(5606,1,'2011-05-15 20:48:38','2011-05-16 03:48:38','The other day<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/13/day-227-vote-today-choose-my-cocktail-for-swanky-party/\" target=\"_blank\"> I solicited your help</a></strong> in choosing a cocktail for a swanky Spring Soiree.  All partygoers were asked to concoct their own special potion Mad Scientist-style.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThank you for all of your suggestions via the blog post and facebook!  The winner was Melody who consulted her daughter who attended bartending school.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMelody and her daughter asked me to visit <strong><a href=\"http://pamaliqueur.com/home/\" target=\"_blank\">pamaliqueur.com</a></strong> where I found a smorgasbord of delish recipes INCLUDING (in my opinion) the more intriguing recipes for desserts such as Pama Flourless Chocolate Torte.  I smell another blog activity in the future, and Melody, I would like for you to be my sous chef.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter scrolling through the food recipes for about ten minutes, I refocused and moved to the cocktails.  In no time at all, I picked my poison:  Pomegranate Mojito.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt the party, there was a PANEL OF JUDGES who took their job quite seriously.  (One judge even sequestered himself at the far end of the patio!)  I was relieved that I came up with something unique.  No other pomegranate drinks were entered into the contest.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt was STRESSFUL playing mixologist for a group of 50-60ish people.  Our hosts had a timeline, and we had to deliver quickly.  Now I know how the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/13/day-227-vote-today-choose-my-cocktail-for-swanky-party/\" target=\"_blank\">Top Chefs </a></strong>feel during their Quick Fire Challenges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow, with the help (bless him) of Cindy\'s insanely calm husband, I managed to mix a flavorful cocktail (I shamelessly confirmed this with the sequestered judge) and appeased 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(in my opinion) the more intriguing recipes for desserts such as Pama Flourless Chocolate Torte.  I smell another blog activity in the future, and Melody, I would like for you to be my sous chef.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter scrolling through the food recipes for about ten minutes, I refocused and moved to the cocktails.  In no time at all, I picked my poison:  Pomegranate Mojito.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt the party, there was a PANEL OF JUDGES who took their job quite seriously.  (One judge even sequestered himself at the far end of the patio!)  I was relieved that I came up with something unique.  No other pomegranate drinks were entered into the contest.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt was STRESSFUL playing mixologist for a group of 50-60ish people.  Our hosts had a timeline, and we had to deliver quickly.  Now I know how the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/13/day-227-vote-today-choose-my-cocktail-for-swanky-party/\" target=\"_blank\">Top Chefs </a></strong>feel during their Quick Fire 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partygoers were asked to concoct their own special potion Mad Scientist-style.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThank you for all of your suggestions via the blog post and facebook!  The winner was Melody who consulted her daughter who attended bartending school.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMelody and her daughter asked me to visit <strong><a href=\"http://pamaliqueur.com/home/\" target=\"_blank\">pamaliqueur.com</a></strong> where I found a smorgasbord of delish recipes INCLUDING (in my opinion) the more intriguing recipes for desserts such as Pama Flourless Chocolate Torte.  I smell another blog activity in the future, and Melody, I would like for you to be my sous chef.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter scrolling through the food recipes for about ten minutes, I refocused and moved to the cocktails.  In no time at all, I picked my poison:  Pomegranate Mojito.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt the party, there was a PANEL OF JUDGES who took their job quite seriously.  (One judge even sequestered himself at the far end 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src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5140015-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>The other day<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/13/day-227-vote-today-choose-my-cocktail-for-swanky-party/\" target=\"_blank\"> I solicited your help</a></strong> in choosing a cocktail for a swanky Spring Soiree.  All partygoers were asked to concoct their own special potion Mad Scientist-style.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThank you for all of your suggestions via the blog post and facebook!  The winner was Melody who consulted her daughter who attended bartending school.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMelody and her daughter asked me to visit <strong><a href=\"http://pamaliqueur.com/home/\" target=\"_blank\">pamaliqueur.com</a></strong> where I found a smorgasbord of delish recipes INCLUDING (in my opinion) the more intriguing recipes for desserts such as Pama Flourless Chocolate Torte.  I smell another blog activity in the future, and Melody, I would like for you to be my sous chef.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter scrolling through the food recipes for about ten minutes, I refocused and moved to the cocktails.  In no time at all, I picked my poison:  Pomegranate Mojito.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt the party, there was a PANEL OF JUDGES who took their job quite seriously.  (One judge even sequestered himself at the far end of the patio!)  I was relieved that I came up with something unique.  No other pomegranate drinks were entered into the contest.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt was STRESSFUL playing mixologist for a group of 50-60ish people.  Our hosts had a timeline, and we had to deliver quickly.  Now I know how the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/13/day-227-vote-today-choose-my-cocktail-for-swanky-party/\" target=\"_blank\">Top Chefs </a></strong>feel during their Quick Fire Challenges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSomehow, with the help (bless him) of Cindy\'s insanely calm husband, I managed to mix a 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weeks ago I received a tweet suggesting that I check out Food Truck Friday for the blog.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSee?  When my readers ask me to do things, I consider their recommendations carefully.  Especially when they involve food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat is Food Truck Friday, you ask?  (I\'m assuming that you\'re asking because everyone in real life did.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn Food Truck Friday, gourmet food trucks line up downtown at the <strong><a href=\"http://foodconnect.org/phxmarket/\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Public Market </a></strong>from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFoodies crawl out of the city\'s woodwork to scramble downtown (or if you\'re lucky, you work down there, although <em>I\'m </em>the luck one during rush hour -- he he he) for a gourmet street food feast.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone closes their eyes, taps their heels together, and pretends that they are in New York.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI asked Britt to join me this past Friday.  I telecommute 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class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5600\" title=\"IMG00397-20110513-1231\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG00397-20110513-1231-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em>(paraphrased)</em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Me: </span></strong> Can you make the corn dog with the chicken or vegetarian hot dogs?  I\'m not a fan of traditional hot dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Short Leash Guy:</span></strong> Sure.  But it\'s not going to be the same.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Me:</strong></span> That\'s o.k.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Short Leash Guy:</strong></span> You really want the regular corn dog.  It has jalapenos and cheese inside of it, and it\'s spectacular.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Me: </strong></span> I haven\'t eaten a wiener in 25 years.  Me no likey.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Short Leash Guy: </strong></span> You\'ll likey these.  I promise.  If you don\'t like it, bring it back and I\'ll make you a chicken one.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe seemed like the ultimate <em>nice guy</em>.  So I trusted him.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI.  Am.  So.  Glad.  I.  Did.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt was the best wiener experience of my life.  Yes, it was an EXPERIENCE, I tell you!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG00399-20110513-1241.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5601\" title=\"IMG00399-20110513-1241\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG00399-20110513-1241-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe hot dog was infused with the most delectable jalapeno cheesiness that you can imagine.  The hush puppy-ish coating was 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Even though I\'ve asked nicely.  Several times.','inherit','open','open','','2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-3','','','2011-05-16 20:44:14','2011-05-17 03:44:14','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5619,1,'2011-05-16 20:46:28','2011-05-17 03:46:28','','Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56','','inherit','open','open','','photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14-56','','','2011-05-16 20:46:28','2011-05-17 03:46:28','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5620,1,'2011-05-16 20:50:00','2011-05-17 03:50:00','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-358','','','2011-05-16 20:50:00','2011-05-17 03:50:00','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5621,1,'2011-05-16 20:45:31','2011-05-17 03:45:31','A little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113, 938 fans.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?  Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, boy.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618\" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBack to reality...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Dogs Allowed at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision','','','2011-05-16 20:45:31','2011-05-17 03:45:31','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5622,1,'2011-05-16 23:09:07','2011-05-17 06:09:07','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"My apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620    \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity actors are HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, boy.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to better navigate around the MacBook Pro so that I can start leveraging social media to spread the word about <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span>m<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span>r<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span>c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618  \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBack to reality...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\n\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-autosave','','','2011-05-16 23:09:07','2011-05-17 06:09:07','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5623,1,'2011-05-16 20:51:11','2011-05-17 03:51:11','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5620\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>A little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113, 938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?  Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Dogs Allowed at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-2','','','2011-05-16 20:51:11','2011-05-17 03:51:11','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5624,1,'2011-05-16 20:52:43','2011-05-17 03:52:43','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5620\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>A little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113, 938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?  Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-3','','','2011-05-16 20:52:43','2011-05-17 03:52:43','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5625,1,'2011-05-16 20:54:49','2011-05-17 03:54:49','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5620\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>A little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?  Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-4','','','2011-05-16 20:54:49','2011-05-17 03:54:49','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5626,1,'2011-05-16 20:59:03','2011-05-17 03:59:03','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Bella woofing something about me acting like the paparazzi and trying to duck for cover\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-5','','','2011-05-16 20:59:03','2011-05-17 03:59:03','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5627,1,'2011-05-16 21:00:30','2011-05-17 04:00:30','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me acting like the paparazzi and trying to duck for cover\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620 \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-6','','','2011-05-16 21:00:30','2011-05-17 04:00:30','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5628,1,'2011-05-16 21:01:17','2011-05-17 04:01:17','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620  \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-7','','','2011-05-16 21:01:17','2011-05-17 04:01:17','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5629,1,'2011-05-16 21:01:51','2011-05-17 04:01:51','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620   \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI noticed one day that I received a notice from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-8','','','2011-05-16 21:01:51','2011-05-17 04:01:51','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5630,1,'2011-05-16 21:03:21','2011-05-17 04:03:21','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620   \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-9','','','2011-05-16 21:03:21','2011-05-17 04:03:21','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5631,1,'2011-05-16 21:04:24','2011-05-17 04:04:24','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620   \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to navigate around this MacBook Pro better so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-10','','','2011-05-16 21:04:24','2011-05-17 04:04:24','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5632,1,'2011-05-16 21:05:25','2011-05-17 04:05:25','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620   \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to better navigate around the MacBook Pro so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618 \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-11','','','2011-05-16 21:05:25','2011-05-17 04:05:25','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5633,1,'2011-05-16 21:08:56','2011-05-17 04:08:56','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620   \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity is HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to better navigate around the MacBook Pro so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618  \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-12','','','2011-05-16 21:08:56','2011-05-17 04:08:56','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5635,1,'2011-05-16 21:12:29','2011-05-17 04:12:29','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620   \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity actors are HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to better navigate around the MacBook Pro so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618  \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-14','','','2011-05-16 21:12:29','2011-05-17 04:12:29','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(5634,1,'2011-05-16 21:10:47','2011-05-17 04:10:47','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620   \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity actors are HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to better navigate around the MacBook Pro so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618  \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-13','','','2011-05-16 21:10:47','2011-05-17 04:10:47','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5636,1,'2011-05-16 21:15:07','2011-05-17 04:15:07','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"My apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620    \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity actors are HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to better navigate around the MacBook Pro so that I can start leveraging social media.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618  \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-15','','','2011-05-16 21:15:07','2011-05-17 04:15:07','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(5637,1,'2011-05-16 23:09:35','2011-05-17 06:09:35','[caption id=\"attachment_5620\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"My apologies for the blur.  