http://lucyzoe.com Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:21:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In Season 2 - Episode 7 of In Plain Sight, entitled Duplicate Bridge," Marshall Mann walks in to Norman Baker's house and there's an album on the turntable. Marshall holds up the album and I recognized it right away: Count Basie off the album Count Basie's Finest Hour (Verve), and ... http://lucyzoe.com/2009/06/07/what-album-is-that/ Tonight is the Season Premier of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. My Mom came over and watched last season's finale in preparation for tonight. Goren's back and I'm a happy girl. I've missed him. And this season, we're getting a taste of Jeff Goldblum on L&W:CI. This should be interesting. I'm ... http://lucyzoe.com/2009/04/19/gorens-back/ While standing in front of a deli counter at the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver, B.C., I fell in love with sopressata. The deli guy handed me a piece of the dark, red meat and the lively aroma reached my nose even at an arm's length. It was thinly ... http://lucyzoe.com/2009/03/01/for-love-of-sopressata/ Tonight we brought home a Christmas tree destined to spend its final days in a dark office at Canon Press. It traveled home on top of my car and got covered in snow - which seemed totally appropriate. When I lifted it off the car it was frozen flat on ... http://lucyzoe.com/2008/12/19/oh-my-goodness/ "When I find the perfect house," I said with a wink, "I'll sell my house in Potlatch and move to Moscow." Of course, I didn't believe I would find it, so there was little need to be concerned. I invited my real estate agent, Teri Skiles, to come and see my ... http://lucyzoe.com/2008/12/18/somewhere-between-here-and-there/ Thanks to Nathan, my nephew, I can gaze out the backdoor to check the temperature and pay homage to my SF49ers at the same time. This afternoon, the temperature dropped from 30 to ten in just a few hours...and now it's six (6) degrees. It's beginning to look - and feel - ... http://lucyzoe.com/2008/12/14/oh-baby-its-cold-outside/ The first time I cooked a turkey it was less than tasty. The breast meat was dry, the gravy was flavorless, and the little white pop-up thingy failed to work. Needless to say, I had to find a way to make it work and brining has served my turkeys well ... http://lucyzoe.com/2008/11/27/happy-thanksgiving/ So...I love to cook. No surprise. My roommate, Caressa, thinks I'm a magician as well as a chef. Last night, I stretched out on the couch and said, "I wish we had some ice cream." She looked at me and said, "Why don't you just go make some?" Tonight, her daughter, ... http://lucyzoe.com/2008/09/28/just-go-make-some/ I'll admit it. I've been watching Oprah for many years. I've laughed and cried over the shows, and occasionally yelled at the TV in response to some knucklehead. A few years ago, my staff bought me the anniversary CD set and as I watched the shows...I laughed and cried all ... http://lucyzoe.com/2008/09/08/oprahs-taking-heat-over-palin/ All around the house there are reminders of God's goodness. Toys arrived from everywhere and now spill out of cupboards, get stuffed between the cushions of the couch, hide out in the valleys of kitchen bowls, and get arranged neatly in the remote control basket. "Is that a baby cow?" she ... http://lucyzoe.com/2008/08/28/a-basket-of-blessings/