January 2, 2019 by Sassy Girl

Peruvian delights

January 3, 2018 Wednesday

8:14 AM Sassy

Good morning Phil!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!

We’re prepping for lots snow tomorrow!

8:45 AM Phil

So I hear! Just brutal cold down here. Hope your day is good!

2:27 PM Sassy
Work is CLOSED TOMORROW! Whee!

7:56 PM Sassy
There’s money in old LPs! Thanks to Somerville Grooves! Especially if you have Led Zeppelin or Talking Heads. I cleaned out our hall closet and found 30 LPs from the 1960′-80s. There’s a shop in Union Square that sells them, so I asked if they’d take them. They said a few are worth something! So I went over tonight and got $35! He also took my 45s! And I have new space in the closet!

8:03 PM

Peruvian dinner – first time at Machu Picchu in Union Square Somerville!

Free starter of corn nuts and tangy sauce

The handsome menu and dining room.

Superb soup: Aguqadito de pollo – chicken and cilantro soup

known to Peruvians as “levant meuerto” – soup to raise the dead!

It would be soothing for a sore throat!

Ceviche! There was a potato in the center.

The orange-colored slice tasted like sweet potato

but might be yucca?

Very helpful menu with photos and detailed descriptions!

Amazing menu with photos and descriptions!

Entree: Lomo Saltado – sirloin strips stir-fried with onions,

tomatoes and fries. Served with white rice.

Entree: Pollo Chan-Chan – The labyrinth-like structure of the

archeological site of Chan-Chan is the inspiration for this dish

of seared chicken rolls stuffed with shrimp, spinach and mozzarella,

served with green beans and spinach-mashed potatoes.

Llamas! or Alpacas?

The main dining room

with a huge photo of Machu Picchu on the back wall.

January 1, 2019 by Sassy Girl

So COLD

January 2, 2018 Tuesday

8:25 AM Phil

Good morning! Have a great Tuesday!

9:27 AM Sassy

Good morning! It is so COLD! You back in the city?

10:15 AM Phil

Last day off

10: 31 AM Sassy

Oh, you’re so lucky! I’m back in the office.

But it’s quiet – only about half of my colleagues here.

I am feeling virtuous- cleaned out half the front hall closet yesterday.

Recycled 3 boxes of papers from the 1980s and have 7 bags to clothes and stuff to donate!

I also made a list of my dad’s LPs from the 1960s to 80s and sent it to the record store to see if they’ll take them. Whee!

11:01 AM Phil

I’m sure they will!

December 31, 2018 by Sassy Girl

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2018 Monday

12:02 AM Phil

Happy New Year!

12:02 AM Sassy

[Happy New Year graphic gif with two Hersey’s kisses kissing]

12:03 AM Sassy

Love you!

12:06 AM Phil
Love you back sweet girl

11:53 AM Sassy
Dim sum at Mary Chung’s to star the new year off right!

December 30, 2018 by Sassy Girl

Triple treats

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December 31, 2017 Sunday

11:00 AM Sassy
Brunch with family at The Painted Burro in Davis Square Somerville

Cholo street corn

Pork belly appetizer

Steak & eggs

Crab eggs Benedict

Torta with egg, asparagus and chorizo

Spicy shrimp tacos with a side of bacon

11:05 AM Sassy
Stopped in to the new Caramel Patisserie for macarons!

12:01 PM Sassy

Happy New Year’s Eve

12:53 PM Phil

Happy New Year’s Eve!

Cooking up black eyed peas with smoked jocks, Guinness beef stew, Korean ribs, chicken wings for tomorrow, and then Chinese takeout for dinner

12:54 AM Sassy

Wow! Sounds fantastic!

1:26 PM Phil

Smoked hocks! No smoked jocks

1:28 PM Sassy
Ha!

6:32 PM Sassy
New Year’s Eve dinner at CK Pearl in Essex

The frozen Essex River

Shrimp cocktail and oysters – Island Creek, Howlands Landing,

Row 34, and Pearly White

Roasted butternut squash salad with arugula, beets,

ricotta, watermelon radishes, dried cranberries, candied pecans

and aged cider

Spicy Lobster carbonara with a fresh egg

Hubby’s roasted beef tenderloin

with toasted brussels sprouts in brandy mustard cream

Truffled french fried potatoes with ketchup

Sweet potato brie au gratin

Oysters menu board

6:56 PM Sassy
Cannoli cheesecake at CK Pearl in Essex

10:45 PM Sassy
New Year’s Eve buffet at a party!

December 29, 2018 by Sassy Girl

Perfect

December 30, 2017 Saturday

11:53 AM Sassy
Another delicious vacation breakfast with a ham & cheese omelette, English muffins with raspberry jam and an iced chai latte!

12:23PM Sassy

Good afternoon! Hope you’re staying warm and happy with some good wine! We are into the double-digits again – 12 degrees!

