December 4, 2009

I guess Mother Nature missed the weather memo, hee hee: It's pouring down rain outside. All the weather forecasts were for fog, lifting to a sunny afternoon, no chance of rain for probably a week. Oddly it's only really showing on the radar in a very small band covering Seattle, and west to the Olympic Peninsula. Not cold enough for snow, though.

On a more serious and sadder note, Amanda Knox was convicted of all accounts in the murder trial of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Italy. I don't know whether or not she is guilty, but I don't think she should've been convicted by the evidence (knife didn't match the wounds -and of course fingerprints would be on a knife if you ever did any cooking- and footprint didn't match the shoe) and the grandstanding of the DA. While I'm sorry that Meredith Kercher was murdered, accusing the nearest person/s doesn't necessarily get you anywhere closer to the truth or closure. Best of luck on the appeal. Sorry for the downer.

Behind today's Advent Calendar window is a chocolate dipped cardamon ice cream bar from the Whidbey Island Ice Cream Co. You can find them at the Ballard Farmer's Market from 10-3 pm every Sunday, as well as various locations on Whidbey Island. In addition to a variety of ice cream bars (see menu here, which isn't complete, http://www.whidbeyislandicecream.com/Flavors.html) they also sell pints. I believe the bars are $3.00 and the pints $5 or $6. I was vacillating between the cardamom and a wine bar, but had recently tasted pullah, a cardamom-laced Finnish sweet bread, and have been craving cardamom ever since. I ate the same flavor two weeks in a row. Sometimes you just want what you want, like always ordering the same thing at a restaurant, because the reason you go there is for one particular dish. I always eat the vindaloo at my favorite restaurant, so many dishes untried until the next time when I consider the menu, vacillate, and order...the vindaloo.