Double Rainbow

New thing today, saw a double rainbow, not in the way you think. Saw a rainbow on the way into work, and also one on the way home. Just lovely. 

Our Shadows Have Claws - The Nightingale and the Lark

New thing today, willingly reading a book of short stories. I like long stories, books that span a series. Lately though its been tough to read. I get bored or haven’t found anything worth getting invested in. So I am trying this compilation called Our Shadows Have Claws - 15 Latin American Monster Stories. Just finished the first story The Nightingale and the Lark. Overall fine. Snippet. Gets me warmed up for reading. Alright. Ya. Reading before bed. Nightmares? We shall see. 

Fe del Mundo

New thing today, learned about Fe del Mundo a Filipina hero featured in Rad Women Worldwide, a book about women who did incredible things. I had no idea about this one heroine from the Philippines and so read a little more about her in Wikipedia as well. Really nice hearing stories of extraordinary women. 

Mellow host

New thing today, mellowed in prepping for a visitor. We had an aunt coming to visit for the afternoon evening. Usually I go into psycho clean and prettify mode. This week i’ve been fixing up a little and then today cleaned but didn’t stress. Did good enough just fine instead of perfect. It worked out nicely. I focused on trying to have a nice time instead of how nice things are. Also cleaned enough to be nice but not perfect. Put some candles on and ya. Anyway. Nice. Good is good. Learning to mellow. 

Jesus Loves You and You Too

New things today, unexpected kindness. Stressful annoying day at work and took a breather to just - ugh. As I was going back to work some stranger said “Jesus Loves You”. Was a bit surprising but also appreciated as I was having a rough time. I saw him say it to other people walking by. And another coworker said they got that greeting too. Just odd but nice I guess. 

Then later that day there was a kid, bit rough and sassy, who always seems suspicious of me. I try to be nice but she seems reluctant. Tonight I said “have a good night” while walking by, not expecting any response. Delayed 5 seconds later she yells, “you too”. It wasn’t sarcastic or sassy, just regular. Very surprising and a nice thaw to her “too cool for you” facade. 

Anyway some new things and highlights to the day. Just kinda nice. 

Tetchy

New thing today, played a crossword and guessed a spelling tetchy. Turns out it’s a real word. Learning new words. Tetchy means bad-tempered and irritable. Sort of like how we all feel with daylight savings. Hoping you are not tetchy today. 

The Last of Us - TV show

New thing today, finished The Last of Us season 1 on HBO Max. Holy smokes is this thing good from beginning to end. I didn't want to care, but I did. And it went to some interesting places. Love and darkness all wrapped together. My favorite episodes were probably 3 Long Long Time, 5 Endure and Survive, and 9 Look for the Light. Unexpected consequences of love may be the running themes in those episodes. I haven't enjoyed a show in awhile, and honestly was expecting to be disappointed, but this... all the feels. I also needed a week between episodes to recover sometimes. I may rewatch the season, but overall, pretty incredible. Moments were just heartbreaking in some really good ways. Just some incredible moments - great job everyone who worked on that show!

Mitsuwa

New thing today, went to a new Japanese grocery store Mitsuwa in Northridge. Super cool little store. They had samples of fresh cooked wagyu beef slices. So good. All sorts of authentic Japanese market food. Also onigiri and sushi to go. So good. I got some rice, sushi, onigiri, soba and we tried some snacks. A new favorite grocery stop nearby - yay!

Sourdough Bread

New thing today, baking sourdough bread. With the sourdough starter, been making homemade bread. Pretty amazing and enjoyable.

A Little Respect to Morbid Anatomy Museum to Earworms

New thing today, a little Wikipedia journey down the rabbit hole. Join me, on this random adventure. For a completely unknown reason, I had a piece of A Little Respect in my head and could not get it out. After finding and listening to the song, and learning it was from Erasure, I got curious if partners or spouses inspired the song. Then one of the Erasure member's spouses helped found the Morbid Anatomy Museum which was interesting. Then in writing this blog I wondered if it was an earwig or earworm that accurately described that song. So there, ramblings and Thank the Wikipedia and YouTube for our knowledge today. 

Corgi Greeter

 New thing today, went to a boba shop, and was greeted by a very friendly happy CORGI. OMG. The best greeter! Every shop should have a small friendly calm dog saying hello to everyone who comes in. So cute! 

Erewhon

New thing today, went to Erewhon in Calabasas. I had never been, and husband said they had a good deli hot menu, so we decided to visit for lunch today. Very… wholesome and thoughtful, also yes expensive but yummy. I got papaya later which you don't see pictured. Papaya was amazing. Pizza was cold and meh, but would have been better warmed up. Sushi was AMAZING. I was a huge fan. Dolmas eh. Coconut rice pudding really good. Overall I would say everything is of a high quality and I enjoyed it. They had a number of interesting ingredients i'll go back to try. I liked it. But be prepared it is pricey.

M on High

New thing today, went to M on High in Moorpark. Busy, steady but amazing. Service excellent, food took awhile probably 30-45 minutes, but fine because we were socializing and having fun. Friend ordered the pot pie - yum crust but I thought it was dry and she thought the bell pepper was off putting, but overall good. I ordered the short ribs with mushroom risotto. Amazing so so good. A lovely treat. Also highly recommend the "I'm Your Huckleberry" drink not pictured, but oh so good - lemony deliciousness. I recommend reservations but we really enjoyed our dinner there! We will be going back and recommending and going back with others. 

Top Chef Masters

New thing today, started watching Top Chef Masters. It came on automatically after I finished a Top Chef season. Surprisingly my new favorite background noise show. Has the Top Chef formula but is kind of boring. I can easily do other things while it's on, but is only interesting part of the time. Makes me restless but also has some gems in it. It also is fairly old so could be dated, but overall a new delightful discovery.