Beer bloggin

So Paul and I decided we may want to start a beer blog. I hope this does not have a poor impact on our health but here is the first picture. All pictures here on in will be shot by Paul and will thus be much better. So last night we had Abbey Ale by Abita (Louisiana - NO area?) and Ale Smith's Anvil beer (San Diego). The latter we had with dinner - it's an ESB but full of flavor the latter post-meal. I was much richer and very malty. It reminded me of Boont's Seasonal Holiday beer but little less spicy.

Mac and cheese

So I made mac and cheese for a friend who just had a baby. Here is my first post of my cooking therapy: Thanks martha!

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/perfect-macaroni-and-cheese

Writing, oh writing

So being in a PhD program is apparently a lot of writing and its about facing your writing demons (this will also a forecast for the rest of your life too). So in thinking about what I read that inspires me I become a little schizophrenic. There is the academic and the non-academic; the more inspirational stuff coming from the former. Uh-oh. So for the me stuff there are a couple of books that I am (not) reading that come to mind one the detox solution by Fitzgerald - ultimately a book to keep you centered when you feel inadequate and lost (all totally normal feelings during grad school) and the other eastern body western mind by Judith (allows me to explore my own individuality) then recipe/food blogs which have turned into my therapy (a way to create concrete things that I can share and make others happy with - or try). So back to my assignment about finding inspirational reading.... TBD and TBC