“Remoted” – Day 405 (Sunday)

Chili pesto mac and cheese.

There is nothing lovelier than a leisurely Sunday. There was morning coffee and laundry, and a phone call with Mom that inspired the production of a baked macaroni and cheese. The mac and cheese is not the traditional creamy cheese recipe, but included a lightly spicy chili pesto, onions sauteed with a splash of wine, and a blend of provolone, jalapeno gouda, and feta cheeses topped with buttered breadcrumbs and parmesan. It was good, but not as creamy as I would have liked, and I should have stuck with Mom's traditional recipe. 

It was chilly and drizzly and not appropriate for breaking in the new Black and Decker trowel with some plant repotting. At the very least, the weather forecast should have been checked earlier for the daily temperature swing. Today had a 20-degree drop, which is slightly less drastic than the 30-degree swings of the past week, but still. The repotting could have been done indoors, but was vetoed for the potential mess.

Instead of playing in the drizzle and dirt, the afternoon involved a nap, which seems to have insinuated itself into the Sunday routine, and quality time with Prime video and music history. My musical taste is wide and possibly schizophrenic. It ranges from oldies – like Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, and Strauss that I love from my early ballet days, and includes bits of everything else that came afterward and includes different dance styles. I used to love the shuffle setting on my iPod that could have a church hymn sung by Beth Nielsen Chapman followed by a screaming swear word song and then a quiet classical piano piece.

Today’s trip down memory lane included Sex, Drugs, Design: Warriors of the Discotheque, about the Starck Club in Dallas in the 80s. Although Dallas-Fort Worth was on my radar for much of my life, it was solely because Grandpa Ray lived in Forth Worth, and certainly not because I was attuned to the standout dance club on the scene. For the antics and drug use, Starck Club seems like it was the Studio 54 of DFW.

Following the streaming feature that suggests “Because you watched…”, next up was Punk Revolutions NYC: The Velvet Underground, The New York Dolls, and the CBGBs Set. Maybe next I can find a nice biography or costume drama about one of the beloved classical composers.