12:26 PM Phil

Good Afternoon! 28 here.
Popping out into the countryside to enjoy the day.

1:06 PM Sassy

Ed Sheeran & Andrea Bocelli Sing ‘Perfect’ In Stunning Duet

https://www.davidwolfe.com/ed-sheeran-andrea-bocelli-perfect-duet/?fbclid=IwAR02TUlD5-bRBRVXiwTcT_NQ0vKw7-i0w-Dmqn2LwtaPHEVv2VoJHfRHvdc

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

I found a love for me
Darling just dive right in
And follow my lead

Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me
‘Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
Not knowing what it was
I will not give you up this time

But darling, just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
And in your eyes you’re holding mine
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark with you between my arms
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
But you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight

Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
To carry love, to carry children of our own

We are still kids, but we’re so in love
Fighting against all odds
I know we’ll be alright this time
Darling, just hold my hand
Be my girl, I’ll be your man
I see my future in your eyes

Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
When I saw you in that dress, looking so beautiful
I don’t deserve this, darling, you look perfect tonight

Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
I have faith in what I see
Now I know I have met an angel in person
And she looks perfect
I don’t deserve this
You look perfect tonight

Songwriter: Edward Christopher Sheeran

7:02 PM Sassy
Saturday night specials at Jimmy’s Steer House in Arlington

Crispy coconut shrimp with honey mustard sauce

Special appetizer – beef Wellington with red wine demiglace

My special salad

Hubby’s teriyaki steak with rice pilaf

Special filet mignon and lobster tail with rice pilaf

December 28, 2018 by Sassy Girl

Record cold

December 29, 2017 Friday

1:31 AM Sassy
Set a record low temp yesterday of 12 and it’s 4 degrees now! Brrr….

8:39 AM Sassy

Happy Friday!

9:06 AM Phil

Hey there! : D Happy Friday!

9:15 AM Sassy

Colder than usual down there?

9:15 AM Phil

Yeah, it’s pretty damn cold!

9:23 AM Sassy

We’re stuck around 2 degrees!
I looked up the 10 day forecast – no temps above freezing. Wacky

10:33 AM Phil

Welcome Mr. Winter

11:37 AM Sassy
Busy Royals! Here’s the list of all their activities in 2017.

Tim O’Donovan’s annual letter to The Times newspaper

from Majesty Magazine’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/majestymagazine/photos/a.165830473449631/1823408347691827/?type=3&theater

11:40 AM Sassy
Vacation breakfast of fried eggs on toast with toast, kielbasa and iced chai latte!

6:13 PM Sassy
Chili cheese dog dinner!

December 26, 2018 by Sassy Girl

Breakfast time

December 27, 2017 Wednesday

8:49 AM Sassy

Good morning!

10:50 AM Phil

Good morning!

12:22 PM Sassy
I adore vacation mornings when there’s time to make and enjoy a ham & cheese omelette with an English muffin and iced chai latte!

December 25, 2018 by Sassy Girl

Boxing Day

December 26, 2017 Tuesday

11:26 AM Sassy

Good morning kid! Happy Boxing Day!

How was your Christmas?

11:53 AM Phil

Awesome! Good morning!

[photo of a vinyl record album with audio of a chorus singing]

11:54 AM Sassy
Wow! That’s so cool. Who is the male soloist?

12:09 PM Phil

The last one is me. It’s that group from home.

So wonderful to hear those old tunes again

12:11 PM Sassy

So many memories…

12:11 PM Phil

Oh yeah

December 24, 2018 by Sassy Girl

Christmas joys

December 25, 2017 Monday

6:51AM Phil

[Cute little emoji with a mouse holding a present that says “Merry Christmas!”

7:04 PM Sassy

Christmas tree

Tenor GIF Keyboard

7:05 AM Phil

Merry Christmas! Hope it’s a beautiful family filled day

7:06 AM Sassy

Thanks! You cooking?

7:07 AM Phil

Ham, Turkey, oh yeah

7:08 AM Sassy

Yummm…Sis is making roast beef.

9:02 AM Sassy
from Sally Bedell Smith’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/sallybedellsmith/photos/a.632335800196451/1503387583091264/?type=3&theater

All together on Christmas Day: the Royal Family attended services at St.Mary Magdalene Church at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. Front and center in the ever-growing crowd was Meghan Markle, the first royal fiancée to be invited to join the celebrations. The Duchess of Cambridge has fully recovered from her morning sickness, and her baby bump was clearly visible beneath her smart tartan coat. The 91-year-old Queen dazzled in her eye-catching orange outfit as she and sprightly 96-year-old Prince Philip led the procession out of the church. They were all greeted warmly by a large gathering of onlookers.

9:37 AM Sassy
White Christmas? We’ve got that!

[photo of the complete white-out of the snowstorm out my balcony window]

12:47 PM Sassy

Present exchange at my sister’s house

[10 photos of various people with their favorite presents]

5:08 PM Sassy

Christmas dinner