Cooking with Bryce & Rachel: Day 1 (2/17/06)
The 1st of 4 (much-delayed) blog postings about my trip to Minnesota
The trip started out with a delayed flight, which is always a good sign. I had my Sudoku and Freakanomics to keep me company, so it was tolerable. I also was sitting next to a sleazy salesman, so I got to listen while he called a customer, then immediately called his boss to clue him into the lies the customer had been told (mostly around having things like “a standard contract” and “other customers”).
The delays coupled a brief layover in Denver left me completely disoriented about what time it was. Since I was late, we aborted the plan to go to Ink Lab to look at tattoo designs, and instead went right to Punch Neapolitan for dinner. I almost died walking to the car because I estimated it to be about 15 degrees Kelvin. After dinner, we headed back to Rachel’s apartment, which is so neat. Hardwood floors, with enough space to move around, but not so much that it feels open and empty. It’s the sort of place I’d like to find in my upcoming search. We went through cookbooks and finalized our daily menus, then rounded out the shopping list Rachel had started in preparation for the first day of cooking.