We went to Deacon Dave's Christmas Lights last night in Livermore which was amazing! In total this year he has 325,530 lights and I have never seen a residence decorate for Christmas to this extent. What is Casa del Pomba? Portuguese for "House of the Dove", this is the private residence of Deacon Dave Rezendes. On December 4th, 1982, Deacon Dave was ordained a Roman Catholic deacon. When he was ordained, he dedicated his home...
Thanksgiving: Gratitude and Turkey Tips Reflections on 2009 and Advice from Alton Brown Talking Turkey with Alton Brown OK, so now that we have that "lovey-dovey" stuff out of the way, let's talk turkey! My man Alton Brown was at Google this week to answer some Thanksgiving questions. If you want to watch the full hour-long video, you can do so here in HD. I liked the turkey frying section of the video (embedded above)...
Wisdom from an Iron Chef contestant I was watching The Next Iron Chef finale tonight. Chef Mehta ended up losing, but what he said at the end really stuck with me. His metaphor about life was incredible. Check this out — it blew my mind. He said: "It's a little disappointing (losing), but life is like a staircase — you go up, you go down... but you must never think the staircase only takes you...