Bella woofed something about me &quot;acting like the paparazzi&quot; and then tried to duck for cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5620    \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5150027-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nA little over a week ago, <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/06/day-220-my-dog-hijacked-my-computer/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>my dog hijacked my compute</strong>r </a>and created a <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\">facebook</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/worlds.most.precious.pooch\" target=\"_blank\"> page</a></strong>.  She already has 62 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe is promoting herself as <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong> and hopes to eventually surpass <strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Mark </a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\">Zuckerber\'g</a><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/beast.the.dog\" target=\"_blank\"> pup, Beast</a></strong>, who has 113,938 fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBella seems unfazed by the monumental task ahead of her.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI try to explain to her that Mark Zuckerberg is the FOUNDER of facebook, and therefore, his puppy is going to attract a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Bella:</strong></span> Woof, woof, woofwoofwoofwoofwoof!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><em>translation:</em></strong> </span> <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/12/05/day-69-art-walk-was-a-bust-but/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember when that nice lady said that I was destined to be on T.V.?</a></strong> Celebrity actors are HUGE in this country!  Forget Beast.   I\'m going to have more facebook fans than OPRAH!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, boy.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLuckily, she\'s still as sweet and as perfect as ever.  Impending celebrity hasn\'t gone to her head.  Yet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe other day I received an email reminder from the Apple Store reminding me of a 2 p.m. Sunday appointment at their dog-friendly Biltmore location.  I had absolutely no recollection of scheduling this.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI looked over at Little Miss B.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Bella:</span></strong> Arf.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>translation:</strong></em></span> You\'ve already paid for unlimited One-to-One\'s, and I need to learn how to better navigate around the MacBook Pro so that I can start leveraging social media to spread the word about <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">m</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">e</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">r</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">i</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">c</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">a</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\'</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">s</span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D</span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">o</span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">g</span></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHow could I say \"no\" to that precious face?  I packed up Little Miss B and the laptop and headed on down to the Apple Store which is the Coolest Store on Earth for allowing dogs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs usual, Little Miss B attracted a lot of attention.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOne passerby noted that she looked just like Toto.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.movieprop.com/tvandmovie/reviews/wizardofozcharacters.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"wizardofoztoto1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wizardofoztoto1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"138\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn Apple Genius tickled her chin and cooed to her that she looked like Gizmo.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr205/madd_iez/Famous/gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"th_gizmo-gremlins\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/th_gizmo-gremlins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"160\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/04/01/day-185-doggie-dna-results-are-in/\" target=\"_blank\">(Note how neither of these look like a Neapolitan Mastiff as declared by Mars Veterinary\'s Wisdom Panel DNA kit.)</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5618\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"And they have yet to refund my money.  Even though I&#39;ve asked nicely.  Several times.\"]<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/90738513@N00/2139649370/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5618  \" title=\"2139649370_fc57d9ef7e\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2139649370_fc57d9ef7e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBack to reality...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nChildren approached for petting privileges.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLittle Miss B remained humble throughout all of this and bestowed kisses and coy glances upon her fans.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nShe also learned a thing or two from her Genius before lying down at my feet and drifting off to sleep.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619\" title=\"Photo on 2011-05-15 at 14.56\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Photo-on-2011-05-15-at-14.56-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhat do you expect?  She is a dog, after all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 231:  Doggie Day Out at the Apple Store ','','inherit','open','open','','5613-revision-16','','','2011-05-16 23:09:35','2011-05-17 06:09:35','',5613,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/16/5613-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(5638,1,'2011-05-18 01:11:29','2011-05-18 08:11:29','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Sunday, May 22nd:  Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Wednesday, May 25th</span>:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','publish','open','open','','day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/','2011-05-17 21:07:21','2011-05-18 04:07:21','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5638',0,'post','',13),(5639,1,'2011-05-17 19:53:45','2011-05-18 02:53:45','','Auto Draft','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision','','','2011-05-17 19:53:45','2011-05-18 02:53:45','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5640,1,'2011-05-17 20:12:37','2011-05-18 03:12:37','Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit here.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWho:   Me and hopefully, YOU!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat:  I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <em>The Elixir of Life</em>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or reading  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very Julie &amp; Julia.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen:  From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhere:  My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhy:  Because, like the song says, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Dahl\'s book jacket describes also her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:   This experience will also prep my taste buds for my Grand Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHow?:  There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHow much?:  The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHere is the menu for your shopping convenience:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFriday, May 20th\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSaturday, May 21st\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSunday, May 22nd\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMonday, May 23rd\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTuesday, May 24th\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWednesday, May 25th\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThursday, May 26th\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor the GRAND FINALE, my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much-raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Di','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-2','','','2011-05-17 20:12:37','2011-05-18 03:12:37','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5641,1,'2011-05-17 20:46:30','2011-05-18 03:46:30','Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Dahl\'s book jacket describes also her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will also prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHere is the menu for your shopping convenience:\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFriday, May 20th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a </strong></span>p. 51  (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSaturday, May 21st:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSunday, May 22nd:  <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese</span></strong> p. 201  (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMonday, May 23rd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong></span> p. 96 (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTuesday, May 24th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong></span>p. 64\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWednesday, May 25th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong></span> p. 68\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThursday, May 26th: <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong></span> p. 175\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much-raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-3','','','2011-05-17 20:46:30','2011-05-18 03:46:30','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5642,1,'2011-05-17 20:47:25','2011-05-18 03:47:25','Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Dahl\'s book jacket describes also her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will also prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere is the menu for your shopping convenience:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFriday, May 20th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSaturday, May 21st:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSunday, May 22nd:  <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMonday, May 23rd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTuesday, May 24th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWednesday, May 25th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThursday, May 26th: <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much-raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-4','','','2011-05-17 20:47:25','2011-05-18 03:47:25','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5643,1,'2011-05-17 20:48:37','2011-05-18 03:48:37','Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will also prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere is the menu for your shopping convenience:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFriday, May 20th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSaturday, May 21st:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSunday, May 22nd:  <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMonday, May 23rd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTuesday, May 24th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWednesday, May 25th:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThursday, May 26th: <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much-raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-5','','','2011-05-17 20:48:37','2011-05-18 03:48:37','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5644,1,'2011-05-17 20:52:19','2011-05-18 03:52:19','Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64  (Neighbors invited!)</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68  (Come on over!)</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175  (Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina:angia!)</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much-raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-6','','','2011-05-17 20:52:19','2011-05-18 03:52:19','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5645,1,'2011-05-17 20:56:08','2011-05-18 03:56:08','Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much-raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-7','','','2011-05-17 20:56:08','2011-05-18 03:56:08','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5646,1,'2011-05-17 20:58:12','2011-05-18 03:58:12','','51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_','','inherit','open','open','','51nvhy-zxhl-_sl500_aa300_-2','','','2011-05-17 20:58:12','2011-05-18 03:58:12','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5647,1,'2011-05-17 20:57:32','2011-05-18 03:57:32','Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-8','','','2011-05-17 20:57:32','2011-05-18 03:57:32','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5648,1,'2011-05-17 20:59:00','2011-05-18 03:59:00','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-9','','','2011-05-17 20:59:00','2011-05-18 03:59:00','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5649,1,'2011-05-17 21:01:21','2011-05-18 04:01:21','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-autosave','','','2011-05-17 21:01:21','2011-05-18 04:01:21','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5650,1,'2011-05-17 20:59:38','2011-05-18 03:59:38','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-10','','','2011-05-17 20:59:38','2011-05-18 03:59:38','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5651,1,'2011-05-17 21:01:44','2011-05-18 04:01:44','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-11','','','2011-05-17 21:01:44','2011-05-18 04:01:44','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5652,1,'2011-05-17 21:02:46','2011-05-18 04:02:46','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve. </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-12','','','2011-05-17 21:02:46','2011-05-18 04:02:46','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5653,1,'2011-05-17 21:03:32','2011-05-18 04:03:32','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-13','','','2011-05-17 21:03:32','2011-05-18 04:03:32','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5654,1,'2011-05-17 21:04:48','2011-05-18 04:04:48','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Sunday, May 22nd:  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Wednesday, May 25th:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong></li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-14','','','2011-05-17 21:04:48','2011-05-18 04:04:48','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(5655,1,'2011-05-17 21:05:54','2011-05-18 04:05:54','<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Elixir-Life-Lisa-Dahl/dp/0615366678\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5646\" title=\"51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/51nVhy-zXHL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></a>Sometimes it take me awhile to get cookin\'.  Literally.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2010/11/30/day-61-thankful-for-fellow-t-day-orphans/\" target=\"_blank\">6 months ago, I dreamed up the Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and it has finally arrived!  (For even more details, please visit <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/05/day-219-details-on-our-lusty-cooking-project-finally/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou, dear Readers, are cordially invited to join me in <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Late Bloomer\'s Lusty Cooking Project</span></strong></span>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Who:</strong></span> Me and hopefully, YOU!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>What:</strong></span> I will cook from Lisa Dahl\'s luscious cookbook, <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong>.  My mother doesn\'t believe that I can cook for 7 days straight, and I am going to prove her wrong.  You are welcome to follow along in your parallel universe either by participating or living vicariously.  Yes, this will be a food blog for a solid week.  It\'s all very <em>Julie &amp; Julia</em>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>When:</strong></span> From this Friday, May 20th - Thursday, May 26th.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Where:</strong></span> My kitchen, and possibly your kitchen.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Why: </strong></span> Because, <strong><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pljyjiIMH9o\" target=\"_blank\">like the song says</a></strong>, who doesn\'t feel lusty in the month of May?  (Also, Dahl\'s book jacket describes her cooking as \"lusty\".)  Bonus:  This experience will prep my taste buds for my Grand Italian Adventure in Tuscany this coming September.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How: </strong></span>There are detailed instructions in the cookbook.  Come on!  You can do it!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>How much: </strong></span> The cost of Ms. Dahl\'s cookbook and ingredients.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Here is the menu for your shopping convenience:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEveryone who is cooking, please open your cookbooks!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Friday, May 20th:</strong> <strong>Fig Almond Ambrosi</strong><strong>a p. 51</strong></span> (Sarah, I am bringing this to your boutique party.