The Dragon

This is my favorite house. I call it The Dragon because of it's scaly exterior, sharp corners and menacing gaze. The Dragon was built back in 1900 and has undoubtedly seen many changes throughout the years, the rise and fall of the auto industry not least among them. It's within walking distance of Eastern Market, which was only nine years old in 1900. Currently this house sits in a neighborhood with very few neighbors. I imagine the other houses have been demolished or burned over the years. Ironically, this house now seems to be uncrowded and unfettered in a way that a country house might be. It seems to like its new space.

I don't know much else about The Dragon, except that it is occupied and in terrible structural shape. We drive by it on most of our urban adventures, just to take a look.

But we don't get too close to The Dragon.

The Shirt

Because so many of you have been asking, and because I cannot find a single garment online that does my shirt justice, I decided to sketch it up.

I kid you not, this is no exaggeration. My shirt looked like this.

This Man

Would you want this man driving you anywhere?

The Deadliest Catch

I have a dream dinner. A favorite meal. If I am ever executed for a triple homicide, this is what I will request as my last supper, right before they walk me down the hallway to the lethal-injection bed. Since I am not currently planning on going on a killing spree, I request it as my birthday dinner every year instead.

Luscious, sweet King Crab legs, grilled corn on the cob, a minerally Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, and yellow cake for dessert. And since my birthday is in June, we can usually have it outdoors with Cuban music, which is the best way to enjoy it.

The whole family loved it. Zach ate like he was a starving sea lion, and the rest of us cracked and crunched and picked and scooped until there was nothing left but a pile of cobs and shells and some Cuban music.

What a dinner...and no need to murder three people to get it either...Heatherbaby makes it perfect, right at home for me, every year.