Dusty Chalk

Brad Mehldau, 10 Years Solo Live

Put me in the 'Brad great' camp. He's right up there with Keith Jarrett, as far as I am concerned. He only played one encore, because DC audiences, but it was a good'un -- the Beatles' "And I Love Her". But before his finale he explained that he was playing Bach, then a piece inspired by that piece by Bach, and with some improvisation mixed in. "...so this next piece will be another 'Bach/Me' pair..." (titters of laughter from the audience) I was really hoping for Exit Music, though, that would've been nice.

I should be fine, he started at 8 (I was worried he'd be more like a typical rocker and take the start time as more of a "no earlier than"), which means plenty of time to get back to the car. PS I have the best seat. It's crooked because my head is crooked.

Going to see Three Pieces After Bach tonight -- does he end early? I only ask because where I parked my car closes at midnight, so wonder whether I need to pull my car out before the concert, or if I can leave it there. I think I can still get out, so I'll probably just chance it.

You know this already, but them's not mine. Mine are...swarthy for lack of a better term. 'Hirsute' comes to mind. Unrelated, I want this suit (the guitar's pretty cool, too):

So how does this look: http://www.stompdelray.com/#menus Or this: https://www.yelp.com/biz/teds-bulletin-washington?osq=biscuits+and+gravy

I would've said, "I need the exercise". Sympathies and all that.

Small detour while I eat dinner: Jim Norton -- Mouthful of Shame -- not recommended while eating dinner, this guy works blue like there's no other colour in the universe.

Hurray! Best wishes to anyone else with power issues -- I've been fortunate, even if my power goes out, my natural gas oven will continue to work. But it hasn't. I went out to dig out my car, only to find there wasn't shit accumulated. I had heard plowing, but couldn't see that it was necessary -- there was more pavement than slush between the cars. Oh well, I will check earlier in the morning next time, even though I listened to the (news) radio.

No, I meant in my area.

http://www.wsj.com/video/the-family-behind-viral-bbc-video-speaks-out/D6046F80-52A8-480F-8CF3-2C9AB00ACF44.html

Yeah, sorry, I meant fresh (as opposed to canned) okra, not raw (but then prepared/cooked). I need to find a good Southern restaurant anyway -- for biscuits and gravy.

So I need to try raw okra?

I should hope not! It's the stuff that comes in the can labelled 'okra'. Maybe I don't know what slimey is. I would suggest: if you struggle to get it from the plate to your mouth with a fork before it slides off -- like fajita onions and peppers, buttered spaghetti -- then it's slimey -- the okra I've had is more like green beans -- maybe I should try some by itself without adding it to a recipe?

Yeah, we've had this discussion before. You lost me at slimey -- I've never had that problem with okra, and it was a very complimentary texture and taste to stroganoff, and added some soluble fiber, which is always something I look to do when adulterating a recipe.

Not so much watching as listening -- Dudamel's complete cycle of Beethoven's symphonies: http://www.medici.tv/#!/dudamel-palaudelamusica-beethoven1-2

bison/okra/stroganoff-y thing -- didn't have mushrooms, so added cream of mushroom, and reduced it more, added extra black pepper and garlic, came out delicious, and now I have enough for a week.

We didn't get anywhere near a foot, but we got a layer of ice at the end, which is melting off, and will refreeze later tonight. Probably by not combating global warming...

RIP John Lever -- I love Chameleons (UK).

We finally got some. Best wishes to those farther North and East. And North and West. I should probably listen to the news for a bit.

I've never heard of this show before, but now I must see it. I hated Zach in the Hangover movies I saw (1 & 2), but he still gets a pass because of the Between Two Ferns series of skit/interview/skinterviews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XSEi1jTR58

"I don't see the resemblance."

Awesome. Yeah, something like that. I don't think they used as much cheese (my recipe consists of driving to Dogfishhead Alehouse and ordering one), but the rest of the recipe sounds right. (Unless there were tomatoes -- I missed it if they mentioned tomatoes, but it looked red at the end there.) Looks pretty easy, I may have to try and make this myself, that way I can reduce the salt. (I use low-salt broths, mostly.)