Grilled Kale....

so, I had lunch/dinner at M + M's home....they always put on a good spread and the beer flows like watah!
I love meeting their friends....we always have lots in common. Which is not the most profound statement. Of course...friends of friends have lots in common....Fun ensued!
So, Wolfie's mom made Grilled Kale. Yes. Why had I never thought of that before?? I love love dark green leafy veggies. I want you to eat...turnip greens, endive, poke salad, dandelion greens, kale, broccoli leaves....They are soooo good for you and they taste so good.

So, Wolfie's mom is also Mrs. Bluebeard's Coffee...(which is almost an oxymoron/thing).....anyhoo...she grilled Kale. It was so damn good. It really brought out the deep sugary taste and relieved any tendency to bitterness that can sometimes rile up deep dark greens.

She just put the kale on M's grill and that was pretty much it. She made a dressing of tahini, sesame seeds, mayonnaise, lemon juice...and a bit of oil I think, if  I remember correctly....
Here's a recipe...for the non-believers like ME!

So I got to hang out with nice Tacoma people, and their sweet kids and babies. And drink beer until my head started to hurt ...and I needed to go since I'd left my doggie at home for hours and I didn't want his bladder to burst or to leave me a Present in my sewing room....blech.

Bluebeard Coffee...Tacoma....

and..guess what else....We have this service here now........Doorstep Veterinary Medicine, Kathryn Cutting, DVM.
Yes, that's right, Kate will come to your home and fix yr pet/children/things with 4 legs.
Is Tacoma awesome...Or What !?

From the reedickylus to the Sublime.....

that about sums up funkomavintage......
mostly I look for stuff that's ....
fun...
classy.....
groovy...
smoooth.......
hip (but not hipster)......

Here's 2 things at the shop for your perusal.....
Saturday and Sunday...

I'm loving this acid wash 80s jacket right now...
because it's fun.....
because it has a bad ass lining.....
I'm a real sucker...for a kick-ass lining.....
Chanel and Schiaparelli always put fun linings in their things.....

Ta Da....a Michael Sloane jacket from the 80s...
In Glorious not-dead-yet Brilliant Acid Wash Blue...

I think I see some suburbanites with their 3D glasses on......now making a big comeback in the 2000's......Look, it's granny with her harlequin eyeglasses.....Is that Frieda Kahlo with Trotsky? nah, that's Lenin.....what's he doing in there?
Well dude we just don't know......
There's a lot more going on in there.....
and now the Sublime........

60s portable Reel to Reel player with its own detachable speakers......
you can move this from the Living room to the Rumpus Room......
Play Mantovanni for the 'rents.......
and then later when your cool cat friends drop by for a cocktail......
slip on the Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

there's a smaller unit here also........




Also, the gals will love the background music of Martin Denny while having a gab session and tossing back some Gin Rickeys and Cosmopolitans.....or a bit of peach mimosa.....

I wish I had staff like Jon Stewart !!

Because catching folks talking out both sides of their mouths.......is really fun!!

You deserve a little break today.....

I'm too busy to keep up with all my social obligations...and I have no time for Facebook....it's likely full of Happy Shiny People That Went To University......
so.....go here for a great laugh your ass off........
Photobombing on Facebook........via bitsandbobbins.

and the ever popular ENGRISH.....I especially Chingrish.....like much....I would then hug coleslaw.