use real butter

My current headache is a Sugar Headache… Trying to kick my general malaise, we drove into Pasadena tonight for some Really Delicious But Incredibly Bad For You food. Driving through Old Pasadena, it occurred to me that we rarely ever go out because we dislike the urban (if you can call gentrified Pasadena urban) atmosphere – especially the nightlife. I had to start off with a lime rickey and to coordinate the flavor theme, Jeremy opted for a true fountain lime coke.

**Jump for more butter**

I made rice crispy treats with Trader Joe’s organic Koala Crisps (cocoa flavored!).

They look funny because I had more marshmallow than rice cereal, so I had to add in some regular rice crispies. But my Official Taste Tester reports that the texture of the Koala Crisps is crunchier and more flavorful than regular rice crispies. Success!

I try to avoid soda, especially the kind with caffeine. Since we don’t have a TV, I get to miss a lot of commercial advertising, which is good. But last weekend I saw a billboard in LA (or maybe it was in Denver?) with this on it:

And those bastard genius marketing twerps at The Coca-Cola Company had that image in my mind for 4 days until I broke down and bought a 2-liter. Good stuff. Not as limey as I had hoped, but I like it. I still love Cherry Coke more (and I prefer to make my own).