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Saturday, May 21st: </strong> <strong>Arugula Salad and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan p.123 </strong></span>(for lunch)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Sunday, May 22nd:  Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese p. 201</span></strong> (Teammates at work, you will be the lucky recipients of leftovers on Monday!)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Monday, May 23rd:</strong> <strong>Velvet Celery Leek Soup</strong> <strong>p. 96</strong></span> (Nana will be so proud.  She loves to make soup.  Even when it\'s 100 degrees outside.  And it will probably be close to that on Monday.  \"Soup is so nourishing!\" is one of her many mantras.)</span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Tuesday, May 24th: </strong> <strong>Method for A Perfect Bruschetta </strong><strong>p. 64 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Neighbors invited!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Wednesday, May 25th</span>:</strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Fig Eggplant Pizzette</strong> <strong>p. 68 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Come on over!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><strong>\r\n<ol style=\"display: inline !important;\">\r\n	<li style=\"display: inline !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Thursday, May 26th: </strong><strong> Gnocchi Con Funghi E Tartufi</strong> <strong>p. 175 </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Kimeee, Kim C. and Dina dahling, Mangia with Me!)</span></span></span></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</strong></span></strong>&nbsp;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nIf you would like to cook something different, feel free to do so and tell us about it in that day\'s comment section.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>I always encourage selective rule breaking.  It shows spunk and verve.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>GRAND FINALE,</strong></span> my sister and I will trek to Sedona to sup at one of Ms. Dahl\'s much raved about restaurants during our Annual Sister Weekend/Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe would REALLY LOVE IT if you were our dinner guests.  <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>RSVP to me</strong></span> either below or through email, facebook, twitter, text, phone (I know it\'s so old-fashioned)...You know how to reach me!','Day 232:  Lusty Cooking Project Menu','','inherit','open','open','','5638-revision-15','','','2011-05-17 21:05:54','2011-05-18 04:05:54','',5638,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/17/5638-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(5657,1,'2011-05-19 01:11:01','2011-05-19 08:11:01','<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry/iPhone/Android.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>He had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Is there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Moral of the story: </strong></span> I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences infinitely more palatable by finding a hottie dentist who can get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','publish','open','open','','day-233-dental-work','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/','2011-05-18 20:27:02','2011-05-19 03:27:02','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5657',0,'post','',4),(5658,1,'2011-05-18 19:47:19','2011-05-19 02:47:19','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could the dentist POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nUh-oh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHe answered 3 months max.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again at another time.  Isn\'t that special?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n*************\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.  Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb w\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Visit to the Dentist','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision','','','2011-05-18 19:47:19','2011-05-19 02:47:19','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5659,1,'2011-05-18 19:48:13','2011-05-19 02:48:13','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could the dentist POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again at another time.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.  Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-2','','','2011-05-18 19:48:13','2011-05-19 02:48:13','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5660,1,'2011-05-18 19:48:37','2011-05-19 02:48:37','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could the dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again at another time.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.  Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-3','','','2011-05-18 19:48:37','2011-05-19 02:48:37','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5661,1,'2011-05-18 20:16:40','2011-05-19 03:16:40','&nbsp;\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry/iPhone/Android.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nUh-oh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHe answered 3 months max.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.</span></strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>He had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Is there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n*************\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\n\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-autosave','','','2011-05-18 20:16:40','2011-05-19 03:16:40','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5662,1,'2011-05-18 19:49:20','2011-05-19 02:49:20','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again at another time.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.  Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-4','','','2011-05-18 19:49:20','2011-05-19 02:49:20','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5663,1,'2011-05-18 19:50:32','2011-05-19 02:50:32','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again at another time.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.  Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-5','','','2011-05-18 19:50:32','2011-05-19 02:50:32','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5664,1,'2011-05-18 19:51:26','2011-05-19 02:51:26','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.  Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-6','','','2011-05-18 19:51:26','2011-05-19 02:51:26','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5665,1,'2011-05-18 20:06:14','2011-05-19 03:06:14','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach time I visit the dentist, I have this rolling through my head for DAYS!  Enjoy!  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-7','','','2011-05-18 20:06:14','2011-05-19 03:06:14','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5666,1,'2011-05-18 20:07:00','2011-05-19 03:07:00','I know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEach time I visit the dentist, I have this rolling through my head for DAYS!  Enjoy!  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-8','','','2011-05-18 20:07:00','2011-05-19 03:07:00','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5667,1,'2011-05-18 20:10:09','2011-05-19 03:10:09','<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-9','','','2011-05-18 20:10:09','2011-05-19 03:10:09','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5668,1,'2011-05-18 20:12:45','2011-05-19 03:12:45','<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNot because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMoral of the story:  I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\n','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-10','','','2011-05-18 20:12:45','2011-05-19 03:12:45','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5669,1,'2011-05-18 20:16:56','2011-05-19 03:16:56','&nbsp;\r\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry/iPhone/Android.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>He had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Is there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Moral of the story: </strong></span> I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-11','','','2011-05-18 20:16:56','2011-05-19 03:16:56','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5671,1,'2011-05-18 20:20:34','2011-05-19 03:20:34','<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry/iPhone/Android.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>He had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Is there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Moral of the story: </strong></span> I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-13','','','2011-05-18 20:20:34','2011-05-19 03:20:34','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5670,1,'2011-05-18 20:19:18','2011-05-19 03:19:18','<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry/iPhone/Android.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry/iPhone/Android.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>He had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Is there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Moral of the story: </strong></span> I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences more savory by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-12','','','2011-05-18 20:19:18','2011-05-19 03:19:18','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5672,1,'2011-05-18 20:22:04','2011-05-19 03:22:04','<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/bOtMizMQ6oM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen></iframe>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n(Yes, Laney et al.  There is a video in that blank space on your Crackberry/iPhone/Android.  Make sure to get thee to a computer and watch later.  It\'s worth it.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n\r\nI know, I know.  You\'re wondering how could dental work POSSIBLY classify as soul-scintillating???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I haven\'t turned into a sadomasochist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI had my 6 month checkup and cleaning about 2 months ago.  At that time, my dentist discovered 2 fillings that needed to be fixed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn the past, I would have booked the appointment at his next availability.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, how life changes when you\'re trying to maintain a 365 project blog!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually asked my dentist, \"Can this wait until after September?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTo which he replied, \"Sure!  If you\'d like a root canal instead of an easy fix.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUh-oh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI kept at him.  \"How much time do I have here?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHe answered 3 months max.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGreat.  I bought myself some time.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I should be honest with you:  I do suffer from an eensy weensy bit of dental anxiety.</span></strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not because I\'m a wimp.  Because I have a difficult time getting numb.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI actually had to change dentists a few years ago because after many attempts, my former dentist could not get me numb and FREAKED OUT on me.  Yes, you read that correctly.  <em>He</em> lost it, and <em>I</em> was trying to keep <em>him</em> calm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: medium;\"><strong>He had given me the maximum amount of medication, and I could still feel everything.  In the middle of the procedure.  Everyone\'s worst dental nightmare.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy former dentist had to stop everything he was doing, put on a temporary fix, and try again on another day.  Isn\'t that special?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo now I haul my cookies way up north to one of the best dentists in the city.  Who gets me numb on the 2nd or 3rd time.  But there\'s always that nightmare at the back of my mind...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYet now I was given 3 months to put it off!  Wahoo!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...Cooleenie had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...a colleague had a dental emergency.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...my jaw started to throb a little.  I picked up the phone and called my dentist\'s office.  He just so happened to have a cancellation at lunchtime the next day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo on Day 233, I practiced self-care and took care of business.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s <em>such a relief</em> when we take care of things that are weighing on our minds, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Is there something you are dreading and therefore postponing?  Do yourself a favor and take care of YOU today!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n*************\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- I almost forgot!  My dentist\'s office is equipped with overhead TVs so that you can watch a movie during procedures.  Pretty clever method for diffusing dental anxiety, huh?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFor this particular visit, I chose to watch <em>It\'s Complicated</em>.  <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/03/15/day-168-its-more-than-complicated/\" target=\"_blank\">I\'ve told you before how I absolutely adore that movie.</a></strong> Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin deliver brilliant and funny performances.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnywho, I realized while watching this during my dental work, that my dentist closely resembles Alec Baldwin when he was younger, slimmer, and hot.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #800080;\"><strong>Moral of the story: </strong></span> I don\'t know of anyone who enjoys going to the dentist.  Ladies, please do yourself a favor and make these unsavory experiences infinitely more palatable by finding a hottie dentist who can actually get you numb while you watch your favorite movies.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 233:  Dental Work','','inherit','open','open','','5657-revision-14','','','2011-05-18 20:22:04','2011-05-19 03:22:04','',5657,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/5657-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(5673,1,'2011-05-20 01:11:53','2011-05-20 08:11:53','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5180010.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5676\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5180010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I have never worn a pedometer.  Have you?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI needed to take a test run on Day 234.  There was much hype about getting acquainted with one\'s pedometer and watching the instructional video.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure why, because all you do is a click a button and fasten it to your waist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- and this is a biggie covered in the instructional video -- you must keep your pedometer out of water.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs it just me, or does keeping your pedometer out of water just scream COMMON SENSE?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut you KNOW the reason they stress the \"keep away from water\" is because more than a few bozos have called in with, \"Hey, I just went swimming with my pedometer, and for the life of me, I can\'t figure out why it\'s not working!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThey don\'t need a replacement pedometer.  They need a <strong><a href=\"http://www.darwinawards.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin Award</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy my test run with the pedometer, you ask?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThat\'s for me to know, and for you to find out...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTomorrow.  :-D','Day 234:  Fun with Pedometers','','publish','open','open','','day-234-fun-with-pedometers','','','2011-05-19 21:28:05','2011-05-20 04:28:05','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5673',0,'post','',7),(5674,1,'2011-05-19 21:05:00','2011-05-20 04:05:00','I have never worn a pedometer.  Have you?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI needed to take a test run on Day 234.  There was much hype about getting acquainted with one\'s pedometer and watching the instructional video.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI\'m not sure why, because all you do is a click a button and fasten it to your waist.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh -- and this is a biggie covered in the instructional video -- you must keep your pedometer out of water.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n???\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIs it just me, or does keeping your pedometer out of water just scream COMMON SENSE?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhy the test run for the pedometer, you ask?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThat\'s for me to know, and for you to find out...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTomorrow.  :-D','Day 234:  Fun with Pedometers','','inherit','open','open','','5673-revision','','','2011-05-19 21:05:00','2011-05-20 04:05:00','',5673,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/19/5673-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5675,1,'2011-05-19 21:25:55','2011-05-20 04:25:55','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5180010.