Tuesday, October 30, 2012

I'll start.


hola!

well, here's a little questionnaire i put together for the ladies so we can all get a little FLAVUH of what we are about...and what we like...

to be fair, since i am asking them to share some of their very personal schtuff, i thought i'd go first...

NAME: carolyn

OCCUPATION: executive assistant a.k.a "FANCY SECRETARY." eh, i'm also an actress and director but, after 13 exhausting years of this crazy biz - starting to think about getting back into teaching...baby steps...

WHERE DID YOU GROW UP? all around  and up in the D in michigan.  mainly a middle class suburban town called livonia.  but we moved around a lot. all around the metropolitan detroit area.  and then at one low point we moved to central florida.  glamorous!

ANY NICKNAMES WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? CK, currrolyn, CURR, GURL, GURRRRRRRL

WHAT MEAL REMINDS YOU OF YOUR CHILDHOOD? on the good side: steak pie, pierogis, salami sandwiches  with potato chips and pennsylvania dutch sweet spicy relish - on the latch-key side: pop tarts, spaghettios, tubby's submarine steak sub and hamburger helper.

WHAT'S THE ONE THING YOU MAKE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUALLY COMPLIMENT YOU ON? i do make a nice brisket in the ol' crock pot, stole and made up some recipe from my time in florence of a concoction of tomato bread soup and i also throw together a nice white trash mexican dip.

FAVORITE COCKTAIL/WINE: vodka gimlet up but, i'm also a big wino.

BEST MEAL YOU ATE WHILE TRAVELING IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY: gotta go with a tie between PULPO in Espana and basically EVERYTHING i ate in italy. not fair.

FAVORITE PIZZA TOPPING: poblano

NIGIRI OR SASHIMI: BOTH

DEATH ROW/RAPTURE MEAL? really good bottle of red wine (or hell, two - i am gonna die y'all bring on the WINE!!!), some PULPO from espana,  a really good filet, arugula salad and funky cheese plate with port wine for dessert.

WHO WOULD YOU PICK TO BE IN YOUR CELEBRITY HOT TUB?  anthony bourdain, louis ck, jon hamm, tina fey and bea arthur.  it would be a pretty awesome hot tub!

IF YOU WERE AN HERB OR A SPICE, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? smoked paprika, baby

WHAT IS THE MOST FAVORITE THING YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR PARTNER: hard to name just one but, he is one of the funniest effing people i know...

ANYTHING ELSE?  i love to make up dances...you know...like you did when you were in third grade and performed for your brother and his date in the living room...oh, you didn't do that?  well, uh, yeah...and it still happens past third grade...






Thursday, October 25, 2012

relish: this is how we do.

six women.  chicago.  we get together.  we cook.  we share.  we teach.  we learn. we adventure out.  we stay in.  we feel good.  we may cry.  we laugh our asses off.  we drink wine.  we make a good cocktail.  we may "overshare."  we may "undershare."  we honor our past.  we look forward to the future.  we respect.  we try.  we dress up.  we wear house pants.  we order in when we're tired.  we travel.  we work hard.  we work out.  we are your friends, your mothers, your sisters, your daughters, your lovers, your wives, your girlfriends and general DIY'ers.

oh, and we are ladies...

carolyn, kristen, jackie, sara jean, vanessa and shannon.  this is how we do.