Month: October 2003

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Breakfast was fruit again this morning, though slightly different — pineapple, strawberries, grapes, and watermelon — with a glass of orange juice.



<ins datetime="2003-10-31T17:38:00-05:00">Lunch was french onion soup and a bottle of pinot grigio, though this was a different brand: <a href="http://www.winespectatorschool.com/Wine/Daily/Wine_Print/0,2466,1364,00.html" title="Wine Spectator Online | Wine of the Day | Zenato Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie 2002">Zenato&reg; Pinot Grigio Della Venezie (2002)</a>. We did go to the beach this morning, but it got a bit to hot for us and after playing in the tide pools for a while, we simply went home. We did get a chance to see some fiddler crabs, though.</ins>



<img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/fiddler.jpg" height="256" width="341" alt="Fiddler Crab" />



<ins datetime="2003-10-31T21:38:00-05:00">Dinner was pork tenderloin, braised in apple juice, with apples, fingerling potatoes, crook-necked squash, and a bottle of Bolla Valpolicella. Dessert was <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/2003_11_01_journal.html#id106782430130638179" title="My Mother's Dump Cake">dump cake</a>. Dad opened a bottle of champagne &mdash; <a href="http://www.champagne-roederer.com/style/us/flash/brutprem.html" title="Brut premier">Louis Roederer Champagne Brut Premier&reg;</a> &mdash; in honor of our last day of vacation.</ins>
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Breakfast was mixed fruit &mdash; pineapple, cantaloupe, and strawberries &mdash; once again, and a glass of orange juice.



Lunch was a cup of left-over potato-leek soup, left-over king crab legs, and another bottle of pinot grigio &mdash; apparently, mom really likes pinot gririo. No walk on the beach today, though we did drive through <a href="http://www.dingdarling.org/wildlife.html" title="Ding Darling Foundation">J. N. &#8220;Ding&#8221; Darling National Wildlife Refuge</a>. There wasn&rsquo;t a lot of wildlife &mdash; they have only just started draining the fresh water part for the winter &mdash; but we did get a beautiful view of a <a href="http://www.ci.sanibel.fl.us/calendar/COVERSTORY2002.htm" title="City of Sanibel 2002 Calendar">Tri-colored Heron</a> (a.k.a. <a href="http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F38_G1k.html" title="Louisiana Heron">Louisiana Heron</a>).



<img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/tri-color-heron.jpg" height="256" width="341" alt="Tri-Color Heron" />



<ins datetime="2003-10-30T20:37:00-05:00">Dinner was rosemary roasted chicken, with mashed potatoes and pan gravy, cranberry dressing, asparagus, and a bottle of &mdash; you guessed it &mdash; pinot grigio. Dessert was butterscotch sundays with cashews.</ins>
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Breakfast was mixed fruit &mdash; pineapple, cantaloupe, and strawberries &mdash; an eclair, and a glass of orange juice.



<img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/lighthouse.jpg" height="256" width="341" alt="Sanibel Lighthouse" />



<ins datetime="2003-10-29T15:29:00-05:00">Gretchen and I went for a long walk on the beech this morning down by the <a href="http://www.vacationfunspots.com/Sanibel/island_history.htm" title="Island History">lighthouse</a>, maybe four miles, lots of it in the surf as this seemed like a very low tide, exposing many long sand bars covered with sand dollars. Lunch was ham and cheese cosmo hoagies with saut&eacute;ed onions and peppers, accompanied by a pickle and baked beans, with another bottle of <a href="http://www.bolla.com/view_wine.asp?nWID=4" title="Bolla Wines of Italy - Open Up">Bolla Pinot Grigio</a>.</ins>



<img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/sand-dollars.jpg" height="256" width="341" alt="Sand Dollars" />



<ins datetime="2003-10-30T08:29:00-05:00">Dinner was lamb chops, green beans with marinera sauce (I&rsquo;ve never had that before, but good!), and a baked potato, with a bottle of <a href="http://www.terrabianca.com/e/IlVino/body_campaccio.shtml" title="www.terrabianca.com">Terrabianca Campaccio</a> (1999). Dessert was port: <a href="http://www.churchills-port.com/index.html" title="churchills homepage">Churchill&rsquo;s</a> Tawny Porto (Ten Years Old).</ins>
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Breakfast this morning was a toasted cinnamon-raison bagel with honey, mixed fruit &mdash; cantaloupe, pineapple, and strawberries &mdash; and orange juice.



<img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/shore-bird-pair.jpg" alt="A pair of sandpipers walking on the shore" height="256" width="341" />



<ins datetime="2003-10-28T12:58:00-05:00">Gretchen and I went for a walk on the beach again this morning. We probably walked about four miles total. Lunch was a cross between a chef and a cobb salad, a slice of cherry pie, and a bottle of <a href="http://www.coveyrun.com/" title="Covey Run - Age Verification">Covey Run</a> <a href="http://www.coveyrun.com/wines/images/2001Syrah.pdf" title="Winemaker Notes: 2001 Syrah">Syrah (2001)</a>.</ins>



<ins datetime="2003-10-29T08:03:00-05:00">Dinner was king crab legs, roasted potatoes, and key lime pie, with a bottle of <a href="http://www.bolla.com/view_wine.asp?nWID=4" title="Bolla Wines of Italy - Open Up">Bolla Pinot Grigio</a>.</ins>
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Breakfast this morning was some pineapple, and cantaloupe, and a glass of orange juice. After breakfast, we went for a walk on the beach &mdash; I would guess four miles total.



<img src="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/images/g-on-beach.jpg" alt="Gretchen on the beach" height="256" width="341" />



Lunch was <a href="http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhl100/2003_10_01_journal.html#id106622230402301789" title="My Mother's Potato Leek Soup">potato leek soup</a>, corn muffins (from Betty Crocker&reg; Golden Corn Muffin and Bread Mix), a small fruit salad, and a bottle of <a href="http://www.bolla.com/view_wine.asp?nWID=1" title="Bolla Wines of Italy - Open Up">Bolla Soave</a>.



<ins datetime="2003-10-28T07:33:00-05:00">Dinner was beef tenderloin, roasted potatoes, and corn on the cob, with a bottle of <a href="http://www.ruffino.com/" title="RUFFINO">Ruffino</a> Riserva Ducale&reg; <a href="http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Wine_Ratings/Search_Results?wine_id=133169&amp;search_by=exact&amp;rowbegin=1&amp;rowincrement=50" title="Wine Spectator | Wine Search Results">Chianti Classico Riserva 2000</a>. Dessert was what my mother calls &ldquo;dump&rdquo; cake.</ins>
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Breakfast was a cake doughnut. We finished Gretchen&rsquo;s picnic food on the second day of our road trip, today. We arrived at my parents and had beans and sausages, and cucumbers and sour cream &mdash; an old family favorite &mdash; and a bottle of <a href="http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Archives/Show_Article/0,1275,75,00.html" title="Wine Spectator Online | Archives | Consistency Defines The U.S.' Favorite Rioja">Crianza Marqu&eacute;s de C&aacute;ceres Rioja (1999)</a>.
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Gretchen and I took a road trip today, going to visit my parents. It was a beautiful day and we made great time. We made it almost to Savana, GA. When we travel, Gretchen makes sandwiches &mdash; these were ham and turkey on croissants. She also brought along dates, dried apricots, raisins, peanuts, and lots of bottled water. It&rsquo;s hard to keep track of how much we ate &mdash; probably too much &mdash; but at least it was mostly healthy. 



We spent the night in a Super-8. Dinner was a crudite (celery and carrot sticks and dip), seafood salad, and a bottle of wine.