Duck Fat Fries
In the spirit of trying new things we ventured to Columbia on Sunday night to try a place that had come highly recommended through a friend, and also on the howchow blog, my new favorite source for restaurant recommendations in Howard county
http://www.victoriagastropub.com/
Simply amazing.
The waitress described the menu as comfort food and I couldn't agree more.
I don't want to leave out the best part....their drink menu is about 20 pages long, with just about every kind of beer you can think of. Brian had the Rougue Chipotle ale which was fantastic and I had the Southampton publik house double white. I think their draught menu changes month to month so of course this means we'll have to eat here monthly.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Extermination
The theme of my week has been pests. It began with a mouse in the pantry on Saturday. My little gray friend has since been captured and set free thanks to the use of a live mouse trap. They are wonderful little contraptions, but a word of caution if you ever need one--check it daily... The little mice do not fare so well in them if they are left longer than a day or two.
This evening I made dinner and cleaned up, then checked my orchids to see if they needed water. While watering the second one I was horrified to look down and see a swarm of ants flowing out with the water...fleeing up my beautiful spikes in an attempt to get to higher ground. I freaked out and rushed them all outside to check the damage. It seems they made a nest in my largest and of course my healthiest plant. The only thing I could do to save it was a quick transplant, which may kill it.
Before the gruesome discovery:
There are few things that make me cry and this is one of them. I have nurtured these plants for over a year now, and to deal with this while they are blooming just makes it even harder for me to handle. I hope this plant survives. At this point there is nothing I can do but wait and see. I had to throw away my second paph...new growth and all. I'm down one plant and the other is in critical condition. *sigh*
Surgery:
Resting in the bathroom: banished and (hopefully) ant free
There are 20 potential blooms on all those branches. If it dies I will be so disappointed. :(
This evening I made dinner and cleaned up, then checked my orchids to see if they needed water. While watering the second one I was horrified to look down and see a swarm of ants flowing out with the water...fleeing up my beautiful spikes in an attempt to get to higher ground. I freaked out and rushed them all outside to check the damage. It seems they made a nest in my largest and of course my healthiest plant. The only thing I could do to save it was a quick transplant, which may kill it.
Before the gruesome discovery:
There are few things that make me cry and this is one of them. I have nurtured these plants for over a year now, and to deal with this while they are blooming just makes it even harder for me to handle. I hope this plant survives. At this point there is nothing I can do but wait and see. I had to throw away my second paph...new growth and all. I'm down one plant and the other is in critical condition. *sigh*
Surgery:
Resting in the bathroom: banished and (hopefully) ant free
There are 20 potential blooms on all those branches. If it dies I will be so disappointed. :(
Friday, April 9, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Drum roll please!
Introducing the once sad and dying mystery orchid from the home depot clearance shelf....
The weather has been so lovely the past few days, and Brian bought a new truck, so I made him drive me to the nursery so I could buy a bush to replace the one damaged by the heavy snow this past winter. I bought a hydrangea and a foxglove, both are shade lovers and will be planted in the front yard.
I have a plan to tear out the old rotten landscaping lumber in the front yard and replace it with a short stone retaining wall. This will take a few weeks, but my ultimate goal is to have a small curve to the front of it which I will fill with a row of hostas. The problem with hostas and my yard is that we have a bit of a slug problem and there are few things slugs love more than hostas.
But I will not let the pests deter me! I will be armed and ready with my neem oil. If that does not work I will take more drastic measures. By whatever means necessary!
Do you hear that evil mollusks? You will rue the day you slime your way onto my plants.
*shakes fist*
The weather has been so lovely the past few days, and Brian bought a new truck, so I made him drive me to the nursery so I could buy a bush to replace the one damaged by the heavy snow this past winter. I bought a hydrangea and a foxglove, both are shade lovers and will be planted in the front yard.
I have a plan to tear out the old rotten landscaping lumber in the front yard and replace it with a short stone retaining wall. This will take a few weeks, but my ultimate goal is to have a small curve to the front of it which I will fill with a row of hostas. The problem with hostas and my yard is that we have a bit of a slug problem and there are few things slugs love more than hostas.
But I will not let the pests deter me! I will be armed and ready with my neem oil. If that does not work I will take more drastic measures. By whatever means necessary!
Do you hear that evil mollusks? You will rue the day you slime your way onto my plants.
*shakes fist*
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