Wow! What a great year it has been.
Art: We liked Petah Coyne at Mass MOCA
Alexander Mcqueen at the Met was super. Everyone agreed
Music- Rev Horton Heat at Northern Lights
Dan Johnson with The Woes, Trey down at the Palace. Geoff Muldaur and Kweskin at the Egg
Books: Sarah Silverman's Bedwetter and I liked Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken
Sports: Great day of pickeral fishing on the ice at Thompsons. One word-Porgy Fishing in Rhode Island. 18 holes of golf -One Ball- Oh yes.Yankees and Mariners midweek day game. Reach The Beach -Mass. 200 miles 24 hours- all the sights and smells of that.
Movies-I liked Miranda July's "The Future"
Other: Anime Boston, bike ran great, deer huntin excellent, Beekeeping: try again next year.Swimin in Flat Rock Creek.
So much other great fun,fashion, food ,friends, finance and fitness I ferget.
Smoothstar is saying farewell. Remember, gracious living is it's own reward. Start yer own blogs this year- I'll read 'em.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
You Gots to Accessorize
Any outfit can be saved with the proper accessories. A well selected scarf, a jaunty cap, a little miniature chain saw earring and wow , fashion happens.
Coco Chanel once said you should always take off one accessory before leaving the house. I say just the opposite. There is also the saying that you can tell a serious man because he wears suspenders and a belt. Now you don't want to look like a clown ( or a nut ), so taste can be an issue. If you are a lady or a gentleman of a certain age, temper your enthusiasm with good judgement. But enthusiasm must lead the way.
I saw a lad this morning and he was dressed like the sofa from the lobby of a cheap hotel. What saved it? Neon shades that's what. Sure the stuffing was coming out of him, but them shades said, " Yeah? Well, what ?"
Make a statement.
Coco Chanel once said you should always take off one accessory before leaving the house. I say just the opposite. There is also the saying that you can tell a serious man because he wears suspenders and a belt. Now you don't want to look like a clown ( or a nut ), so taste can be an issue. If you are a lady or a gentleman of a certain age, temper your enthusiasm with good judgement. But enthusiasm must lead the way.
I saw a lad this morning and he was dressed like the sofa from the lobby of a cheap hotel. What saved it? Neon shades that's what. Sure the stuffing was coming out of him, but them shades said, " Yeah? Well, what ?"
Make a statement.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wild Food Gone Wild
The trend I have been hearing a lot about lately is foraging. Getting your groceries out of overgrown vacant lots and such.
Remember those concoctions you made as a kid out of milk weed, dandelions, weird bush berries and wild mushrooms and ginger snap crumbs. Then you put the stuff on ant hills and see if they flip out. You could cook the stuff with a magnifying glass. Who knew you were pioneering solar cooked, forgaged food nouvelle cuisine. So instead of ant hills, you serve it to paying customers with reservations they made a month ago.
I always liked the wild blackberry, the fiddlehead and the mushrooms that grow in the cow fields down in Florida. 2012 will be the year of foraging. Don't knosh the Florida mushrooms first, or there's no telling what you might eat next.
Remember those concoctions you made as a kid out of milk weed, dandelions, weird bush berries and wild mushrooms and ginger snap crumbs. Then you put the stuff on ant hills and see if they flip out. You could cook the stuff with a magnifying glass. Who knew you were pioneering solar cooked, forgaged food nouvelle cuisine. So instead of ant hills, you serve it to paying customers with reservations they made a month ago.
I always liked the wild blackberry, the fiddlehead and the mushrooms that grow in the cow fields down in Florida. 2012 will be the year of foraging. Don't knosh the Florida mushrooms first, or there's no telling what you might eat next.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
SMOOTHSTAR named Blogger of the Year for 2011 !!
Wow! I am stunned! When Arsenio called me this morning and told me I had been named blogger of the year, you could have knocked me over with a handbag. Who thought while I was wasting hour after hour sitting up in a treestand the wheels were grinding up such an honor ?
They say gracious living is it's own reward. I would like to thank my agent Moe T. who got me started. I would like to remember my sainted Mother, who said "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." Mostly I would like to thank my family, who's hard work and diligence over all these years has supported me while I chased my dream.
Deer season was successful and I will share a super recipe tomorrow.
They say gracious living is it's own reward. I would like to thank my agent Moe T. who got me started. I would like to remember my sainted Mother, who said "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." Mostly I would like to thank my family, who's hard work and diligence over all these years has supported me while I chased my dream.
Deer season was successful and I will share a super recipe tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
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