Sunday, August 29, 2010

A Picky Gourmand


This morning, Mommy (new phrasing!) and Daddy took Little Monster to Carpe Diem for brunch. As it turns out, Sweet Girl had a ravenous appetite: She ate French toast, strawberries, bananas, bacon, watermelon, grapes, some of Mommy's biscuit, and some of the cream from Mommy's coca, all topped off with a big cup of milk. What a little hound! There's even a bit of dancing that occurs at the breakfast table.

She ate a lot last night, too, at the Highland Tap. Most of last night's dinner was macaroni and cheese, but there was a little bread and a few French fries on top of that. She tried a little bit of calamari because Daddy told her it was like an octopus, but she didn't like the sweet chili sauce.

Of course, no trip to the Highlands is complete without a stop at Paolo's gelateria. Here, Wee Goblin had her own cup of white chocolate gelato augmented with a bit of Mama's pistacchio gelato and Daddy's violet gelato. Sweet Girl also sampled a ladybug made of marzipan, but she decided she didn't like it and spat it on the sidewalk. Such a delicate flower, this Little Werewolf.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Aces and Eights


Sorry to all the Madeleine followers — Daddy has been traveling a lot and no sooner did he get back than Sweet Girl and Mama visited Papa CJ for the state fair in Iowa. We'll get some of those photos up for you soon, but until then, enjoy this vintage photograph of Tickle Bug from back when chased away the Clanton Gang from the OK Corral. (You can click on the picture to enlarge it.)