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5676\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5180010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I have never worn a pedometer.  Have you?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI needed to take a test run on Day 234.  There was much hype about getting acquainted with one\'s pedometer and watching the instructional video.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI\'m not sure why, because all you do is a click a button and fasten it to your waist.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh -- and this is a biggie covered in the instructional video -- you must keep your pedometer out of water.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n???\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIs it just me, or does keeping your pedometer out of water just scream COMMON SENSE?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut you KNOW the reason they stress this is because more than a few bozos have called in with, \"Hey, I just went swimming with my pedometer, and for the life of me, I can\'t figure out why it\'s not working!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThey don\'t need a new pedometer.  They need a Darwin Award.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhy my test run with the pedometer, you ask?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThat\'s for me to know, and for you to find out...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTomorrow.  :-D','Day 234:  Fun with Pedometers','','inherit','open','open','','5673-autosave','','','2011-05-19 21:25:55','2011-05-20 04:25:55','',5673,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/19/5673-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5676,1,'2011-05-19 21:23:06','2011-05-20 04:23:06','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-359','','','2011-05-19 21:23:06','2011-05-20 04:23:06','',5673,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5180010.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5677,1,'2011-05-19 21:05:51','2011-05-20 04:05:51','I have never worn a pedometer.  Have you?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI needed to take a test run on Day 234.  There was much hype about getting acquainted with one\'s pedometer and watching the instructional video.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure why, because all you do is a click a button and fasten it to your waist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- and this is a biggie covered in the instructional video -- you must keep your pedometer out of water.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs it just me, or does keeping your pedometer out of water just scream COMMON SENSE?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy the test run for the pedometer, you ask?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThat\'s for me to know, and for you to find out...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTomorrow.  :-D','Day 234:  Fun with Pedometers','','inherit','open','open','','5673-revision-2','','','2011-05-19 21:05:51','2011-05-20 04:05:51','',5673,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/19/5673-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5678,1,'2011-05-19 21:26:51','2011-05-20 04:26:51','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5180010.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5676\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5180010-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>I have never worn a pedometer.  Have you?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI needed to take a test run on Day 234.  There was much hype about getting acquainted with one\'s pedometer and watching the instructional video.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure why, because all you do is a click a button and fasten it to your waist.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh -- and this is a biggie covered in the instructional video -- you must keep your pedometer out of water.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n???\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIs it just me, or does keeping your pedometer out of water just scream COMMON SENSE?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut you KNOW the reason they stress this is because more than a few bozos have called in with, \"Hey, I just went swimming with my pedometer, and for the life of me, I can\'t figure out why it\'s not working!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThey don\'t need a replacement pedometer.  They need a <strong><a href=\"http://www.darwinawards.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Darwin Award</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhy my test run with the pedometer, you ask?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThat\'s for me to know, and for you to find out...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nTomorrow.  :-D','Day 234:  Fun with Pedometers','','inherit','open','open','','5673-revision-3','','','2011-05-19 21:26:51','2011-05-20 04:26:51','',5673,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/19/5673-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5680,1,'2011-05-21 18:39:37','2011-05-22 01:39:37','Late Bloomer says,\n\n\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI told my recruits 7 days.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMost frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:  \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCaptain Michelle:  \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLittle Michelle B:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I kinda see her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCaptain Michelle:  \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLenore aka NJ contingency:  \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCaptain Michelle:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision','','','2011-05-21 18:39:37','2011-05-22 01:39:37','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/21/5679-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5681,1,'2011-05-21 18:40:11','2011-05-22 01:40:11','Late Bloomer says,\r\n\r\n\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI told my recruits 7 days.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle: </strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle:</strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLenore aka NJ contingency:  \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCaptain Michelle:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-2','','','2011-05-21 18:40:11','2011-05-22 01:40:11','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/21/5679-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5682,1,'2011-05-22 08:43:58','2011-05-22 15:43:58','Late Bloomer says,\n\n\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI told my recruits 7 days.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Captain Michelle: </strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Captain Michelle:</strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-3','','','2011-05-22 08:43:58','2011-05-22 15:43:58','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5779,1,'2011-05-31 10:45:20','2011-05-31 17:45:20','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG00408-20110527-1338.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5787\" title=\"IMG00408-20110527-1338\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/IMG00408-20110527-1338-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>My sister and I started a tradition years ago where she comes out for a Sister Visit over the Memorial Day weekend.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA couple years in, after realizing that we eat and drink our way through the weekend, we changed the weekend\'s name to the Wine and Dine Tour.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter picking Sis up from the airport at lunchtime, we headed to our fist top on the Wine and Dine 2011 Tour:  <a href=\"http://carmelscoffee.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Carmel Coffee.</strong></a> Rumor has it that local chefs stop by this place for their morning coffee and a pastry.  With that insider info, you know it has to be stellar.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\">Jennie\'s Choice:</span></strong> Iced Mocha and Goat Cheese and Tomato Puffed Pastry Tart\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Jennie\'s Review:</span></strong> The presentation of the mocha added to its delightfulness.  The tart was really good,  but I wish it was warm.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Michelle\'s Choice:</span></strong> Iced Soy Mocha and Brown Butter Scone and a Citrus Salad\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Michelle\'s Review: </strong></span> The scones are like butter.  Literally.  (What is brown butter, anyway?  Who cares!  It\'s delish!)  LOVE the mismatched china.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe\'re off to a good start.  Let the feasting begin!','Day 243:  Wine and Dine 2011 Kickoff','','publish','open','open','','day-243-wine-and-dine-2011-kickoff','','','2011-05-31 10:36:00','2011-05-31 17:36:00','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5779',0,'post','',4),(5684,1,'2011-05-22 11:11:55','2011-05-22 18:11:55','<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Late Bloomer says,</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</p>\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI told my recruits 7 days.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd then...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Captain Michelle: </strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Captain Michelle:</strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-4','','','2011-05-22 11:11:55','2011-05-22 18:11:55','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5685,1,'2011-05-22 11:18:53','2011-05-22 18:18:53','\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Late Bloomer says,\r\n\r\n\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI told my recruits 7 days.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle: </strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle:</strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-5','','','2011-05-22 11:18:53','2011-05-22 18:18:53','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5686,1,'2011-05-22 11:18:58','2011-05-22 18:18:58','\r\n<blockquote>Late Bloomer says,\r\n\r\n\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI told my recruits 7 days.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle: </strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle:</strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-6','','','2011-05-22 11:18:58','2011-05-22 18:18:58','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5689,1,'2011-05-22 11:47:08','2011-05-22 18:47:08','','1_1','','inherit','open','open','','1_1','','','2011-05-22 11:47:08','2011-05-22 18:47:08','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5687,1,'2011-05-22 11:19:45','2011-05-22 18:19:45','\r\n<strong><blockquote></strong>Late Bloomer says,\r\n\r\n\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI told my recruits 7 days.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle: </strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle:</strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-7','','','2011-05-22 11:19:45','2011-05-22 18:19:45','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5688,1,'2011-05-22 11:19:50','2011-05-22 18:19:50','<strong><blockquote></strong>Late Bloomer says,\r\n\r\n\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.  Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  (It must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff, and I therefore skimmed emails.)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI told my recruits 7 days.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd then...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWe found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle: </strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:  \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle:</strong> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:  to Lenore \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  addressing the troops \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-8','','','2011-05-22 11:19:50','2011-05-22 18:19:50','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5690,1,'2011-05-22 11:46:14','2011-05-22 18:46:14','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13, 349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran and errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-9','','','2011-05-22 11:46:14','2011-05-22 18:46:14','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5691,1,'2011-05-22 11:48:14','2011-05-22 18:48:14','<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" title=\"1_1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" /></a>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13, 349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran and errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-10','','','2011-05-22 11:48:14','2011-05-22 18:48:14','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5692,1,'2011-05-22 11:51:08','2011-05-22 18:51:08','<a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" /></a>\n\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\n&nbsp:\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13, 349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran and errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-11','','','2011-05-22 11:51:08','2011-05-22 18:51:08','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5693,1,'2011-05-22 11:53:22','2011-05-22 18:53:22','<a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" title=\"1_1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" /></a>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEveryone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13, 349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran an errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-12','','','2011-05-22 11:53:22','2011-05-22 18:53:22','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5694,1,'2011-05-22 11:55:02','2011-05-22 18:55:02','<a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" title=\"1_1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" /></a>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13, 349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran an errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-13','','','2011-05-22 11:55:02','2011-05-22 18:55:02','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5695,1,'2011-05-22 11:56:19','2011-05-22 18:56:19','<a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" title=\"1_1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" /></a>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13,349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran an errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-14','','','2011-05-22 11:56:19','2011-05-22 18:56:19','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(5696,1,'2011-05-22 11:59:34','2011-05-22 18:59:34','<a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" title=\"1_1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" /></a>\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> </strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy recruits did not laugh.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh, brother.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13,349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran an errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-autosave','','','2011-05-22 11:59:34','2011-05-22 18:59:34','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5697,1,'2011-05-22 11:56:26','2011-05-22 18:56:26','<a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" title=\"1_1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" /></a>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13,349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran an errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-15','','','2011-05-22 11:56:26','2011-05-22 18:56:26','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(5698,1,'2011-05-23 01:11:11','2011-05-23 08:11:11','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5200011.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5702\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5200011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Oh, how I wish this blog post were about <em>that</em> kind of lust.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith no lust object around (yet), I\'ll turn my frustrations to what every other frustrated women turns to:  food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDay 236 was the kickoff for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Recipe:</span></strong> Fig-Almond Ambrosia\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Divine\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> 5 stars from a small sampling of women at Sarah\'s Happy Hour/Boutique.  Everyone is asking for the recipe.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI am not going to publish the recipe here because not only is that copyright infringement, but also as a fellow artiste, I believe that creative peeps deserve payment for their work.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGo <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong> to purchase <em>The Elixir of Life </em>cookbook<em>. </em> Treat yourself.  You won\'t be disappointed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFig-Almond Ambrosia is my new standby that I will take to parties to knock everyone\'s socks off.  Trust me.  It\'s <em>that good</em>.  You will be lusting for more for <em>days </em>after<em>. </em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 236:  Let the Lustiness Begin!  ','','publish','open','open','','day-236-let-the-lustiness-begin','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/','2011-05-22 16:16:08','2011-05-22 23:16:08','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5698',0,'post','',0),(5699,1,'2011-05-22 16:03:19','2011-05-22 23:03:19','Oh, how I wish this blog post were about <em>that</em> kind of lust.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith no lust object around (yet), I\'ll turn my frustrations to what every other frustrated women turns to:  food.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDay 236 was the kickoff for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Recipe:</span></strong> Fig-Almond Ambrosia\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Divine\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> 5 stars from a small sampling of women at Sarah\'s Happy Hour/Boutique.  Everyone is asking for the recipe.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI am not going to publish the recipe here because not only that is copyright infringement, but also as a fellow artiste, I believe that creative peeps deserve payment for their work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGo here to purchase The Elixir of Life.  Treat yourself.  You won\'t be disappointed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFig-Almond Ambrosia is my new standby that I will take to parties to knock everyone\'s socks off.  Trust me.  It\'s <em>that good</em>.  You will be lusting for more for <em>days </em>after<em>. </em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 236:  Let the Lustiness Begin!  ','','inherit','open','open','','5698-revision','','','2011-05-22 16:03:19','2011-05-22 23:03:19','',5698,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5698-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5700,1,'2011-05-22 16:05:14','2011-05-22 23:05:14','Oh, how I wish this blog post were about <em>that</em> kind of lust.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith no lust object around (yet), I\'ll turn my frustrations to what every other frustrated women turns to:  food.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDay 236 was the kickoff for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Recipe:</span></strong> Fig-Almond Ambrosia\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Divine\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> 5 stars from a small sampling of women at Sarah\'s Happy Hour/Boutique.  Everyone is asking for the recipe.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI am not going to publish the recipe here because not only is that copyright infringement, but also as a fellow artiste, I believe that creative peeps deserve payment for their work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGo <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong> to purchase <em>The Elixir of Life </em>cookbook<em>. </em> Treat yourself.  You won\'t be disappointed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFig-Almond Ambrosia is my new standby that I will take to parties to knock everyone\'s socks off.  Trust me.  It\'s <em>that good</em>.  You will be lusting for more for <em>days </em>after<em>. </em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 236:  Let the Lustiness Begin!  ','','inherit','open','open','','5698-revision-2','','','2011-05-22 16:05:14','2011-05-22 23:05:14','',5698,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5698-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5701,1,'2011-05-22 12:00:21','2011-05-22 19:00:21','<a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5689\" title=\"1_1\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1_1-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" /></a>\r\n<blockquote><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Late Bloomer says,</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\"A journey of 1000+ miles begins with 10,000 steps.\"</strong></span></blockquote>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nToday I started my trek around the world!  I took my first step in Milford Sound, New Zealand.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOf course, this is a <em>virtual </em>trek.  Details, details!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs part of our health and wellness program, the Noble Publishing Superpower that is my employer offered to sign us up for <strong><a href=\"http://gettheworldmoving.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Corporate Challenge</a></strong>.  Overachiever that I am, I signed up to be a Team Coach and recruited 6 other colleagues to join me on this quest.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Everyone enlisted in the GCC has the same goal:  to take at least 10,000 steps a day.  This effort will lead to a healthier, happier Corporate America.</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen I volunteered for this, I thought it was for a week.  This must have been when my head was spinning with Big Work Stuff which necessitated email skimming.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWhen our team welcome email arrived, we found out that the Challenge runs for 16 weeks!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBwahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAt least<em> I </em>found this terribly amusing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMy recruits did not laugh.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Most frequently asked questions amongst my recruits:</strong></span> \"Do I have to wear my pedometer everyday for 16 weeks?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle: </strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Little Michelle B</strong>:</span> \"Do I have to wear it when I\'m out for the night in Scottsdale?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOh, brother.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut I quickly saw her point.  After all, I am a girl, too.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle:</strong></span> \"Uhhh...Yes.  Unless it completely ruins your outfit.  Let\'s tackle this thing with moderation, shall we?\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Lenore aka NJ contingency:</strong></span> \"Did anyone read the directions???  It\'s so easy to cheat!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Captain Michelle</strong>:</span> (<em>to Lenore)</em> \"Pipe down over there, Jersey!  Drop and give me 50!\"  (<em>addressing the troops)</em> \"Ladies, if you cheat, you are only cheating yourselves!\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOn kickoff day, I logged in 13,349 steps.  Wahoo!  I parked farther away than I usually do at work, I scheduled two stair climbs with the team, ran an errand at the mall at lunch, wandered the aisles of Whole Paycheck after work to stock up on goods for the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>, and walked Little Miss B for half an hour at night.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHowever!  On the 2nd day, I telecommuted, only had time for a 15 minute walk with Little Miss B due to an evening event, and...found myself pacing while brushing my teeth before bed in order to sneak more steps in.  I squeaked by at barely 10,000 steps.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo...it\'s more challenging than you think!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #ff6600;\">Who wants to try this at home? </span></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAll you need is a pedometer and a bit of motivation.  Once you start, I promise that you will be HIGHLY motivated to make it to your 10,000.  Pedometers are a healthy addiction!  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 235:  Global Trek Kickoff  ','','inherit','open','open','','5679-revision-16','','','2011-05-22 12:00:21','2011-05-22 19:00:21','',5679,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5679-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(5702,1,'2011-05-22 16:15:21','2011-05-22 23:15:21','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-360','','','2011-05-22 16:15:21','2011-05-22 23:15:21','',5698,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5200011.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5703,1,'2011-05-22 16:15:58','2011-05-22 23:15:58','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5200011.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5702\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5200011-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Oh, how I wish this blog post were about <em>that</em> kind of lust.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith no lust object around (yet), I\'ll turn my frustrations to what every other frustrated women turns to:  food.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDay 236 was the kickoff for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Recipe:</span></strong> Fig-Almond Ambrosia\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Divine\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> 5 stars from a small sampling of women at Sarah\'s Happy Hour/Boutique.  Everyone is asking for the recipe.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI am not going to publish the recipe here because not only is that copyright infringement, but also as a fellow artiste, I believe that creative peeps deserve payment for their work.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nGo <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong> to purchase <em>The Elixir of Life </em>cookbook<em>. </em> Treat yourself.  You won\'t be disappointed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFig-Almond Ambrosia is my new standby that I will take to parties to knock everyone\'s socks off.  Trust me.  It\'s <em>that good</em>.  You will be lusting for more for <em>days </em>after<em>. </em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 236:  Let the Lustiness Begin!  ','','inherit','open','open','','5698-autosave','','','2011-05-22 16:15:58','2011-05-22 23:15:58','',5698,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5698-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5704,1,'2011-05-22 16:05:46','2011-05-22 23:05:46','Oh, how I wish this blog post were about <em>that</em> kind of lust.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWith no lust object around (yet), I\'ll turn my frustrations to what every other frustrated women turns to:  food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDay 236 was the kickoff for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">The Recipe:</span></strong> Fig-Almond Ambrosia\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Divine\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> 5 stars from a small sampling of women at Sarah\'s Happy Hour/Boutique.  Everyone is asking for the recipe.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI am not going to publish the recipe here because not only is that copyright infringement, but also as a fellow artiste, I believe that creative peeps deserve payment for their work.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nGo <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong> to purchase <em>The Elixir of Life </em>cookbook<em>. </em> Treat yourself.  You won\'t be disappointed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFig-Almond Ambrosia is my new standby that I will take to parties to knock everyone\'s socks off.  Trust me.  It\'s <em>that good</em>.  You will be lusting for more for <em>days </em>after<em>. </em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 236:  Let the Lustiness Begin!  ','','inherit','open','open','','5698-revision-3','','','2011-05-22 16:05:46','2011-05-22 23:05:46','',5698,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5698-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5705,1,'2011-05-24 01:11:59','2011-05-24 08:11:59','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is so pathetic...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYeah, right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAgreed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis stuff is triple washed (I love no prep veggies!) and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5716\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:  5-Star Salad Assembly ','','publish','open','open','','day-237-5-star-salad-assembly','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/','2011-05-23 21:15:47','2011-05-24 04:15:47','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5705',0,'post','',3),(5706,1,'2011-05-22 21:13:28','2011-05-23 04:13:28','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-361','','','2011-05-22 21:13:28','2011-05-23 04:13:28','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5707,1,'2011-05-22 21:15:31','2011-05-23 04:15:31','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-362','','','2011-05-22 21:15:31','2011-05-23 04:15:31','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5708,1,'2011-05-22 21:16:42','2011-05-23 04:16:42','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;','Day 237:  Spicy Salad ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision','','','2011-05-22 21:16:42','2011-05-23 04:16:42','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/5705-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5713,1,'2011-05-23 20:59:50','2011-05-24 03:59:50','O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is so pathetic...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYeah, right.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAgreed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis stuff is triple washed and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:  Spicy Salad ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision-3','','','2011-05-23 20:59:50','2011-05-24 03:59:50','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5709,1,'2011-05-25 01:11:28','2011-05-25 08:11:28','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Updates since original post </strong></span>(Thanks, Carolyn!):\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>3 cups Cheddar cheese</li>\r\n	<li>1/2 cup Parmesan</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup Gorgonzola (use feta is blue cheese brings on headache from hell)</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient.</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you would like to cook The Best Mac &amp; Cheese in the Universe, you can find <em>The Elixir of Life</em> cookbook <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Mac & Cheese in the Universe ','','publish','open','open','','day-238-the-best-macaroni-and-cheese-in-the-universe','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/','2011-05-25 16:00:10','2011-05-25 23:00:10','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5709',0,'post','',10),(5710,1,'2011-05-23 14:07:20','2011-05-23 21:07:20','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated n','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision','','','2011-05-23 14:07:20','2011-05-23 21:07:20','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5709-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5711,1,'2011-05-23 14:07:44','2011-05-23 21:07:44','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated nutmeg again!  I got very excited ove rthis.  It\' s the little things, my friends.','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-2','','','2011-05-23 14:07:44','2011-05-23 21:07:44','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5709-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5712,1,'2011-05-23 14:06:10','2011-05-23 21:06:10','Moral of the story:  Buy good cheese.  Use a grater.  <a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\nSo simple, yet so delicious!  And nutritious!  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;','Day 237:  Spicy Salad ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision-2','','','2011-05-23 14:06:10','2011-05-23 21:06:10','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5714,1,'2011-05-23 20:59:54','2011-05-24 03:59:54','O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is so pathetic...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYeah, right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAgreed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis stuff is triple washed and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:  Spicy Salad ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision-4','','','2011-05-23 20:59:54','2011-05-24 03:59:54','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5715,1,'2011-05-23 21:04:04','2011-05-24 04:04:04','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is so pathetic...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYeah, right.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAgreed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis stuff is triple washed and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:   ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision-5','','','2011-05-23 21:04:04','2011-05-24 04:04:04','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5716,1,'2011-05-23 21:10:26','2011-05-24 04:10:26','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-363','','','2011-05-23 21:10:26','2011-05-24 04:10:26','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5717,1,'2011-05-23 21:11:03','2011-05-24 04:11:03','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is so pathetic...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYeah, right.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAgreed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis stuff is triple washed and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5716\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:  5-Star Salad Assembly ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision-6','','','2011-05-23 21:11:03','2011-05-24 04:11:03','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5718,1,'2011-05-23 21:11:43','2011-05-24 04:11:43','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is so pathetic...