macs n backs, freaks n peaks
Highlights of our weekend in Portland: spending time with the hospitable and entertaining C and Skyler chatting, eating and making art; learning to bake macaroons; hiking Mt. Tabor with Richard; dancing my brains out to FMR at the Church of Laurelthirst; widening slightly my familiarity with southeast Portland; picking up a friendly game of go at the Lucky Lab.
Breaking news: aging sucks. I used to blah blah blah but now my back hurts the next day, blah blah blah. What’s your gripe about aging?
Spilling the Flakes Dept.: here’s C’s recipe for awesome homemade macaroons direct from her notebook (and hereby awarded the official blig rave of approval):
1 cup cream of coconut
2 tbs light corn syrup
4 egg whites
2 tsp vanilla
½ tsp salt
3 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
3 cups sweetened flaked or shredded coconut
Whisk cream of coconut, corn syrup, egg whites and vanilla; set aside. Mix both dry coconut substances in large bowl; pour in liquid with rubber spatula and mix. Bake on parchment covered sheet approx 15 minutes @ 375 degrees, baby.
February 20th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
F, so glad you had a good time. it’s always a pleasure to host you and S. you did a great job with the roons. the only missing piece in the instructions is that you want to mix all ingredients thouroughly with a rubber spat. Enjoy!
~C
February 24th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
I liked the music it was all the butts near my face that was a drag!
February 25th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Funny, I thought there were way too FEW dancers…and if you would have joined the dancing they wouldn’t have been in your face.