Thanksgiving Project: Upside Down Apple Pie

Amy found a recipe for upside down apple pie and I couldn't resist, it looks so great. Recipe is here.



It came out really great! The gooey butter-sugar-pecan topping that cooked underneath the pie was everything I'd hoped it would be. And it was REALLY easy, so it is highly recommended for people who are frustrated by traditional pie.

Below is my Thanksgiving plate of food. It was, as usual, excellent.



For not that many more pictures I took of food from Thanksgiving at my mom's house click here. There may also be pictures of humans.

BRIAN OUT.

San Diego

I went to San Diego on business. I was there for just over 24 hours. I was pretty busy the whole time, but did take a couple of hours early one morning to explore San Diego Bay. Here is a panoramic:



Click here to see more photos. I got some interesting shots from the flight over, with views of the entire NH coastline, as well as the Rockies and other stuff along the way.

BRIAN OUT.

Playlist for the Business Trip

Part 1

1. As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take it With You
2. Eddie Vedder - Setting Forth
3. John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane
4. Led Zeppelin - Going to California
   
5. Jeff Buckley - The Sky is a Landfill
6. John Denver - Country Roads
7. Regina Spektor - Blue Lips
8. R.E.M. - How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us
9. Walter Wanderley - Summer Samba
   
10. Joni Mitchell - California

Part 2

1. Bob Dylan - The Man in Me
   
2. Ray LaMontagne - Three More Days
3. Little Richard - Money Honey
4. Ani DiFranco - Evolve
   
5. Thrice - The Weight
   
6. Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me
7. N.E.R.D. - Thrasher
   
8. Kiko Loureiro - La Force De L'ame
9. Muse - City of Delusion
10. Daft Punk - Human After All
    

Part 3

1. Queen - It's Late
2. Paul Gilbert - The Jetset Elite (Are Coming Home For Christmas)
3. Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
4. Sirens of Titan - Virginia
   
5. Van Halen - Jump
6. Steve Stevens - Water on Ares
7. The Who - I Can See For Miles
8. Thrice - Silver Wings
   
9. Eddie Vedder - Rise
10. The Beatles - Oh! Darling
    

I either actually listened to these songs while flying or in hotel rooms, not really thinking much about the relevance, or found them while sitting here in my current hotel in Irvine, scrolling around on my iPod for about the past hour. And I gotta say, I'm kind of impressed with the diversity I squeezed into the above lists. Songs that everyone knows, songs that only a few people on the planet know, and all very applicable to my feelings throughout the trip.

BRIAN WILL BE HOME IN ABOUT 16 HOURS OUT.

and a fire

heard a story on this american life about a woman who was living out her dream to live where laura ingalls wilder grew up (here)

seemed about right. what book has or will change my life? walden? leaves of grass?

i don't know that yet. i do know that this box of tea is pretty significant to me, though:



and last night amy said next year at this time we should be surrounded by trees and not be living in these condos. she is right.

BRIAN OUT.