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The Puppy

My sister helped pick out a new puppy for my mom – they named him Maxwell (Max), but his TrueName should be Devil Dog. Let’s just say if they found a way to package his energy we wouldn’t have an oil crisis.

He is just too darn cute for words.

The Professor and the Pig

Our friend John likes the more exotic fare when it comes to cooking. He decided he would cook a pig’s head.
The photo of his masterpiece is after the jump because Millie said she would stop reading my blog if I posted it on the home page. So if you don’t think the photos will put you off your food, click the continued link below.

Oink Oink

John’s serious expression conveys the critically important task at hand:

A Few Pics from the LA Car Show

My friend Millie and I decided to hit the LA Car Show on Thanksgiving morning. It was a great time to go – not as crowded as it likely is on the weekend. Here are a few of the interesting cars we saw.

The first is the new Honda hydrogen car that will be available in limited numbers for lease Summer 2008.

It was a real beauty – much more stylish than the typical Honda.
Check out the plug on this next one.

We got a kick out of this – but apparently this stylish Chevy Volt won’t be available for a couple more years.
Millie was really taken with the Smart Car (or as she says, “Smaht Cah”). It goes for about 12 grand and is really intended for quick trips around town.

You wouldn’t want to get hit by an Escalade in one of these. Or maybe not even a bicycle.
We were really impressed with the 2008 line of Audi’s – although the gas mileage (nada) and price tags (90K +) put them out of reach of most people.

There were a few typical concept cars, such as this Kia concept:

and this Chevy concept

They also had a nice historical display of posters from past LA Car shows – as early as 1907.

Cape House

I spent a few days with my mom, sister, and brother-in-law cleaning up my mom’s house in West Yarmouth. The property manager cleaned up the front yard so for the first time in years you can actually see the house from the street.

It was a bittersweet time – we have visited this house many times since my parents bought it back in 1974. Lots of memories. I know it was particularly hard for my mom, who spent two months of the year up here with my dad. It was a very resigned feeling that times marches on.

The last night we went to Dennis to a place my sis said had the best pizza she’d had in years – it was great but here is a shot of Frank being annoying with the camera at the dinner table , The place is called BZ’s.

Southern Red Velvet Cake

I originally planned this cake for book club – because my book is a Flannery O’Connor and I wanted a southern theme. But book club is dead unfortunately – not that it was really a book club (very little actual discussion of the books). Anyway, the cake did turn out nice.
Here’s the bright red batter.

Batter in the pans

And the final cake with cream cheese frosting (oh my is that some fattening frosting!) with pecans.

And here after the party…