Dan and I wanted to try a new sushi place. So we chose one surprisingly close to work at Metric and Braker. Unfortunately, it was pretty bad. Starting with the Miso soup. This was the first time that I have had bad tasting Miso soup. The sushi was a la carte. The menu’s descriptions of the rolls was laughable. A rainbow roll “has all of the colors.” We tried two rolls. Mine was not as advertised. Ugh. Two thumbs down from me at least.
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The group went to Logan’s for some Tichu tonight. Five people showed up, but thankfully, someone sat out. Because I was here for Tichu, I didn’t volunteer. John sat next to an indoor window. Not only were the people on the other side trying to figure out what game he was playing but we could almost make out the reflection of his cards in the window.
B— doesn’t want me to blog about her. She feels it would ruin her reputation. I wonder why.
Oh, my god, Magnum! This has to be the worst score-keeping eva! That is what I get for letting someone else keep score. I mean they didn’t even bother to give the other team the remainder of the points when we said what was taken. I think they just made up a number. I did the best I could reconstructing the score…
Update: Apparently the score was Rittiman compressed. I didn’t consider that as a possibility…
| GT/T | Team #1 | GT/T | GT/T | Team #2 | GT/T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JohnG & B– | Wayne & MarkH | ||||
| T+ |
175
|
25 | |||
|
255
|
45 | ||||
|
335
|
T- | -35 | |||
| T- | 270 |
30
|
|||
|
370
|
30 | ||||
|
425
|
75 | ||||
|
480
|
120 | ||||
| T- | 365 |
235
|
|||
| 375 |
225
|
T- | |||
|
435
|
265 | ||||
|
495
|
305 | ||||
| 525 |
375
|
||||
| 525 | 575 | ||||
| 525 | T+ | 875 | |||
|
625
|
T- | 775 | |||
| 625 |
975
|
T+ |
This month’s Cook’s Illustrated had a recipe for blueberry pie. And it looked good. It gave me another excuse to make another pie crust. And it provided me with some pie. Sweet, sweet, blueberry puhaaa…
The group went down to Circle C for disc golf. This time, Gravitt used playing cards to separate the groups quickly. And the other group went off to hole seven to start. Sweet. Unfortunately, it rained for the first few holes. But that quickly cleared up, thank god. We did have the added challenge to throw around a sewer maintenance truck on hole one. No one seemed to want to skip the hole. They just threw it. Luckily, no innocent workers were harmed.
After we were finished, Jon and I went to eat fish tacos at Wahoo’s Fish Taco on Rio Grande and Fifth street. Then we drove over to Central Market to get some dessert. And, finally, we stopped by Great Hall Games just because. This made for a longish day.
Adam made Chicken Tikka Masala recently and he provided recopies here and here. This inspired me to make my own batch!
Cooking the Chicken Tikka was somewhat difficult using a gas oven. And rather wasteful during Summer. The pan underneath the burners didn’t really have a good rack. So I didn’t use one. But the heaping amount of yogurt sauce that I used made a mess as it sat under the chicken resting in the pan. Next time, I will definitely use a cookie rack to get the chicken up off the ground, so to speak. And I will also pound the chicken into an even thickness. The natural breast is just too thick at one end and too thin at the other. It doesn’t lead to even cooking.
Also, I should have use the Highlight Tone Priority feature of my Canon camera. That rice is rather hard to not lose detail in the picture. I used two large lowel lights at both ends with a white reflector at the rear. And I also used a naked flash unit on the camera for some highlights. But I probably should have diffused it somewhat.
With all of those minor nibbles aside, the food tasted good.
There were six people for gaming tonight, so we split into two tables of three. Ed, Susan, and Mike went off to play fluffy games. And Doug, Jon, and myself played Outpost. Mmm, I like this game a little better than Zepter because of its Science Fiction theme. Three people is not a bad number. Everything seemed to be balanced. However, the dice did cause one unique thing to happen. Neither scientists nor laboratories came out until the end of the second phase. Which was sad. I wanted to build some new chemicals. When the scientists/labs did come out, they were hotly fought after. The 40 dollar scientist went for 75+ dollars! And I didn’t get either of them. In the next round, they both came out again (being the last cards of phase two). This time, I didn’t bother going after them. The game would be over soon and I needed to save up for the big guns. I bought a planetary cruiser for the first round, and a moon base for the second round. Unfortunately, I was only at 73 victory points. So the game didn’t end yet. It lasted one more round. I let Doug and Jon fight over the last cards since I was so far ahead of them. I didn’t want to king make second place.
As I was mowing the lawn today, I noticed this bird’s egg. How odd. No sign of a nest. No sign of the mother. I wonder if this egg will survive?
Its a shame that there were two other pickup trucks and two smaller trailers in the picture. But you have to work with what you have.
