Ahhh....

So, as half the readership of this lame little blog already know, the beach trip was absolutely, utterly, unquestionably, fully awesome. (In a spectacular way.) The sun blazed from dawn til dusk each and every single day, the water in the pool was crisp and cool, the ocean was warm, the food was delicious, the alcohol was plentiful, and the company was sublime. Plus, everyone got to witness my utter humiliation in "Butts Up". Could everyone send all the photos to a central repository (read: me) and then I can either post them all here, and everyone can retrieve them from the blog, or I can send them all out. In either case, gimme!

In other news, I've recently been reading/listening to "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, the wunderkind of American literature. I have to admit that I actually think it really sucks so far. It's not quite purple prose that makes the book irritating, but something more akin to purple concepts. Images and imagery that seem to be completely superfluous that are unnecessarily extravagant or grasping for depth. The child narrator is also irritatingly precocious and I actually would rather smack him in the face rather than sympathize with his plight. I'm only halfway through though, but I figured I'd trumpet my irritation.

I'm also reading "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain. The book is a behind the scenes look at the restaurant culture, namely drug, sex, blood, alcoholism, crime, and a bunch of losers who couldn't hack it in the mainstream. The book also reflects Bourdain's perspective on food, which is what I'm really after. So far, I give it only 3 out of 5 stars. I mention this book, because I'm also looking for more books to read about food. Good books. Books i have read in the past have been Omnivore's Dilemma (awesome), Heat (awesome), Fast Food Nation (too shrill and not actually advancing my interest in food), and now Kitchen Confidential. Anyone? Suggestions?

And Happy Two Year Anniversary AJ! I love you.