One of my favorite songs these days. In response to the pervasive cynicism of our society…
Arizona Trail – 2012-2014
The Arizona Trail Photo Gallery is up!
Cerro Aconcagua – 2009
Gallery of my climb of Cerro Aconcagua, Argentina in 2009 is up
Pacific Crest Trail – 2007
Gallery from my hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 is up:
Lissie
Saw Lissie at the Gothic Theater in Denver, CO. Had a fantastic time. Her cover songs are all over the place; Judas Priest, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga etc…
Melody Gardot
Need more of Melody Gardot in my life possibly…
Australia – 2011
Some photos from Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and the South Coast of Australia. Melbourne was great, Sydney was awesome and Perth…what happens in Perth stays in Perth. So much fun should be illegal.
Link:
http://davidfernandes.net/index.php/australia-2011/
Sheltowee Trace – 2014
A short gallery of my hike along the Sheltowee Trace in Tennessee and Kentucky last year. Ended the trail with some amount of poison oak on my legs; not fun. I’ll be more careful next time I’m hiking around the smoky mountains…
Colorado Trail – 2013
A draft gallery of my hike of most of the Colorado Trail in September 2013. Hiked from Durango to Copper Mountain so far. Still have about 80 miles to do. Maybe next year…
Link:
http://davidfernandes.net/index.php/colorado-trail-2013/
Sarah Jarosz
Appalachian Music – I listened to her quite a lot when I hiked through Tennessee / Kentucky last year. It was perfect. I felt like I was in an episode of “Justified” 🙂
Amber Rubarth
Can’t wait to see her live. Maybe next year…
Apple Mille-Feuille
Apple Mille-Feuille with Caramelized Chestnuts, Calvados Chantilly, Caramel and Grilled Almonds.
Baby Eggplants…
Found baby eggplants at Marczyk’s. Thought I’d try them.
Steamed them for 10 minutes & stirred them in duck fat with ginger, shallots, garlic, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sherry and soy sauce.
Marczyk’s just received a new Bordeaux. I had to try it 🙂
Meatballs with Pasta and Fresh Oregano.
Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
Meatballs – Part 1
Got the recipe from Food & Wine November 2015.
Seared some of them adding some sherry towards the end. The rest was slowly cooked in tomato sauce for 30 minutes in the oven.
Eels
Saw them at the Gothic Theater in Denver, CO.
Brought back some memories.
Tenderloin
Tenderloin with blue cheese sauce, brown rice, tomatoes, shallots…
Apple Pie
Had some left over dough from last weekend so…
(Brand new Chicago Metallic Non-Stick 10-Inch Quiche Pan)
Thin layer of apple sauce…
Adding the sliced apple…
Cooked at 400F with some aluminum foil on top. (I wanted the dough to be well cooked and not all mushy.)
Unrelated but slow baking (a few hours) some left over apple with butter + Tahitian vanilla + honey + brown sugar and sliced almond. Should be good…
Lotte à l’Armoricaine
Lotte à l’Armoricaine with brown rice (except I used cod because finding burbot fish seems like too much work)
“À la carte” Political Movement
I’m kind of tired of these political bundles we’re supposed to subscribed to. Voting is like getting cable or satellite television; you like one thing but for some stupid reason you have to pay for the whole bundle of nonsense to get that one thing you actually want. It’s either Comcast, DirectTV / Dish or go fuck yourself. The 2016 US Election might end up being Clinton, Bush or go fuck yourself just the same. It’s ridiculous. I want “À La Carte” politics. Voting should be about individuals making choices on a series of bullet points and politicians trying to make their case and convince voters that they’re the best person to implement these policies. We could still manage that under the limit given by the US Constitution to avoid the dictatorship of the majority and protect individual rights I’m sure.
Forget these stupid tea / coffee movements; I present to you the Baileys Irish Cream Movement. Why Baileys you ask? Because it’s delicious that’s why.
Torres
Also from Nashville, TN and still quite tense and dark…