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYeah, right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAgreed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis stuff is triple washed and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5716\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:  5-Star Salad Assembly ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision-7','','','2011-05-23 21:11:43','2011-05-24 04:11:43','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5719,1,'2011-05-23 21:16:52','2011-05-24 04:16:52','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis is so pathetic...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYeah, right.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAgreed.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis stuff is triple washed (I love no prep veggies!) and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5716\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\n</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:  5-Star Salad Assembly ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-autosave','','','2011-05-23 21:16:52','2011-05-24 04:16:52','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5720,1,'2011-05-23 21:12:13','2011-05-24 04:12:13','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5706\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>O.k.  So the 2nd day into my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong> I <del>copped out</del> chose to make a salad.  If I were on Top Chef, I would have been kicked off fo sho!  Salads require assembly, not cooking.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThere was a method to my madness!  I swear!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFirst of all, the recipes for the rest of the week include a lot of CHEESE, CREAM AND BUTTER!  I needed caloric relief!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis is so pathetic...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI picked a recipe from <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></strong> cookbook that I could easily make for lunch just in case I was asked out on my first eHarmony date since <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/12/day-225-true-confession/\" target=\"_blank\">I signed on two weeks ago</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYeah, right.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe eHarmony process is s-l-o-w my friends.  Which fits quite nicely into my bloggy life right now when I stop and think about it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was dateless on a Saturday night which was fine with me because I was craving a salad, a walk with Little Miss B (I was <em>nowhere near </em>my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/22/day-235-global-trek-kickoff/\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 steps</a></strong> come late afternoon!), and a movie rental.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI invited my friend, Melanie, over for food and fellowship.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Recipe:</strong></span> Arugula and Radicchio Salad with Shaved Parmesan\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Simple, delicious, and nutritious!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span> \"This is the best salad I\'ve ever eaten,\" quoth Melanie.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAgreed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary <del>Cheat</del> Secret of the Day:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThis stuff is triple washed and has enough arugula and radicchio in it to \"work\".  I approve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5707\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5210013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Here\'s what I don\'t approve of:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5716\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230025-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" /></a>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAfter forking over 7 buckaroos (EEEEEeeeeekkkkk!!!!) for a hunk of REAL parmesan reggiano cheese, I will never be able to eat the canned stuff again.  EVER.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s pricey, but a little goes a long way, and it\'s worth it.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nCiao, bellas!','Day 237:  5-Star Salad Assembly ','','inherit','open','open','','5705-revision-8','','','2011-05-23 21:12:13','2011-05-24 04:12:13','',5705,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/23/5705-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5721,1,'2011-05-24 12:31:55','2011-05-24 19:31:55','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated nutmeg again!  I got very excited ove rthis.  It\' s the little things, my friends.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nKimeee:  \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLauren:  She helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLittle Michelle B:  \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPreggers Corinniecakes:  <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI caught <strong>Britt</strong> while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHere is why it tastes so good.  Decadence broken down:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)\n\n1 cup cream\n\n1/4 cup butter\n\ntruffle oil\n\ntruffle salt\n\nArtisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-3','','','2011-05-24 12:31:55','2011-05-24 19:31:55','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5722,1,'2011-05-24 12:43:49','2011-05-24 19:43:49','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated nutmeg again!  I got very excited ove rthis.  It\' s the little things, my friends.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n\nKimeee:  \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLauren:  She helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLittle Michelle B:  \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nPreggers Corinniecakes:  <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI caught <strong>Britt</strong> while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHere is why it tastes so good.  Decadence broken down:\n\n&nbsp;\n\n4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)\n\n1 cup cream\n\n1/4 cup butter\n\ntruffle oil\n\ntruffle salt\n\nArtisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)\n\nNutmeg\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-4','','','2011-05-24 12:43:49','2011-05-24 19:43:49','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5723,1,'2011-05-24 12:44:35','2011-05-24 19:44:35','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated nutmeg again!  I got very excited ove rthis.  It\' s the little things, my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Kimeee:  \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Lauren:  She helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li>Little Michelle B:  \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.</li>\r\n	<li>Preggers Corinniecakes:  <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <strong>Britt</strong> while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere is why it tastes so good.  Decadence broken down:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-5','','','2011-05-24 12:44:35','2011-05-24 19:44:35','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5724,1,'2011-05-24 12:44:43','2011-05-24 19:44:43','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated nutmeg again!  I got very excited ove rthis.  It\' s the little things, my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Kimeee:  \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Lauren:  She helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li>Little Michelle B:  \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.</li>\r\n	<li>Preggers Corinniecakes:  <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <strong>Britt</strong> while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere is why it tastes so good.  Decadence broken down:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-6','','','2011-05-24 12:44:43','2011-05-24 19:44:43','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5725,1,'2011-05-24 12:47:16','2011-05-24 19:47:16','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\n\n&nbsp;\n\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated nutmeg again!  I got very excited ove rthis.  It\' s the little things, my friends.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>Kimeee:  \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>Lauren:  She helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\n	<li>Little Michelle B:  \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.</li>\n	<li>Preggers Corinniecakes:  <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\n	<li>I caught <strong>Britt</strong> while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\nHere is why it tastes so good.  The Decadence broken down:\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span><strong>\n</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-7','','','2011-05-24 12:47:16','2011-05-24 19:47:16','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5729,1,'2011-05-24 20:19:44','2011-05-25 03:19:44','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-364','','','2011-05-24 20:19:44','2011-05-25 03:19:44','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5726,1,'2011-05-26 01:11:29','2011-05-26 08:11:29','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5746\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nExcept Little Miss B and A Perfect Bruschetta from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was scheduled to cook soup on the 4th day of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  I arrived home after yet another hour and another $100+ at Whole Paycheck (Cooking is time consuming and expensive!  It\'s cheaper to eat out!) to discover that I had no chicken broth.  I forgot to put it on the list with the gazillion other items that I need to pick up.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI flipped my plans and chose to make day 5\'s A Perfect Bruschetta instead.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI am here to tell you that, yes, this bruschetta is indeed perfect.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI enjoyed it so much that (selfish wench that I am) I did not take it in to work the next day to feed my darling coworkers.  I craved one or more future rendezvous with my new love.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow I know why <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong> book jacket description speaks of Lisa Dahl\'s \"lusty cooking\".  I think that the world has a new aphrodisiac in A Perfect Bruschetta.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A Perfect Bruschetta</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in love. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would say 5 stars, but this is truly off the charts.  It cannot be categorized. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Purchase the homemade ciabatta from Whole Foods for this recipe.  Heavenly. </span></span>','Day 239:  A Perfect Bruschetta ','','publish','open','open','','day-239-the-perfect-bruschetta','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/','2011-05-25 21:10:43','2011-05-26 04:10:43','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5726',0,'post','',2),(5727,1,'2011-05-24 12:49:08','2011-05-24 19:49:08','','Day 239:  The Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-revision','','','2011-05-24 12:49:08','2011-05-24 19:49:08','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5726-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5728,1,'2011-05-24 12:48:39','2011-05-24 19:48:39','decadence broken down , recount all ingredients\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nFresh nutmeg.  As god is my witness, I will never purchase pre grated nutmeg again!  I got very excited ove rthis.  It\' s the little things, my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>Kimeee:  \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Lauren:  She helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li>Little Michelle B:  \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.</li>\r\n	<li>Preggers Corinniecakes:  <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <strong>Britt</strong> while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHere is why it tastes so good.  The Decadence broken down:\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span><strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-8','','','2011-05-24 12:48:39','2011-05-24 19:48:39','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(5730,1,'2011-05-24 20:20:58','2011-05-25 03:20:58','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-365','','','2011-05-24 20:20:58','2011-05-25 03:20:58','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5731,1,'2011-05-24 20:22:29','2011-05-25 03:22:29','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-366','','','2011-05-24 20:22:29','2011-05-25 03:22:29','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220014.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5732,1,'2011-05-24 20:23:46','2011-05-25 03:23:46','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>Kimeee:  \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>Lauren:  She helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\n	<li>Little Michelle B:  \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.</li>\n	<li>Preggie Corinniecakes:  <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\n	<li>I caught <strong>Britt</strong> while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\n</ul>\nHere is why it tastes so good.  The Decadence broken down:\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span><strong>\n</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-9','','','2011-05-24 20:23:46','2011-05-25 03:23:46','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(5733,1,'2011-05-24 20:25:50','2011-05-25 03:25:50','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren:</strong></span> , Kimeee\'s colleghelped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Preggie Corinniecakes:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\n</ul>\nHere is why it tastes so good.  The Decadence broken down:\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span><strong>\n</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-10','','','2011-05-24 20:25:50','2011-05-25 03:25:50','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(5734,1,'2011-05-24 20:28:25','2011-05-25 03:28:25','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\n</ul>\nHere is why it tastes so good.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Decadence Decn:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-11','','','2011-05-24 20:28:25','2011-05-25 03:28:25','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(5735,1,'2011-05-24 20:28:33','2011-05-25 03:28:33','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere is why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-12','','','2011-05-24 20:28:33','2011-05-25 03:28:33','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(5736,1,'2011-05-24 20:29:15','2011-05-25 03:29:15','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere is why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-13','','','2011-05-24 20:29:15','2011-05-25 03:29:15','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(5737,1,'2011-05-24 20:29:57','2011-05-25 03:29:57','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nThe Secret to why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-14','','','2011-05-24 20:29:57','2011-05-25 03:29:57','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(5738,1,'2011-05-24 20:31:31','2011-05-25 03:31:31','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\n</ul>\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-15','','','2011-05-24 20:31:31','2011-05-25 03:31:31','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-15/',0,'revision','',0),(5739,1,'2011-05-25 15:59:35','2011-05-25 22:59:35','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\n</ul>\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Updates since original post </strong></span>(Thanks, Carolyn!):\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n	<li>3 cups Cheddar cheese</li>\n	<li>1/2 cup Parmesan</li>\n	<li>1/4 cup Gorgonzola</li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient.</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you would like to cook The Best Mac &amp; Cheese in the Universe, you can find <em>The Elixir of Life</em> cookbook <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\n\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Mac & Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-autosave','','','2011-05-25 15:59:35','2011-05-25 22:59:35','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5740,1,'2011-05-24 20:51:45','2011-05-25 03:51:45','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-16','','','2011-05-24 20:51:45','2011-05-25 03:51:45','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-16/',0,'revision','',0),(5741,1,'2011-05-24 20:56:34','2011-05-25 03:56:34','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient.</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you would like to cook The Best Mac &amp; Cheese in the Universe, you can find <em>The Elixir of Life</em> cookbook <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni and Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-17','','','2011-05-24 20:56:34','2011-05-25 03:56:34','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(5742,1,'2011-05-24 20:58:17','2011-05-25 03:58:17','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient.</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you would like to cook The Best Mac &amp; Cheese in the Universe, you can find <em>The Elixir of Life</em> cookbook <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Macaroni & Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-18','','','2011-05-24 20:58:17','2011-05-25 03:58:17','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-18/',0,'revision','',0),(5743,1,'2011-05-24 20:58:47','2011-05-25 03:58:47','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient.