Did you know for years I wanted to be a meteorologist!? I am pretty good at sensing the weather! [I think I have also mentioned on KERF that I used to have a weather radio…..severe thunderstorm alert – more like NERD alert!] Shoulda been a meteorologist.
I headed out on my bike to the bakery, where I discovered the oven booming in the corner! Honestly, I wanted to leave the bakery. It is SUCH a mess and there is SO much to do it immediately stressed me out!!!
Then I biked down to Riverview Park where I met new-friend & KERF reader Rachel! Justtttt before 3:30 I heard thunder. I looked for shelter – none. I was miles from home with no where to hide! [There was a porta-john but I did not consider that even an option…]
Rachel arrived just in time to whisk me away in her van to a coffee shop, where we chatted over Perrier and tea.
When the rain passed, we went back to Riverview and braved the walk – and ended up SOAKED!
It was fun though, and nice to meet you Rachel! The only thing that didn’t like the rain was my cell phone, which seems OK.
I biked from Riverview to THE CLINIC – spine care for all your needs! Obviously I was there to pop in and say hi to Faith and Dr. Huffman himself!
Then I went across the street to Cville Market for some veggies – they have amazing prices! I got bananas for $.29/lb and a few other necessities. Veggies in the bike bag:
Faith and I walked the 1.5 miles home together (I walked my bike) and just as the sun was coming back out. It was so much more fun than biking alone!
I biked the final mile myself and was famished to start on dinner.
Matt rolled in just as I did, but he had showering to do, so I turned on the grill.
Look who shoulda been a grillmaster!
That beer in hand – that was provided by my beer master. Heavy Seeds Holy Sheet!
Deeeeelicious
I also shoulda been a lifeguard (oh wait, I was one for a summer!!) because I had to rescue a bug from my beer!
Dinner was grilled asparagus, pok choy (farmer’s market’s words – not mine!), and Twin Oaks Pesto Tofu. Veggies were seasoned with olive oil, salt, pepper and smoked paprika – what else!?
Plus tortillas from our freezer
Turned into quite the taco!!
Topped with some teriyaki sauce and sriracha
Love asparagus!
Two nights in a row – we were literally TOSSED from the porch by furious winds and torrential rains!! Weather here changes faster than Mary Poppins! Shoulda been an umbrella..
I’ve got a handful of phone interviews for the bakery taking up my whole morning tomorrow. It’s going to be a phone-heavy day!
Nite!
Love that asparagus!
When I was in 6th grade, we played a career game in guidance to help show us what “real life” was like. The job that I was assigned was a meteorologist! I was convinced that was what I was destine to be since it was the profession I picked out of a hat in that little game!
I never wanted to be one, but I took a meteorology class in college. It was the most boring semester!
That grilled asparagus looks incredible!
Wow, bananas at 29 cents/lb is a steal around here 🙂
You may have “shoulda been” all or some of the things listed, but I think you’ve found your true calling with this blog and the bakery!
Awww 🙂
That is a seriously packed day. Grilled asparagus will make anything seem better though 🙂
kath, your sense of humour shines through in this post – thanks for an enjoyable pre-bedtime read! best of luck tomorrow morning!
I’m a meteorologist (my company actually forecasts for the highway dept I-95 and I-85 corridor in VA). I always think of your blog when I forecast snow for them! Its always nice to know that others are interested in meteorology, we get a bum rap sometimes.
At least with being a meteorologist it’s acceptable for your work to be wrong. Nice bicep shot while drinking a craft beer! ha
SO jealous that you can grill dinner any time! Looks like it is summer for you already:-)
Cute post! Dinner looked YUMMMMMMMMY!!!!
Great dinner. I so can’t wait for sunny consistent days.
I love asparagus, I track the weather and weather patterns like it’s my job, I love that you are out there grilling, love grilled tofu…and the pics of you with beer is hand…awesome.
