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Hanging out with the Starvin Marvins BBQ team for an overnight cook!

Dave — Sat, 28 May 2011 03:48:01 +0000

Taken at Streets of Brentwood

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Birthday drinks at the Tonga Room

Dave — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:44:21 +0000

“Alcoholic Eruption” – January 5th, 2011

Kerry surprised me for my birthday and took me out to the Tonga Room for dinner and drinks. It was my first time there. It was a fun little place!

One of the drinks we ordered, pictured above, was called the Lava Bowl. It was dangerous.

My feelings toward Android

Dave — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:53:47 +0000

Yum!

Best iPhone app

Dave — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:57:55 +0000

This is quite possibly the greatest iPhone app of all time.

An amusing MMS exchange

Dave — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:51:48 +0000

My parents have really enjoyed their iPhones since they picked them up last year. In fact, they’ve even taken to sending both SMS and MMS messages to both my sister and I. It often results in some amusing exchanges.

Recently, my sister made a blueberry pie and sent an image of the results to both our Mom and myself.

After receiving this picture, my Mom quickly sent back the following as a reply.

Zucchini Bread

Dave — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:17:44 +0000

I decided to dust off the bread pans and try to bake some zucchini bread this evening! I used this recipe, called “Mom’s Zucchini Bread.”

Ingredients

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 1/4 cups white sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups grated zucchini
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

1.) Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

2.) Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.

3.) Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.

4.) Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Pretty successful!

Unfortunately, I shorted the amount of sugar I should have put in, so the bread isn’t as sweet as it could be. Still tasty though!

I have some bananas that are in the process of ripening as well, which means banana bread is on the menu for later this week!

Some photos:

Shredded zucchini

Pre-baking

In the oven!

Out of the oven!

Final product

Doggie Diner heads

Dave — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:07:07 +0000

Doggie Diner heads outside of Kal’s Warehouse for the Laughing Squid going away party.

Perfect way to start (and end) any trip

Dave — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:40:02 +0000

This weekend, a number of our friends ventured to Lake Tahoe for some R&R. We stayed in a friend’s family’s cabin, went snowboarding, and watched the Super Bowl.

Of course, the perfect way to start (and end) the trip is by visiting In N’ Out.

Galco’s Soda Pop Shop

Dave — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:37:31 +0000

The next time I’m down in LA, I totally want to visit Galco’s Soda Pop Shop. He knows his soda!

Via Jon Ursenbach.

My first cast iron skillet

Dave — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:46:05 +0000

Lately, I’ve been considering picking up a new cast iron skillet for cooking. There’s a few reasons that have made me interested in owning one. Their durability, versatility, and even potential health benefits (source of iron!). I stumbled across an article on Lifehacker recently, talking about properly seasoning your skillet. This made me even more interested!

Earlier today, we stopped by a local hardware store and picked up a 12″ skillet.

Of course, we had to immediately break it in! So we cooked a 5-spice apple stir fry. It was a complete success.

Here’s to even more cooking adventures with our new cooking tool. I’m excited to try and make a deep dish pizza with it!