Thanks, Whites!

...and we mean the family with the last name of, not the race. We're spending half of the gift certificate they got us for Christmas. Gracias! Everything's bigger at Wecks.

Katy's dessert surprise

Complete with non chocolate versions for me. The ladies stand in awe!

Red Snapper with a Mango Salsa

Did Leslie and I enjoy a fancy feast out on the town, you ask? Did we take out a loan to afford such decadence? No on both counts. I am located above the Culinary Arts class, which is quite possibly the finest facility on our campus, where for 20 to 40 dollars per year, students make amazing dishes like this every day, and then get to eat them! They also have their own mac lab at their disposal and one of the coolest teachers on campus. After a meeting I was heading back to my class when I smelled something heavenly. I poked my head in the classroom and they were all working on their macs doing what appeared to be a writeup on their cooking and asked what that beautiful smell was. They said they had made quiesh and gave me some of the leftovers. While I was eating that (it was amazing!) I went to observe the food service class (third and fourth year students.) Here was a group of twelve or thirteen highschool students dressed in their chefs jackets and hats. They were making red snapper with mangos on homemade tortillas. The first bite of the snapper was unremarkable, but when mixed with the mangos and freshly squeezed limes it was very tasty. All in a days work. That's one of the reasons I like teaching: you never know what's going to happen.

La Provence

We went to a cool French restaurant on Nob Hill on Sunday. It was a great atmosphere and interesting cuisine. Here are some desserts: Creme Brule and Cinnomon Pare Bread Pudding. Delish!

It's a ???

We had an ultrasound today and decided that we don't want to find out, but we did get an envelope with the "results" in a sealed envelope just in case we cave.