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December 29, 2002
My Holiday Season
Christmas seems to have come and gone in a rush. Here is an update on my comings and goings during the season so far.....
Parties
I went to a few parties this Christmas. A favorite was the Pangolin party. I left that company in October and hadn't really seen anybody since. Everyone was in good spirits both literally and figuratively. After the official party we went down the block to a really festive pub on Avenue B. I have a feeling that during the year this place was nothing special at all. This Christmas season however, they transformed this average pub space into a Yuletide Fantasy. It was beautiful. Can't remember the name though. I do remember, Ian, a lawyer of some sort who had this uncanny knack for creating poetry off the cuff. He created a lovely verse around a word I had given him..."silk". He was taking his friends, who were in the process of getting out of bad relationships out for some Christmas cheer and hope.
Tex in the City Christmas
Our TITC party was Wednesday the 18th. We had a blast. We decided to put together some VIP gift bags for some of our more consistent supporters. They turned out really well. We had great gifts from Tequila Herradura, Origins, and Izod among others. I also made Texas Chocolate Pecan cookies for each bag. That was an undertaking I can tell you. It wouldn't have been so bad except in the second batch I had cracked a bad egg into the butter mixture. SHIT! Have you ever smelled a rotten egg? Disgusting. It looked like a black heart wrapped in gooey brown stuff that belongs more on a pyrotechnic creature then a cookie mix. I had to chuck that stuff out the front door and in the garbage, open a window in the kitchen and start over. Fortunately I had enough ingredients for another. It was well worth the efforts as I think they made a really nice addition to the gift. Everybody had fun and we even met some new people who had heard about us 3rd or 4th party from our article in the FW Star Telegram. Rhett and Fred were there. Rhett was looking particularly dashing in a suit. Damn his handsome hide. I can see why Scarlett ended up with Ashley. There are pitfalls to dating a handsome man even if it is frivolous Fall. Fortunately for us, Frivolous Fall Dating has given way to Wild Winter Wantonness and I am not in the mood to draw lines in the sand which neither one of us could cross at the moment. Rhett showed up in his dashing suit and handed me my first Christmas present. It is a book of Texas cooking which features recipes from some of the hottest restaurants in Texas. At first I was a little nonplussed. Why give a Texas girl a book about cooking she should already kind of know? Then I opened it up and fell in love with it. It's the perfect gift for me. A link to my heritage. Now whenever I get lonesome for a big, texas sky or a wildflower or a tipped hat and a "howdy" I can whip out my cookbook and make some true Texas comfort food for myself and the people I have grown to love in my Northeastern home. It seems all of the gifts Rhett got me for Christmas were perfect for me...if not a little surprising. Merry Christmas Rhett. I hope you like mine just as well.
Posted by mermu at December 29, 2002 12:03 PM
Comments
Here is some elaboration my good friend Elizabeth. It seems that Ian is quite the poet without a tongue down his throat.
Posted by: Rhett at December 31, 2002 09:24 AM
Returning to Rhett's comment--I for one would like to hear the elaboration!
Posted by: Elizabeth (cousin) at December 30, 2002 03:18 PM
No diss meant or implied.....sorry. :(
Posted by: Patrick at December 30, 2002 02:10 PM
yeah! Mom never taught me anything about eggs!
Posted by: Mermu at December 30, 2002 11:58 AM
Hey you guys! quit dissing Meredith's mom!
Posted by: mom (aka Rita) at December 30, 2002 11:21 AM
That, or simply sniff the egg after you crack it but before you add it to other ingredients. A habit I picked up from my mom.
Posted by: Stepan at December 30, 2002 11:05 AM
That's why you should always crack eggs into a bowl first....little trick Mom taught me.
:)
Posted by: Patrick at December 30, 2002 09:43 AM
It seems you have left out some details of Ian once again..maybe I should elaborate?
Posted by: Rhett at December 30, 2002 09:24 AM
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