual cups, so you can sample different flavors).
☆ I have come crawling back to MyFitnessPal. Cronometer was good, but I decided to uninstall the app after realizing that their food database was so incomplete that I'd have to manually input almost every single food item I'd bought at Wegman's. That would have taken hours, and frankly it is just not worth doing. That, and admitting that not being able to separate out my calories by meal actually does make counting calories more difficult for me personally. Nobody likes to admit they're wrong, but I was wrong. MFP still has the best food database, even with all it's flaws. AND when I reinstalled the app, the barcode scanner works again, so they must have actually listened to their users and put it back.
☆ This week in Rochester our hotel is about a mile from the theater. It's a straight shot and an easy walk so I've been walking it pretty regularly during the daytime. While looking around yesterday I noticed a tree that seemed to have dark red globs all over it, dangling from a highway overpass across a rusted fence. I'm pretty sure it's an apple tree!!
And on the other side of the overpass, another apple tree with a variety that looks more like honeycrisp or gala, and also a pear tree, and something that my phone says is a Siberian crab apple.
Fruit trees just randomly growing on the side of a highway is not normal where I'm from, so this is novel to me.
It is now a goal to get one fruit from each tree and see if it's edible (the pears may not be ready).
There will be a bit of squeezing through rusty fences involved, but I think it's doable.
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Monday is a glorious and much-needed day off.
Sadly I didn't get much sleep because this hotel is just LOUD.
I'm right next to the elevator and there were people coming back at 3am, talking loudly in the hall.
Then at 7am someone was blasting yoga music incredibly loudly (not very relaxing at max volume!) and not even my 32db earplugs could block it all out.
But, perhaps I'll have time for a nap later.
For now I'm taking care of laundry, restocking groceries, and going back to Village Bakery for lunch!
☆ While I've been out here rehearsing, Jameson has been in Vegas going to see Aerosmith and Nine Inch Nails, and doing some gambling, and lounging by the pool, and eating at Gordon Ramsey's (beef Wellington and sticky toffee pud to be exact). He's been keeping me updated but I've been trying to leave him alone a bit so he can relax and enjoy this time to himself.
☆ On our first rehearsal day last week, I brought my homemade caramels to Andrew. "Oooh, this bag is heavy!" he exclaimed with joy, and then ran off to presumably eat some. In following days I received many complements on the caramels not only from Andrew but also members of production (I guess Andrew was sharing/rationing them out), including "These are DIVINE" and "Ok these caramels are like crack!". A few people even asked for the recipe, or tips for their own caramel recipes. I was very happy that everyone enjoyed them :)
☆ I keep forgetting to mention this: remember that time I tried a bunch of interesting Asian-inspired oatmeals? Those are made by a company called Yishi, and come in flavors like Red Bean, Black Sesame, and Taro Bubble Tea, among others. Now you can buy them at Whole Foods! If you see them on the shelf I recommend giving them a try (especially if it's the individual cups, so you can sample different flavors).
☆ I have come crawling back to MyFitnessPal. Cronometer was good, but I decided to uninstall the app after realizing that their food database was so incomplete that I'd have to manually input almost every single food item I'd bought at Wegman's. That would have taken hours, and frankly it is just not worth doing. That, and admitting that not being able to separate out my calories by meal actually does make counting calories more difficult for me personally. Nobody likes to admit they're wrong, but I was wrong. MFP still has the best food database, even with all it's flaws. AND when I reinstalled the app, the barcode scanner works again, so they must have actually listened to their users and put it back.
☆ This week in Rochester our hotel is about a mile from the theater. It's a straight shot and an easy walk so I've been walking it pretty regularly during the daytime. While looking around yesterday I noticed a tree that seemed to have dark red globs all over it, dangling from a highway overpass across a rusted fence. I'm pretty sure it's an apple tree!!
And on the other side of the overpass, another apple tree with a variety that looks more like honeycrisp or gala, and also a pear tree, and something that my phone says is a Siberian crab apple.
Fruit trees just randomly growing on the side of a highway is not normal where I'm from, so this is novel to me.
It is now a goal to get one fruit from each tree and see if it's edible (the pears may not be ready).
There will be a bit of squeezing through rusty fences involved, but I think it's doable.
( Read more... )
Monday is a glorious and much-needed day off.
Sadly I didn't get much sleep because this hotel is just LOUD.
I'm right next to the elevator and there were people coming back at 3am, talking loudly in the hall.
Then at 7am someone was blasting yoga music incredibly loudly (not very relaxing at max volume!) and not even my 32db earplugs could block it all out.
But, perhaps I'll have time for a nap later.
For now I'm taking care of laundry, restocking groceries, and going back to Village Bakery for lunch!
