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Weekend Coffee Share

Sunday Salon

January 2024 - Toronto ON

We defrosted the old freezer and John looked at new models online.

I had my usual chatty chats with BFF and T on the weekend. It was too cold for anything else. Saturday was -15C (5F) wind chill of -23C (-9F). 

Monday I went for a haircut and then to Longo's. I remembered to get a photo of the newly opened TD Terrace building.

This picture is for Jinjer The Intrepid Angeleno who lamented the lack of a PATH in LA in last week's post where I mentioned how far we can travel downtown without going outside.

John went out to lunch with a friend at the Judge and Jury (gluten free Monday) and he had a Reuben sandwich.

Tuesday John woke with a sore throat so I did a quick trip downtown to stock up on cold items.

Wednesday John slept until noon! So I spent the morning on my laptop, reading this and that, did Wordle and the puzzle so as to not make any noise. 

He isn't coughing as much, it is more a head cold. I made tomato soup for lunch. John spent the rest of the day dosing on and off for the rest of the day. I did a quick run to pick up some vegetables.

Thursday and I might be fighting off his cold, fingers crossed so we had a very low key day. John had a nice nap in the afternoon.

Friday John felt a little better (still coughing) and I'm not bad, a little lethargic and scratchy throat and runny nose but that's about it. Another lazy day.

COOKING

I baked a carrot cake and I iced it with this maple cream cheese frosting. I had to bake it an additional 25 minutes. Delicious frosting but note to self - use the whipping attachment! Note 2 to self - add chia seeds!

Saturday roast beef roast potatoes and Brussel sprouts

Sunday leftover roast beef sesame beef Thai dinner with rice noodles. This recipe's suggestion that you cut the leftover roast beef into very thin slices and marinade them made for an incredibly delicious meal, only slightly too salty from the soy sauce.

First time using these wider noodles and they needed more than the 4-8 minutes cooking time recommended on the package. These are a great gluten free solution that don't cost an arm and a leg.

Monday OMG John suggested fish so we had salt and vinegar potato chip haddock with a ranch buffalo salad kit.
Tuesday I did fish tacos with the extra fish and salad. Yeah, us, we finished the package of tortillas!
Wednesday bacon, mashed potatoes and sauteed cabbage. 
Thursday the same as Wednesday, not much interest in coming up with something else.
Steak and  sweet potato fries.

WATCHING

Prime Suspect 11973 Tennison tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.

Before We Die BBC series 2021- a British crime drama television series. Adapted by Matt Baker, it is based on the Swedish series of the same name (Innan vi dör), which was created by Niklas Rockström.
Veteran Detective Inspector Hannah Laing (Sharp) investigates the murder of her colleague and lover Sean, which leads to her being embroiled in a major plot by the powerful Mimicas' crime family.

Queen & Slim is a 2019 American romantic road crime drama film. The film tells the story of a young couple who go on the run after killing a police officer in the heat of an argument as self-defense during a traffic stop.

The Great Hack is a 2019 documentary film about the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The documentary focuses on Professor David Carroll of Parsons and The New School, Brittany Kaiser (former business development director for Cambridge Analytica), and British investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. Their stories interweave to expose the work of Cambridge Analytica in the politics of various countries, including the United Kingdom's Brexit campaign and the 2016 United States elections. SCARY MESMERIZING

American Nightmare is a 2024 true crime television series. The series covers the March 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins from the home she shared with her boyfriend Aaron Quinn in Vallejo, California. The Vallejo police department and the FBI assumed the kidnapping was a hoax staged by Huskins and Quinn, and Huskins was labelled "The real Gone Girl" by the media. The couple are eventually vindicated when a detective connects another home invasion in Dublin, California, to Huskins' kidnapping, leading to the arrest and conviction of Matthew Muller.

Griselda is an American biographical crime drama streaming television miniseries. Griselda chronicles the real life of savvy and ambitious Colombian business woman, Griselda Blanco, who created one of the most profitable cartels in history.

READING

It's been a long time since I read Denise Mina, but I had seen a book by her at Reese's Pop-up library last week.

I really struggled to finish Conviction, but I did. The book makes no sense at the beginning and then gets really bogged down with multiple storylines and really strange characters.

I read five pages of The Other Mistress and gave up.

Factory Girl, however has my attention!