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LIVE

bbq


playing “name that riff cliche”

We were way overdue to get together with Steve and Leah… Our homes have seasonal amenities – us a fireplace – theirs a detached screened in entertainment / dining room. Since the weather’s nice now – it’s their turn to host.

Steve and Leah landed a kick ass place in University City which was owned by a bachelor construction contractor who completely tweaked the house. Their kitchen is nothing less but to die for. They were able to drag me away from humping the oversized professional range to go outside and socialize on the brick patio.

Steve BBQ’d up burgers and brats. Leah accused me of “being” Eddie Izzard. Kevin walked around talking about soil acidity. Chad rock-bonded with Steve. I sat struggling to stay awake. The last week of sleep depravation from no AC and XBox Live has taken it’s toll… I did some power napping today to try and catch up.

I can’t blog – I gotta nap more.

LIVE

milk and eggs

staples

Didn’t do diddly yesterday aside from a couple loads of laundry, aimlessly surfing online, and taking a big ole nap. Kevin on the other hand spent the afternoon working on a web page for xenohomo’s employer.

The evening came and so did a call from “choco-goddess Leah and hetero-bear life-mate, Dr. Steve” .

Leah has returned from on the road with her high profile PR job for most of the month of February and was craving company. Since the day was pretty chilly – we decided they better come to our place so we could throw a duraflameâ„¢ in and smoke in-doors. They arrived an hour later with a bag full of “Super Smokers”.

There’s nothing quite like catching up with friends over a vat of pulled pork.

Leah is privy to all sorts of demographic facts and figures because of her job, and she’s not prone to bullshit.

So I learned a couple of interesting factoids about St. Louis:

We consume more Dr. Pepper than any other city.
We consume more Ice Cream than any other city.

When I thought about it I had to giggle thinking about our kitchen inventory… We may be out of milk, bread and eggs – but by God there’s always a 12 pack of Diet Dr. Pepper in the fridge and a quart of ice cream in the freezer.

I’ve also heard that we consume more butter and Kool-Aid™ than any other city as well. (but those facts came from a less reliable source).

I’d blog about these little rib-tickling facts, but we’re out of Diet Dr. Pepper and I have to go to the store.