SHOWDOWN: BIG EAST vs BIG 12

GO SU!

So far the BIG EAST has dominated the SWEET SIXTEEN! Will the streak continue?

Tonite Syracuse plays Oklahoma in the NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN!! Will Jim B and his boys take'em down? Will Devendorf be amazing in his usual quirky, bragadocious way? Will Jonny Flynn continue to play like there is no tomorrow and with that ever-present grin on his face? Will SU be able to squelch the tsunami-like Sooners and their goliath Blake Griffin?

WATCH on CBS at 7:37pm (EST) TONIGHT

Go underdogs everywhere!

Dinner Tonight

Tonight for dinner:

Homemade sushi (smoked salmon and scallops)

Cioppino (a tomato based seafood stew with cod, shrimp and little neck clams and herbs)
(a recipe I've been wanting to try for a long time)

Crusty artisan bread to sop up the juices

Wine

FUN in the KITCHEN-- and YUMMY!!! ( even if I do say so myself ) :-D

MARCH MADNESS

MARCH MADNESS- Now my family knows that I'm not much of a TV sports follower.

I DON'T know:
a) the names of teams of any sport (except the Cubs-I'm a sad but loyal fan since they rarely win)
b) who's on top in the division
c) the names of the players unless they make the news (usually as bad people)
d) or more than simple strategy of any game.
( get the ball in the goal, hoop or past the fence)
This applies to any sport; professional or amateur.
That being said, I DO like to watch TV sports at the end of the season when the teams are vying for championships, fancy rings, titles, and big bucks (at least for professional sports).

My favorite teams to watch are COLLEGE teams-- why? Because the players play from the heart, go "all out" in almost every play with big risk for personal injury, play knowing that only a small percentage of them will ever make to the "big time pros", and underdog teams provide enough upsets to give hope to anyone watching.

I live in the Syracuse area so SU basketball is part of the woven fabric of life around here. It is easy to find orange T-shirts, orange socks, orange everything. And even easier since the SU amazing, record-breaking SIX (count 'em SIX) OVERTIMES in the Big East Championship series this year. The college players and Coach Boeheim are larger than life and have given everybody in central New York quite an emotional lift in these hard times.

Tonight is the start of MARCH MADNESS. I have dutifully filled out my bracket sheet for the company pool-wild guesses, "well educated" guesses and a few "long shots"(hopeful wins for the local Cornell "boys") I am planning to watch as many games as I can.

It will be fun!! It will be exciting!! Something to talk about at work and with family. Wii golf may take a back seat for the next week or two. :-D

Here we go

Hello All,

Well after spending over a year lurking on blogs, especially food blogs, I have decided to try my hand at this!! I'm not sure who would want to follow my random ramblings but I'll take a shot at it.

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

This "head shot" was taken in October of 2008 while on a wonderful cruise vacation to the western Caribbean with my honey.