11.10.07
Posted in Food, Musings, Wedding, lunch at 3:03 pm by trueepicure
We received a fruit and vegetable juicer as a wedding present. One of those things that I’ve always wanted, but felt guilty about buying for myself. I registered for it, and now we have one. I’m totally sold!
I should say that I am sold on the juice part. I’m not yet sure how much I like the juicer, but I’ll give it some time before I make a final decision. It’s a little bit awkward, but all of the parts are easy to clean, so it kind of balances out. Plus, the juice I made is SO good!
Today’s juice was:
1 Granny Smith apple
1 Honey Crisp apple
1 Carrot
1 thick slice of ginger
The recipe book says that you can throw everything in whole, but a) I don’t really want to juice the seeds into my glass, and b) the large apples won’t fit in the hopper, so I had to cut them into quarters. Not a bad deal, really, considering what came out. Delicious, sweet, tangy, spicy juice, with just a hint of carrot flavor. Enough for a 12oz glass (filled to the rim) of juice. A delicious, post-lunch treat. Yum!
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10.23.07
Posted in Musings, Wedding at 9:37 pm by trueepicure
Not really.
I think this is the one time in my life that I have spent a weekend doing something and not sat back and regretted some part of it - for not doing enough or doing too much. I saw so many people that I love, met so many new people to love, didn’t get enough time to talk to everyone, couldn’t afford to invite everyone we wanted to invite, and it was wicked hot in October… and it was a glorious and perfect weekend - flaws and all.
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10.18.07
Posted in Flowers, Musings, Wedding at 4:10 pm by trueepicure
Just a teaser for right now. Once I get caught up, I’ll post about the festivities. Needless to say, fun was had by all!
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09.21.07
Posted in Gardening, Musings, Plants, Wedding at 10:21 pm by trueepicure
Yeah, the whole blogging every day thing kind of hasn’t worked out for me. Not with trying to plan a wedding. 
I’m just trying to stay sane these days. Once this craziness is over, back to the every day blogging!
For today, I leave you with a little bit of planty-ness.
(Gasteria)
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08.24.07
Posted in Allergy, Musings, Wedding at 1:07 pm by trueepicure
I’ve been calling bakeries all over town to try and find one that can accommodate my corn allergy. None of them were willing to take the chance that I might have a reaction to errant corn dust or something. I tried to explain that I wouldn’t have a problem unless the corn was IN the cake, but apparently when store owners hear “allergy”, what they really hear is “lawsuit”.
This time, armed with the phone number for the Hollin Hall Pastry Shop(recommended to me by several people), I found success! Part of my success was due to framing the issue a bit differently. Apparently “sensitivity” does not have the same danger associated with it, and some people are willing to think a bit more outside of the box than others.
Keep your fingers crossed that they don’t change their minds!
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08.20.07
Posted in Musings, Wedding, Work at 9:38 am by trueepicure
The Chaos that is my life is starting to wear a little bit. Thank goodness for my awesome Honey (with a Capital “H”), my mom, my fuzzy cat, and my friends. We have 47 days until the wedding (count thanks to Ed’s countdown clock), we’ve had to plan the wedding twice thanks to some really crazy behavior at our original location, and we just moved into a new place.
The good things? As I mentioned, the people (and animals) in my life, an AWESOME restaurant manager , Jennifer of the Stardust Restaurant who basically resurrected our wedding reception, a new job, and a quiet place to call my own on the top floor of our new (rented) townhouse.
The bad? That’s another post entirely.
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06.11.07
Posted in Affirmation, Musings, Soapbox, Wedding at 11:36 pm by trueepicure
Sometimes I forget that I live in the South. Today was a strange reminder of where I live, and a happy reminder of when.
I’ve been doing the typical whine and moan about getting my wedding put together. It’s hard to plan a wedding for 100+ people, work full-time, and have personal time. As I was listening to NPR today, I realize that I am SO lucky to be able to get married at all.
Prior to June 12, 1967, it would have been illegal for E and I to get married in the State of Virginia. Anti-miscegenation laws forbade people of different races from getting married. In Virginia, and many other states, interracial couples could be, and had been, thrown in jail (and worse, though not legally) for loving each other and being married. Worse things happened as well, and it’s really just kind of scary to think about.
On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional and overturned existing laws barring interracial marriage. The outcome of Loving v. Virginia meant that not only could people living in the United States marry someone of another race, but they couldn’t be rousted from their bedroom in the middle of the night and thrown into jail for doing so Unfortunately, though the laws were overturned, some states had anti-miscegenation laws “on the books” until as recently as 2000.
For a moment, as I was sitting in the car, listening to the story of the Loving family and their success at making the world an easier place to live in, I had a happy moment. I thought about my parents who got married in 1965, and how trailblazing they were, even in New York City, and I thought about my feisty Norwegian grandmother in North Dakota who told her friends that they were just going to have to get used to the idea of a black man in the family. And I thought about E and I standing at our wedding, being blissfully, happily married in the State of Virginia.
I would like to dedicate this Loving Day to gay people in the United States who are having to struggle with some of the same issues. There is no sensible reason why ANYone should be denied the reason to marry the person they love. None.
Peace.
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