I mentioned I spent some quality time with my SIL, who appears to have matured a bit since becoming a mom.
I mentioned I spent some quality time with my SIL, who appears to have matured a bit since becoming a mom. Meanwhile, we had dinner at this place: http://www.seabarsushi.com/wordpress/?page_id=10 We had no sushi. We had Bourdain's Last Meal, which he seemingly declared publicly at some point? Insane. The duck - brie stuffed french toast? omg. The beef on weck roll*, which is carpaccio with sushi rice, horseradish cream, rock salt, and caraway seeds. You must eat these. A few other things. Anyway, we also had cocktails. Mine is in the picture (there was a lime on the rim, too). I got it because I really wanted to try something with Crème Yvette in it, because how often do you see that? It was called a Stormy Morning, but it is their riff on that and very different from the original, which is this: http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Stormy-Morning . Theirs had Smooth Ambler Greenbrier Gin, Crème Yvette, "elderberry liquor", and Zipang. The last of which it turns out is ...