It's a lonely ol' night

When I put my arms around you


Mmmmmmmhmmmmmmm.....Yeah, John Cougar is still hotter than hot. What a show!! It was great. Sam and I went to dinner with a couple of my co-workers (Hector and More Trouble) then it was on to the concert. Los Lobos was good. Not great but not bad either. As an audience we sucked because we didn't know the words to alot of their songs but they got us warmed up good for John Cougar.

When he walked onto the stage the crowd went nutz!! O.M.G. He really makes a pair of jeans just sing. He started with Little Pink Houses and finished an hour and a half later with the Authority Song. Mid way through the concert Hector, Sam and I went down onto the floor. Our feet and hips just couldn't stay still. It was great. Like a big dance party. We danced to a frenzy.

It was my first concert in years and my first rock concert in decades. Boy things have changed. Not much in the way of reefer and alot more people sitting. I don't go for the reefer but how you can sit with your arms crossed and just listen when Wild Night is Calling is beyond me.

I was disappointed. He didn't sing Hurts So Good or Cherry Bomb but all in all it was awewome.

The roads on the other hand were lousy. It had rained/snowed/sleeted while we were in the concert. Took Sam and I over 2 hours ro get home. All well worth it though.

Bad cake...great show

I switched to extra virgin olive oil for most of my cooking a while ago. Yeah Rachel Ray really turned me on to the attributes of EVOO. I do truly like the added flavor it adds to many of my dishes.
(I am actually becoming a domestic diva)
I love cooking veggies in it and of course roasted red potatoes in EVOO is to die for.

But I did discover last night that it is NOT to used in the place of vegetable oil when baking. I don't know if pancakes qualify as baking but that was our super duper easy dinner last night. Aunt Jemima's recipe calls for a tablespoon of oil. I stirred in my favorite EVOO. I noticed something was wrong when the batter turned a shimmery shade of green. It was very subtle. When I poured the batter onto the griddle it just kinda laid there. No bubbles. Hmmmm After a few minutes I tried to turn them. They were a bit odd and a little crumbly. I took a taste of one of the crumbs.......blech.

I scraped them off the griddle and onto a plate and proceeded to make another batch, using vegetable oil. Sam looked up from the laptop to see what I was doing. I told him that EVOO is great for cooking but not baking. The next batch came out perfectly. I slid 3 small ones on his plate and 2 medium size on my plate. I even buttered his for him. Still looking at the computer screen he asked if he had the "good" ones or the olive oil ones? Haha...I did actually think of slipping one in to see if he noticed but I was good and didn't. I fed the olive flavored ones to the garbage disposal.

What was Sam so interested in on the computer??? He and I are going to see John Mellencamp in 2 weeks!!! He was checking out the opening band, Los Lobos. He had asked me who was opening. I had no idea. All I care about is John Cougar and yes he will forever be John Cougar to me.