3 days + my students = superduper fun times


So, 9 of my students, Chatters and I are headed off to the Bay Area in 3 days. It is our annual party to celebrare il cibo...celebrate food. We go down to SF and eat 3 meals a day, all at wonderful places...North Beach Pizza, Pakwan Indian Restaurant, Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers, Wine Spectator Restaurant...hmmm...there is more but places that are little and no name type places. That is a picture of their "North Beach Burger". Huge, just like all of the food that they serve there. AND GOOD TOO. Notice the orange in the back of the picture...c'mon, they don't serve oranges there! You would get a fat basket of curly fries and a shake at a place like that! I am most excited about Pakwan though. I went there in December and I still salivate everytime I think of the food. There is just something about Indian food...they serve so many dishes together but they all complement each other perfectly. You can't just have one dish, you need the bread, the chutneys, raitas, rice, samosas...OH, I could go on and on! SO tasty. This is a picture from their menu of a chicken dish...I have no idea what it is but I bet it's good.

The track meet went really well. We sold a buttload of sandwiches and made a killing. Now, we are going to use that money to buy chef coats and take a tour of the Round Pond Olive Oil business...it is $20 per person but I think that it would be very cool to see how it's made. And finally, I can find out why you can have Virgin OO and EVOO (as RR would say)...I mean, how can you get a virgin o.o. if it's already been pressed to make the evoo? It just seems wrong because we all know once it's pressed the first time...it is no longer a virgin...how can you be 'Extra Virgin'? It is all a marketing thing I think, it doesn't seem like something Italians would actually do but I could be totally wrong! It looks really pretty there at Round Pond though. It's almost heavenly looking, don't you think? I really hope that we get in, it may just blow the kids minds to get some special treatment.
So, this dream that I had yesterday...totally strange, but I was asked to give it a title and when I did, I really liked the sound of it. Now, Chatters knows that I have some crazy ass dreams because I try and explain them to him if I am feeling particularly talkative...and I usually am after a vivid dream...and often, he looks at me and just kinda giggles because as soon as it comes out, it really makes NO sense whatsoever...to him, and yet, I press on, thinking that he might relate to the story somehow but if you think about it, that's impossible when you are dreaming of things like I dream of things. SO anyways, I called it "the hummingbird king and his family portrait". Now, just think about this for a minute...where the hell did this come from? I have got some crazy shit buried in my subconscious...he was even wearing a white fur collar and it had those black spots in it, you know, that royal fur???? I am amazed and I only wish that I could wake up and write down everything that happened. I forced myself to remember the closing scene and I am not going to even try to explain...it's just for me I guess. Maybe that's why people always look at you crazy when you try and tell them about it, because only the dreamer really 'gets' it...huh...I will think on this awhile...dreams...crazy...
I just found this new singer, well, new to me. His name is Joe Purdy and he sings my kind of music. He is very nice sounding. I love those guy singers that are just there, with their voice and guitar and they can pull it off and they are singing about real things...I am still looking for female singers but, I don't know, they just aren't exciting. Well, unless we are talking Catpower, that girl can sing, it gives me goosebumps. So, listen to my song choice of the evening...The City by Joe Purdy. It is nice and mellow just like my mood right now.
Okay, sleep well. I am off to make a giant shopping list and then go to bed. It should be a fun 3 day week.
Have a good Monday!