</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you would like to cook The Best Mac &amp; Cheese in the Universe, you can find <em>The Elixir of Life</em> cookbook <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Mac & Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-19','','','2011-05-24 20:58:47','2011-05-25 03:58:47','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(5744,1,'2011-05-24 12:49:46','2011-05-24 19:49:46','Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nExcept Little Miss B and The Perfect Bruschetta from The Elixir of Life cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was scheduled to cook soup','Day 239:  The Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-revision-2','','','2011-05-24 12:49:46','2011-05-24 19:49:46','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5726-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5745,1,'2011-05-24 20:59:39','2011-05-25 03:59:39','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5729\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Day 4 of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Truffle Mac &amp; Cheese\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Trufflicious.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews:</strong></span> 5-stars (do you sense a theme yet with this cookbook?)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Kimeee:</span></strong> \"This is the best mac and cheese I\'ve ever eaten.  I feel like I\'m eating at an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Lauren</strong></span>, Kimeee\'s 19 year-old, helped herself to 3 servings.  What do you think?</li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Little Michelle B:</strong></span> \"This is the best mac and cheese EVER!  It tastes like it\'s from an expensive restaurant.\"</li>\r\n	<li>(Yes, ladies, my credit card can attest that this is indeed the most expensive mac and cheese you\'ve eaten.)</li>\r\n	<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Corinniecakes aka World\'s Cutest Pregnant Woman:</span></strong> <em>(dramatically) </em>\"There are no words.\"</li>\r\n	<li>I caught <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Britt</strong> </span>while she snuck back to kitchen later in the afternoon for a second helping.  \"It\'s just so good.  I can\'t help myself.\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\nHere\'s the secret to why it tastes so good.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Decadence Deconstructed:</strong></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n	<li>4 cups of whole milk (the kind in the glass bottle at Whole Paycheck where the cream rises to the top)</li>\r\n	<li>1 cup cream</li>\r\n	<li>1/4 cup butter</li>\r\n	<li>truffle oil</li>\r\n	<li>truffle salt</li>\r\n	<li>Artisan pasta imported from Italy (I tease you, Whole Paycheck, but I really appreciate how you stock only the best.)</li>\r\n	<li>Nutmeg</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Disclaimer: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Never feed this to a heart patient.</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you would like to cook The Best Mac &amp; Cheese in the Universe, you can find <em>The Elixir of Life</em> cookbook <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></strong>. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong></span>Buy whole nutmeg.  Grate it yourself.  You will step into another culinary dimension.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5730\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5220012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAs God is my witness, I will never purchase ground nutmeg again!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s the little things in life, my friends.  It truly is the little things...\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 238:  The Best Mac & Cheese in the Universe ','','inherit','open','open','','5709-revision-20','','','2011-05-24 20:59:39','2011-05-25 03:59:39','',5709,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/24/5709-revision-20/',0,'revision','',0),(5746,1,'2011-05-25 20:34:17','2011-05-26 03:34:17','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-367','','','2011-05-25 20:34:17','2011-05-26 03:34:17','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5747,1,'2011-05-25 21:04:39','2011-05-26 04:04:39','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5746\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nExcept Little Miss B and A Perfect Bruschetta from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was scheduled to cook soup on the 4th day of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  I arrived home after yet another hour and another $100+ at Whole Paycheck (Cooking is time consuming and expensive!  It\'s cheaper to eat out!) to discover that I had no chicken broth.  I forgot to put it on the list with the gazillion other items that I need to pick up.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI flipped my plans and chose to make day 5\'s A Perfect Bruschetta instead.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYes, it is indeed perfect.  It\'s my new favorite food.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI enjoyed it so much that (selfish wench that I am) I did not take it in to work the next day to feed my darling coworkers.  I craved one or more future rendezvous with my new love.  Now I know why <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong> book jacket description speaks of Lisa Dahl\'s \"lusty cooking\".  I think that the world has a new aphrodisiac in A Perfect Bruschetta.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A Perfect Bruschetta</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in love. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would say 5 stars, but this is truly off the charts.  It cannot be categorized. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Purchase the homemade ciabatta at Whole Foods for this.  Hea </span></span>','Day 239:  The Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-revision-3','','','2011-05-25 21:04:39','2011-05-26 04:04:39','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5726-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5748,1,'2011-05-25 21:06:09','2011-05-26 04:06:09','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5746\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nExcept Little Miss B and A Perfect Bruschetta from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was scheduled to cook soup on the 4th day of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  I arrived home after yet another hour and another $100+ at Whole Paycheck (Cooking is time consuming and expensive!  It\'s cheaper to eat out!) to discover that I had no chicken broth.  I forgot to put it on the list with the gazillion other items that I need to pick up.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI flipped my plans and chose to make day 5\'s A Perfect Bruschetta instead.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYes, it is indeed perfect.  It\'s my new favorite food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI enjoyed it so much that (selfish wench that I am) I did not take it in to work the next day to feed my darling coworkers.  I craved one or more future rendezvous with my new love.  Now I know why <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong> book jacket description speaks of Lisa Dahl\'s \"lusty cooking\".  I think that the world has a new aphrodisiac in A Perfect Bruschetta.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A Perfect Bruschetta</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in love. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would say 5 stars, but this is truly off the charts.  It cannot be categorized. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Purchase the homemade ciabatta from Whole Foods for this recipe.  Heavenly. </span></span>','Day 239:  The Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-revision-4','','','2011-05-25 21:06:09','2011-05-26 04:06:09','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5726-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5749,1,'2011-05-25 21:06:22','2011-05-26 04:06:22','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5746\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nExcept Little Miss B and A Perfect Bruschetta from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was scheduled to cook soup on the 4th day of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  I arrived home after yet another hour and another $100+ at Whole Paycheck (Cooking is time consuming and expensive!  It\'s cheaper to eat out!) to discover that I had no chicken broth.  I forgot to put it on the list with the gazillion other items that I need to pick up.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI flipped my plans and chose to make day 5\'s A Perfect Bruschetta instead.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYes, it is indeed perfect.  It\'s my new favorite food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI enjoyed it so much that (selfish wench that I am) I did not take it in to work the next day to feed my darling coworkers.  I craved one or more future rendezvous with my new love.  Now I know why <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong> book jacket description speaks of Lisa Dahl\'s \"lusty cooking\".  I think that the world has a new aphrodisiac in A Perfect Bruschetta.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A Perfect Bruschetta</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in love. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would say 5 stars, but this is truly off the charts.  It cannot be categorized. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Purchase the homemade ciabatta from Whole Foods for this recipe.  Heavenly. </span></span>','Day 239:  A Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-revision-5','','','2011-05-25 21:06:22','2011-05-26 04:06:22','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5726-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5750,1,'2011-05-25 21:07:09','2011-05-26 04:07:09','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5746\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nExcept Little Miss B and A Perfect Bruschetta from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was scheduled to cook soup on the 4th day of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  I arrived home after yet another hour and another $100+ at Whole Paycheck (Cooking is time consuming and expensive!  It\'s cheaper to eat out!) to discover that I had no chicken broth.  I forgot to put it on the list with the gazillion other items that I need to pick up.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI flipped my plans and chose to make day 5\'s A Perfect Bruschetta instead.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYes, it is indeed perfect.  It\'s my new favorite food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI enjoyed it so much that (selfish wench that I am) I did not take it in to work the next day to feed my darling coworkers.  I craved one or more future rendezvous with my new love.  Now I know why <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong> book jacket description speaks of Lisa Dahl\'s \"lusty cooking\".  I think that the world has a new aphrodisiac in A Perfect Bruschetta.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A Perfect Bruschetta</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in love. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would say 5 stars, but this is truly off the charts.  It cannot be categorized. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Purchase the homemade ciabatta from Whole Foods for this recipe.  Heavenly. </span></span>','Day 239:  A Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-revision-6','','','2011-05-25 21:07:09','2011-05-26 04:07:09','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5726-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(5751,1,'2011-05-25 21:10:38','2011-05-26 04:10:38','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5746\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nExcept Little Miss B and A Perfect Bruschetta from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI was scheduled to cook soup on the 4th day of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  I arrived home after yet another hour and another $100+ at Whole Paycheck (Cooking is time consuming and expensive!  It\'s cheaper to eat out!) to discover that I had no chicken broth.  I forgot to put it on the list with the gazillion other items that I need to pick up.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI flipped my plans and chose to make day 5\'s A Perfect Bruschetta instead.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI am here to tell you that, yes, this bruschetta is indeed perfect.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI enjoyed it so much that (selfish wench that I am) I did not take it in to work the next day to feed my darling coworkers.  I craved one or more future rendezvous with my new love.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNow I know why <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong> book jacket description speaks of Lisa Dahl\'s \"lusty cooking\".  I think that the world has a new aphrodisiac in A Perfect Bruschetta.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A Perfect Bruschetta</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in love. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would say 5 stars, but this is truly off the charts.  It cannot be categorized. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Purchase the homemade ciabatta from Whole Foods for this recipe.  Heavenly. </span></span>','Day 239:  A Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-autosave','','','2011-05-25 21:10:38','2011-05-26 04:10:38','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5726-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5752,1,'2011-05-25 21:08:52','2011-05-26 04:08:52','<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5746\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5230024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>Nothing in life is perfect my friends.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nExcept Little Miss B and A Perfect Bruschetta from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI was scheduled to cook soup on the 4th day of <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  I arrived home after yet another hour and another $100+ at Whole Paycheck (Cooking is time consuming and expensive!  It\'s cheaper to eat out!) to discover that I had no chicken broth.  I forgot to put it on the list with the gazillion other items that I need to pick up.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI flipped my plans and chose to make day 5\'s A Perfect Bruschetta instead.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYes, it is indeed perfect.  It\'s my new favorite food.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nI enjoyed it so much that (selfish wench that I am) I did not take it in to work the next day to feed my darling coworkers.  I craved one or more future rendezvous with my new love.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNow I know why <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a></em></strong> book jacket description speaks of Lisa Dahl\'s \"lusty cooking\".  I think that the world has a new aphrodisiac in A Perfect Bruschetta.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> A Perfect Bruschetta</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I am in love. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I would say 5 stars, but this is truly off the charts.  It cannot be categorized. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Purchase the homemade ciabatta from Whole Foods for this recipe.  Heavenly. </span></span>','Day 239:  A Perfect Bruschetta ','','inherit','open','open','','5726-revision-7','','','2011-05-25 21:08:52','2011-05-26 04:08:52','',5726,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5726-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(5753,1,'2011-05-27 01:11:29','2011-05-27 08:11:29','[caption id=\"attachment_5764\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Velvety Soup along with Another Perfect Bruschetta Rendezvous\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5240013.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5764\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5240013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s 95 degrees outside.  I think I\'ll make soup from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBrilliant, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s an inside joke with my family.  When we would visit Nana in the middle of the Florida summer, she would always pick the hottest and most humid day to cook homemade soup.  When we would protest too much, she would counter with, \"Soup is so nourishing.  I love a good bowl of soup.  I don\'t care how hot it is.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSoooo...I thought I\'d make my family laugh and knock out another recipe for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Velvety Celery-Leek Soup</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5-stars.  Again. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kim C. --  \"Mmmmmmm...\" </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May I add, \"Mmmmm good!\"</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wow!  It is indeed velvety!  Amazing!  I\'ve never eaten velvety soup before, have you??? </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Buy your chicken broth while at the grocery store the first time, so you don\'t have to make a return trip.  In other words, make your list and check it twice. