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By popular demand, here is the recipe used with my molcajete for summer BBQ’n -

• 3 Haas avocados, halved, seeded and peeled
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 to a whole jalapeno, depending on spice preference
• 1/2 medium onion, diced
• 2 small tomatoes, seeded & diced, preferrably home grown! But that’s later in the season
• 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
• 1 clove garlic, minced

Ground the garlic and onion and salt first into the molcajete, this  coats the entire thing with yummy goodness.

I should add a pic to this, because it’s a beautiful dish served in the pig-head-molcajete :O)

Over Memorial Day weekend, the hubs and I took a boat tour to a formerly private island in the middle of the Hudson River, which has become a state park with tours available. Go Go Go!

The castle (a series of 7 warehouses) was designed and built by a Scotsman turned Brooklynite who needed a less dense and safer place to store his stock of arms, gunpowder, military related gear and general detritus of the early 1900s (one room was dedicated just to wagon wheels). He bought the island, and without any building permits or even plans (ah, early 20th century) constructed a Scottish castle/warehouse for his business and stone home for his family. Due to an explosion, a fire and neglect, it’s now in ruins, but the state is trying to restore it.

Show me the pics! OK–

the warehouse/castle from the boat and dock area

From the island, you can see it’s in pretty bad shape. The castle used as warehouse was built to look big from the shores of the Hudson, specifically from the Hudson Line train that runs along the eastern edge of the river. The turret columns actually got wider on the higher stories. So, not really meant to be sturdy like a real castle would be. But at one point we were told they had a  moat and drawbridge!

The Bannerman Family’s home on the island, used as their summer home away from The City

Well it was a hard hat tour after all, chunks could crumble off those structures at any time. This was the view from the family house, looking south over the Hudson. West Point would be on the right just past the first ridge that juts out. Would’ve been much nicer on a sunny day, alas.

I’m sure the “Wee Bay Steps” didn’t used to go off into scrub bushes and poison ivy, but they do now! There was a pretty elaborate formal garden there that the Parks people have tried to recreate. Didn’t make for a good pic though.

But there were informal gardens everywhere!

If you go, depart from Beacon rather than Newburgh. It’s a really cute artsy/historic rivertown with shops and cafes perfect for an afternoon, and also the renovated Dia museum that moved up from NYC a few years back (you can also use their bathroom while waiting for the boat if you drive uphill a half mile or grab some grub and sit in their outdoor patio to chill a bit).

At least we know who the carrier is…

Does one wear this skiing or during robberies? The creepy ski mask for both!

joke's on you

It looks like Festivus is gaining ground in the holiday wars, which is good. Happy Holidays is a lame greeting, and I’m even tiring of my merry new kwanzukah. If  you are in or near NYC this Festivus, you can celebrate with free mac’n'cheese out of an automat, airing of grievances and the raising of the festivus pole at Bamn! on Saint Marks Place. December 23rd of course. It’s a book release party for what else but the new Festivus book, but I’m more interested in the feats of strength - I’m entering Sean and getting a betting pool going too.

I also love that you can Air your Grievances on the festivusbook.com website. Look for a few doozies shortly…

May you have few grievances to air and may you find your own festivus miracle!

Scrambling for that last-minute Christmas gift? Want to support artists who actually publish cartoons of mohammed and live to tell about it? It’s fun, it’s clever, it’s the book that hopes to be banned… it’s

God Wants You Dead - get the book and t-shirt!

Get other shirts too - InfoHaz, Pirates vs Ninjas, Crucified Santa, Uncle Sam Mugger, What Kind of Jew are You, Justice Busted (by pinguino!), it’s more fun than a barrel of, oh wait, nothing is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

This tat would go great with this purse from Burberry:

bloomingdales.com

It was Sean who suggested I buy this and fill all the little leather loops with bullets - they would in fact fit perfectly. It’s not every day your husband suggests you buy a $3k purse. The only thing stopping me was the thought of being regularly stopped and searched by police and security guards everywhere.