February 5, 2012

Back to Business …

Mr. Monopoly Jumping for Joy

Seriously, I am not running a food blog but those of you who know me keep calling and asking why I haven't posted each day's food selection because you want to know what we are having so you can try it yourself. I know we eat, and live, extremely well but I really don't like having to drop everything to go grab a camera before enjoying a red wine coq au vin from Julia Child.  I'd like to get back to sitting in the dining room with my nightly stock reports and studying as I eat, not … [Read more...]

Gourmet Chili with Red Wine

The gourmet chili with red wine recipe cost between $65 and $75 in ingredients alone, but it doesn't need to be that expensive.  The red wine added a great flavor and the peppers caused a slow, burning aftertaste that was quite satisfying.

Aaron said he wanted to make chili.  I said fine (this went on for a few weeks - he really wanted to try to customize his own gourmet chili recipe).  It ended up costing $65 to $70 for the ingredients alone, making me wonder why everything we do tends to be in excess.  Now, this is a good trait in some regards (we obsessively built our first online business, which was a great foundation due to the stream of earnings it provided us to invest in other things), and the same goes when we start … [Read more...]

Rainbow Pancakes

I came across these rainbow pancakes when reading the blogs and thought it was a really cool idea.  Of course, the fact that it reminds me of either a Christian Bible Camp or a gay pride parade is funny.  I like a little dichotomy in my breakfast.

I happened to be sitting at the dining room table, a cup of coffee in one hand, writing out plans for potentially launching a mutual fund this year (this time around, it's a Parker Duofold rollerball in an amber check pattern from the recent shipment of fine writing instruments we received at Kennon Home Accessories and its retail store, Kennon & Company).  As I was mulling over some ideas in my head, I was reading the blogs, which is my customary morning routine that began back in the … [Read more...]