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April 26, 2010

Caution: Deliciousness to Follow

Saturday morning we loaded up the dogs and headed to the dog park. Unfortunately, we never made it. Instead, we ended up spending most of the day running errands and getting ready for a barbeque dinner we were hosting--one that we had decided to hold just before falling asleep the night before. The dogs, however, did get to go inside two pet stores and help pick out their toys and treats. So it wasn’t a total waste on their end. Also, couple of friends brought their part-greyhound puppy over when they came for the dinner, so the dogs spent several hours running circles in our backyard.

But back to the meal. First I rubbed seasoning on cubed pieces of steak. Then I made a BBQ-Mango marinade and glaze while Kathryn deveined a bunch of jumbo shrimp. We marinated the shrimp while I cut up red, green, and yellow peppers, zucchini, onion, and mushrooms. Then skewered everything, slapped them on the grill and hit ‘em repeatedly with the glaze. Kathryn made coconut-mango rice and I spent the last few minutes whipping up a double-pitcher dose of Mojitos. One friend brought some salad, another brought some beer and it was a meal made in heaven.

April 23, 2010

New Dog

We adopted a new rescue dog, Samson, formerly Badger. Technically we’re still in the trial phase, but I don’t see us giving him back – even if he ate one of the eyes off my sock monkey and has run away twice. Shilo seems to be much happier with a companion, and that’s the important thing. We just have to get him into doggie school ASAP.

April 08, 2010

Parental Visitation

My parents drove back to Michigan this morning after spending five days with us. While Kathryn and I worked, they took in the sights. Then in the evenings, as per the usual Jamros tradition, we ate our way across the city. We also hit up trivia, played pool, listened to music, ate cake and visited the dog park. As sad as it was to see the car drive away this morning, it will be nice to have my bed back tonight.