over the weekend…
May 15, 2011 at 11:25 pmDC, Food, homeowners
What a fantastic weekend! On Saturday morning we ran the inaugural Met Branch 5k. It was a pretty rainy, misty mess, but everyone was still in good spirits for the quick, 3.1 mile run. Afterwards, we treated ourselves to some Crunkcakes at the H Street Bake Sale outside of the Argonaut. Boozy cupcakes = brilliant! We popped by the Farmers Market as well, and picked up some kettle-popcorn hot off the cauldron, apples, and some fresh rhubarb. Then we had an actual breakfast at the Cap City Diner, biked over to Chinatown to do some shopping at Urban Outfitters, and finally came home to relax around the house.
Today, we checked out The Taco Experiment at Rock and Roll Hotel with JJ and Jaime. What a great concept! We tasted 26 bite-sized tacos that ranged from your basic pulled pork in a tortilla shell, to sweet potato tacos, dessert tacos, pork-belly tacos (not a fan), duck tacos, and every combination in-between. In the end, I cast my ballot vote for The Tacosaurus taco, which was a combination of beef, guacamole, and a delicious orange-colored sauce. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures, mostly because we were too busy scarfing down tacos, and I didn’t have any free hands. But picture the most delicious looking tacos you can think of, and that’s what it looked like.
Mr. Wilson
This afternoon, Matt decided to paint the outside of our fence with the random leftover paint colors we have stacked in our storage closet. He only got about half-way done before the rain came, so the rest of the painting is to-be-continued. Updated pictures to follow.
Meanwhile, I attempted to make a strawberry-rhubarb pie. Not sure I even had the right kind of rhubarb for this — it was very green, and I thought it was supposed to be red — but I went for it anyways. The result was pretty-looking, but a little on the soggy side. Oh well.
rhubarb
+ strawberries + sugar + flour + butter + crust… (here’s the actual recipe)
=PIE
…and lastly, Bowser was sleepy after a long weekend of playing with Tiki dog.
Now that I’m wrapping up this post, I realized it was a very food-centric weekend. Not that I’m complaining!
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May 16th, 2011 at 10:39 am
i like food-centric posts! the rhubarb looks beautiful, but yes, a little on the underripe side. try again in a few more weeks! loooove farmers’ markets in the summer
May 17th, 2011 at 12:33 pm
So it looks like the Carnitas taco Malarkey voted for won the audience vote. That one was good!
here are the rest of the results for your blogging pleasure:
http://thefoodexperiments.com/nationaltour/washingtondc/