The last few days have been exceptionally kind to me. Between having a picnic in the rain (under a gazebo), watching movies together (It’s Complicated, Ponyo, Shutter Island, MI:III), taking the kids to a carnival, and hosting a dinner for Papa Lopez, I truly couldn’t be happier sitting here and munching over another superb Monday [...]
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Bacon, Eggs, and Prose
Posted in On Characterization, tagged bacon, brilliant, buddy tag, catalogue, character, cliche, delicious, description, descriptor, dilemma, Disheveled, dynamic, eggs, fiction, opportunity, organic, profile, prose, qualities, recipe, reference, springboard, The Dead Don't Cry, theme, trait, Tuscan, writing on May 17, 2010 | 10 Comments »
My girlfriend makes the absolute best bacon and eggs. Crusty, amazingly soft Tuscan bread slathered in butter, moist yet crisp, hickory smoked bacon, and slowly scrambled eggs infused with complimentary notes of garlic, pepper, the wonderful creaminess of my dear friend, milk, and extra bits of bacon thrown in for good measure. Top it all [...]