1. Some days just call for beer. And chocolate.
2. #noshameinthat
3. I’m a little bummed that my honeymoon recaps are finished — it feels like every Wednesday Coffee Talk after this will be a bit anti-climactic. What could possibly top Italy?
4. CSA update: I’ve been terrible about sharing updates. For a while we received mostly lettuce, and I didn’t want to post about salad after salad. Now summer has arrived in earnest: we’re getting summer squash, Chinese eggplants, baby spinach and Swiss chard — so many favorites. Are you getting a CSA box this season? What’s the best dish you’ve made from your haul?
5. The one thing I’m still craving is multi-colored heirloom tomatoes. Last year we had them around this time, but this summer has been cooler overall, which isn’t great for tomatoes. I might stop by the farmer’s market this weekend to find some.
6. Summer is flying by, especially now that my thesis defense is scheduled for September 22. That means I actually have to write my thesis before then. Hold me.
7. Yesterday I spent half the day thinking about a terrifying piece I read in The New Yorker. If you need me, I’ll be in a low-level state of panic.
8. That certainly didn’t help with my looming thesis deadline.
9. I did something a little impulsive: I signed up for a smoothie ingredient delivery service. They send ingredients and recipes for five two-serving smoothies each week — ten smoothies total. I might alternate weeks, but I’ve been wanting to get into smoothies and this seemed like the push I needed. (Not sponsored — they have no idea I exist.)
10. Don’t tell the boy, but he’s going to be drafted into smoothie duty with me. I’ll probably reserve the best ones for myself, though.