so anyway. not much posting of late, because at slithy tove we have been busy playing chi-town tourist with lau and joe, which mostly means that there were many excuses to visit my favorite restaurants (over easy, rinaldi’s, ringo, las mananitas), and no excuses for skipping beer o’clock (goose island, the map room, matilda’s). now we are about five pounds heavier, but have dined well, and in good company.

friday i skipped out on work and we went apple-picking in wisconsin (hence the applePorn image in this post). a stop at the mars cheese castle was unavoidable, of course (sharp white cheddar to go with the apples…mmm). in order to gain entry into the orchard one had to purchase a bag that holds 25lbs of apples; now i am very popular with the carpenters at work since i bring in a basket of crisp apples in every day.

just wait until i bake the softer ones into apple crumble next week. those carpenters will be eating out of my hand.