use real butter

Here’s to another year as we creep ever closer to mid-life crisis, Jeremy! A very merry birthday to my guy. Today was damn busy, but that’s what happens when your fridge is empty and you have a ton of crap to take care of. I managed to make some birthday dinner tonight, but birthday dessert is part 2 for tomorrow.

sashimi-grade tuna from whole foods makes spicy tuna handrolls for appetizers

**Jump for more butter**

I was in Boulder this morning to 1) get some chocolate croissants 2) drop Jeremy off at work 3) get remaining backpacking foods and 4) get my bubble curtain at McGuckin. The best Safeway in town is on 28th and Iris. The Wild Oats are all okay, but the Baseline Wild Oats is my favorite (I think they have the best meat counter). I was looking for a good bakery in town to pick up filled croissants. The Great Harvest Bread Company was listed as #1 by the Boulder Weekly, but when I went online to get a look at their menu – no dice. If you don’t have internet advertising, that’s a big X in my book. Runner up was Breadworks – and at least they had a page with menu and hours. I hit the jackpot.

sweetness and light: chocolate-filled and almond-filled croissants

savory: ham and cheese, broccoli and cheese croissants

Why the croissants? Well… these are some of the most digestible, tasty, calorie-packed, and easy foods to take backpacking for short trips.

Fiona came by tonight to drop off her mail key since their Ned friends who collected their mail before are moving to New Zealand. We invited her to join us for our simple dinner (homemade pasta sauce with angel hair and asiago cheese) and then a nip of chocolate. Last time she was at our place, my giant Twinings tin was empty. I bought the 100+ bags of Earl Grey tea years ago just so I could get the tin. It wasn’t hard to get Jeremy and Hoke to finish the tea. It is now filled with better stuff.

some callebaut, some paris flyer swiss, some caro, some lindt