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 240:  Velvety Soup','','publish','open','open','','day-240-velvety-soup','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/','2011-05-26 21:31:44','2011-05-27 04:31:44','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5753',0,'post','',0),(5754,1,'2011-05-25 21:12:34','2011-05-26 04:12:34','Velvety Celery-Leek Sou','Day 240:  Velvety Soup','','inherit','open','open','','5753-revision','','','2011-05-25 21:12:34','2011-05-26 04:12:34','',5753,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5753-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5755,1,'2011-05-27 11:11:04','2011-05-27 18:11:04','[caption id=\"attachment_5768\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Pizza &quot;brutta&quot; -- ugly.  Don&#39;t judge a pizza by its cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250015.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5768\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nNo, I\'m not talking about painting a picture of a pizza.  I\'m talking about using pizza dough as your canvas.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I didn\'t come up with this lusciously brilliant idea, I borrowed it from Lisa Dahl\'s <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life </a></strong>cookbook for my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLisa calls these mini creations \"pizettes\".  That has to be the cutest name for food that I have ever heard.  I now want to consume pizettes on a regular basis just for the sheer whimsy of it all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThey are also super easy to make, and if you use whole wheat flour and lots of veggies like I did, they can also be downright healthy.  (I desperately needed fiber after this week\'s overemphasis on white bread, cream, and butter!)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5769\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"The dough rises well even with the whole wheat flour.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250014.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5769 \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Fig-Eggplant Pizette\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Too good to share.  I took the leftovers in to work for lunch and did manage to save a wee bit for my sis who arrives in town today!  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span>6-stars (includes a bonus star for healthiness)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Whole Wheat Flour is your friend.  You can substitute it for the white flour (but not the semolina flour) in the original recipe.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5770\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Mangia, peeps!\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250016.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5770\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250016-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 241:  Pizza Painting','','publish','open','open','','day-241-pizza-painting','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/','2011-05-26 21:32:27','2011-05-27 04:32:27','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5755',0,'post','',2),(5756,1,'2011-05-25 21:14:04','2011-05-26 04:14:04','Fig-Eggplant Pizette','Day 241:  Pizette Canvases ','','inherit','open','open','','5755-revision','','','2011-05-25 21:14:04','2011-05-26 04:14:04','',5755,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/25/5755-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(5757,1,'2011-05-26 20:32:33','2011-05-27 03:32:33','It\'s 95 degrees outside.  I think I\'ll make soup from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBrilliant, isn\'t it?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt\'s an inside joke with my family.  When we would visit Nana in the middle of the Florida summer, she would always pick the hottest and most humid day to cook homemade soup.  When we would protest too much, she would counter with, \"Soup is so nourishing.  I love a good bowl of soup.  I don\'t care how hot it is.\"\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSoooo...I thought I\'d make my family laugh and knock out another recipe for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a>.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Velvety Celery-Leek Soup</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5-stars.  Again. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kim C. --  \"Mmmmmmm...\" </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May I add, \"Mmmmm good!\"</span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wow!  It is indeed velvety!  Amazing!  I\'ve never eaten velvety soup before, have you??? </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Buy your chicken broth while at the grocery store the first time, so you don\'t have to make a return trip.  In other words, make your list and check it twice. </span></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Day 240:  Velvety Soup','','inherit','open','open','','5753-revision-2','','','2011-05-26 20:32:33','2011-05-27 03:32:33','',5753,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/26/5753-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(5758,1,'2011-05-29 01:11:00','2011-05-29 08:11:00','<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5774\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Next time, I&#39;ll make mine look like this.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5260018.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5774\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5260018-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Gnocchi Con Funghi e Tartufi from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life </a></em></strong>cookbook.</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Priceless</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kim C.  -- Who needs a man when you have this?</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Me -- I disagree.  I would like a man, and I would like for him to feed me this.  Followed by grapes for dessert.</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Another disclaimer:</strong></span> Don\'t feed to a heart patient.\r\n</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Tip du Jour: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you can\'t eat blue cheeses like me (headaches!), you can safely substitute feta. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And this, ladies and token gents, concludes the <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.  The Grand Finale will take place in enchanting Sedona, Arizona, where my sister and I will dine at Lisa Dahl\'s <strong><a href=\"http://www.cucinarustica.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cucina Rustica</a></strong>.</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> </span></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_5775\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"My version\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5260017.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5775\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5260017-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 242:  You Don\'t Need a Man.  You Need This Cream Sauce.  ','','publish','open','open','','day-242-you-dont-need-a-man-you-need-this-cream-sauce','','\nhttp://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/','2011-05-28 09:58:45','2011-05-28 16:58:45','',0,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/?p=5758',0,'post','',3),(5759,1,'2011-05-26 20:34:36','2011-05-27 03:34:36','Kim C.  -- Who needs a man when you have this?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI disagree.  I would like a Tall Drink of Water feeding me','Day 242:  You Don\'t Need a Man.  You Need This Cream Sauce.  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You Need This Cream Sauce.  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</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Buy your chicken broth while at the grocery store the first time, so you don\'t have to make a return trip.  In other words, make your list and check it twice. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 240:  Velvety Soup','','inherit','open','open','','5753-revision-3','','','2011-05-26 20:33:17','2011-05-27 03:33:17','',5753,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/26/5753-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(5766,1,'2011-05-26 21:08:44','2011-05-27 04:08:44','[caption id=\"attachment_5764\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Velvety Soup along with Another Perfect Bruschetta Rendezvous\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5240013.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5764\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5240013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s 95 degrees outside.  I think I\'ll make soup from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBrilliant, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s an inside joke with my family.  When we would visit Nana in the middle of the Florida summer, she would always pick the hottest and most humid day to cook homemade soup.  When we would protest too much, she would counter with, \"Soup is so nourishing.  I love a good bowl of soup.  I don\'t care how hot it is.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSoooo...I thought I\'d make my family laugh and knock out another recipe for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Velvety Celery-Leek Soup</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5-stars.  Again. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kim C. --  \"Mmmmmmm...\" </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May I add, \"Mmmmm good!\"</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wow!  It is indeed velvety!  Amazing!  I\'ve never eaten velvety soup before, have you??? </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Buy your chicken broth while at the grocery store the first time, so you don\'t have to make a return trip.  In other words, make your list and check it twice. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 240:  Velvety Soup','','inherit','open','open','','5753-revision-4','','','2011-05-26 21:08:44','2011-05-27 04:08:44','',5753,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/26/5753-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(5767,1,'2011-05-26 21:29:02','2011-05-27 04:29:02','[caption id=\"attachment_5768\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Pizza &quot;brutta&quot; -- ugly.  Don&#39;t judge a pizza by its cover.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250015.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5768\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250015-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nNo, I\'m not talking about painting a picture of a pizza.  I\'m talking about using pizza dough as your canvas.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNo, I didn\'t come up with this lusciously brilliant idea, I borrowed it from Lisa Dahl\'s <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life </a></strong>cookbook for my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLisa calls these mini creations \"pizettes\".  That has to be the cutest name for food that I have ever heard.  I now want to consume pizettes on a regular basis just for the sheer whimsy of it all.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThey are also super easy to make, and if you use whole wheat flour and lots of veggies like I did, they can also be downright healthy.  (I desperately needed fiber after this week\'s overemphasis on white bread, cream, and butter!)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_5769\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\" caption=\"The dough rises well even with the whole wheat flour.\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250014.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5769 \" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250014-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Fig-Eggplant Pizette\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Too good to share.  I took the leftovers in to work for lunch and did manage to save a wee bit for my sis who arrives in town today!  :-)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span>6-stars (includes a bonus star for healthiness)\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Whole Wheat Flour is your friend.  You can substitute it for the white flour (but not the semolina flour) in the original recipe.','Day 241:  Pizza Painting','','inherit','open','open','','5755-autosave','','','2011-05-26 21:29:02','2011-05-27 04:29:02','',5755,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/26/5755-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(5768,1,'2011-05-26 21:14:49','2011-05-27 04:14:49','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-369','','','2011-05-26 21:14:49','2011-05-27 04:14:49','',5755,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250015.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5769,1,'2011-05-26 21:25:07','2011-05-27 04:25:07','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','It rises well even with the whole wheat flour.','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-370','','','2011-05-26 21:25:07','2011-05-27 04:25:07','',5755,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250014.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5770,1,'2011-05-26 21:29:36','2011-05-27 04:29:36','','OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA','Mangia, peeps!','inherit','open','open','','olympus-digital-camera-371','','','2011-05-26 21:29:36','2011-05-27 04:29:36','',5755,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5250016.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5771,1,'2011-05-26 20:50:50','2011-05-27 03:50:50','No, I\'m not talking about painting a picture of a pizza.  I\'m talking about using pizza dough as your canvas.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo, I didn\'t come up with this lusciously brilliant idea, I borrowed it from Lisa Dahl\'s <strong><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life </a></strong>cookbook for my <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Lusty Cooking Project</a></strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nLisa calls these mini creations \"pizettes\".  That has to be the cutest name for food that I have ever heard.  I now want to consume pizettes on a regular basis just for the sheer whimsy of it all.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThey are also super easy to make, and if you use whole wheat flour and lots of veggies like I did, they can also be downright healthy.  (I desperately needed fiber after this week\'s overemphasis on white bread, cream, and butter!)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span> Fig-Eggplant Pizette\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome:</strong></span> Too good to share.  I took the leftovers in to work for lunch and did manage to save a wee bit for my sis who arrives in town today!  :-)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong></span>6-stars (includes a bonus star for healthiness)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour:</strong></span> Whole Wheat Flour is your friend.  You can substitute it for the white flour (but not the semolina flour) in the original recipe.','Day 241:  Pizza Painting','','inherit','open','open','','5755-revision-5','','','2011-05-26 20:50:50','2011-05-27 03:50:50','',5755,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/26/5755-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(5772,1,'2011-05-26 21:10:08','2011-05-27 04:10:08','[caption id=\"attachment_5764\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Velvety Soup along with Another Perfect Bruschetta Rendezvous\"]<a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5240013.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5764\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/P5240013-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nIt\'s 95 degrees outside.  I think I\'ll make soup from <strong><em><a href=\"http://livingdahl.com/elixir-of-life_store.html/\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir of Life</a> </em></strong>cookbook.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBrilliant, isn\'t it?\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt\'s an inside joke with my family.  When we would visit Nana in the middle of the Florida summer, she would always pick the hottest and most humid day to cook homemade soup.  When we would protest too much, she would counter with, \"Soup is so nourishing.  I love a good bowl of soup.  I don\'t care how hot it is.\"\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSoooo...I thought I\'d make my family laugh and knock out another recipe for <strong><a href=\"http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/18/day-232-lusty-cooking-project-menu/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lusty Cooking Project</a>.</strong>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Recipe: </strong></span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Velvety Celery-Leek Soup</span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Outcome: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5-stars.  Again. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Reviews: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kim C. --  \"Mmmmmmm...\" </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May I add, \"Mmmmm good!\"</span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wow!  It is indeed velvety!  Amazing!  I\'ve never eaten velvety soup before, have you??? </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Late Bloomer\'s Culinary Tip du Jour: </strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Buy your chicken broth while at the grocery store the first time, so you don\'t have to make a return trip.  In other words, make your list and check it twice. </span></span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Day 240:  Velvety Soup','','inherit','open','open','','5753-revision-5','','','2011-05-26 21:10:08','2011-05-27 04:10:08','',5753,'http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/05/26/5753-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0);