Oh and your comment reply to me about cloth diapers…yes, that product will hopefully work for those one day if that’s the path one day.
Where are those shorts from? I really need more pairs!!!
Abercrombie around 1999 – I LOVE them!
I was going to ask the same thing–so hard to find shorts like those!
they are so cute! i have never bought anything from abercrombie though – i would have no idea what size to try!!
I meant to add & Fitch!
mmmm that looks awesome I can’t wait until the weather is warm and dry enough here to grill.
Love that bike and walk as much as possible, its very inspiring! 🙂
Dustin wanted to be a meteorologist when he was little, too! Actually he wanted to be a storm chaser, lol. He was really into weather, though. He even got the local news meteorologist to come to his school! Nerds unite! 🙂
Tacos sound so good. I need some tortillas!
Do you roll your wraps – or just cut it up and eat? 😉
Check out that bicep!!
🙂
The photo of the cooked asparagus is a beauty. You shoulda been a photographer…oh wait!
Call me 🙂 (said 80s sitcom style)
Ha!
Awesome looking dinner!! I can’t believe you got bananas for that price. 🙂
Wasn’t the weather in VA redonk today? I went into Wegmans and the sky was black when I came out. So creepy!!
That weather is crazy! Your food looks delicious though. 🙂 I love asparagus.
We’ve been having crazy storms where I live too. It just finished hailing about an hour ago.
All the food is making me so hungry! The asparagus and beer look delicious.
I took meterology in college. We have some mighty ominous cumulus nimbus clouds blowing in from the South right now. Did I just give you goosebumps? 😉
Everything you say gives me goosebumps 🙂
oh how I heart tofu. Do you know if we can get the Twin Oaks brand up here in Boston? I should probably just contact the company. It seems like such a great product! 🙂
I just started reading your blog about a week ago… and I have to say, I am both incredibly envious of, and motivated by, your food choices. Wow. Can I come have dinner at your house? LOL 🙂
Welcome and thanks!
you’d be good at anything you do, but you’re an especially good blogger, RD, wife, cook, etc.
<3
As much fun as it would be to see you on my morning news broadcast, I don’t think my mornings would be the same without reading your blog!
I took a weather class in college because I thought it’d be fun and interesting and it was the hardest class that I took during my entire college career! I got a D.
Now I want tacos! That looks so wonderful.
Now I have “Should Have Been a Cowboy” stuck in my head. Thanks for that. 🙂
Holy bicep. 🙂 You look phenomenal and that meal looks DELISH. Asparagus just came into season so the ones at my grocery store are HUMONGOUS and so tender and amazing when roasted!
Holy bicep was exactly what I was going to say too! No wonder you’re the Body Pump Pro!
🙂 Thanks guys
Your pictures are absolutely GORGEOUS! 😀
Thank you!
My younger brother is working on his masters in meteorology right now. I call him ALL the time with questions about my forecast even though I’m in Texas and he’s in Florida. It’s great having a meteorologist in the family!
I love asparagus, too! We just had it last week with olive oil, salt and pepper, and parmesan cheese on it.
The rain is good for the plants, grass, etc. However,I wish it would span itself out, so we do not have torrential downpours for a few days, and then drought-like weather.
http://faithfulsolutions.blogspot.com/
Mmm, roasted green asparagus! Love it!
My family has a strange weather obsession. We always told my grandfather he should have been a meteorologist- he used to stand in front of the window and rub his hands when it was raining. He loved the rain 🙂
Love the huge pile of asparagus! You woulda been wasted as a metereologist 😀
I was discussing my love for asparagus, today at work with my coworker. She’s a picky eater but I’m working on getting her to try new things.
Haha pok choy! Love that 🙂
Ahhh, pass some of that rain down here! We’re in desperate need!
We too have had a lot of rain lately! yumm-tofu on the barbie!! 🙂
I’m just jealous that your rain actually stops – and that you can wear shorts! We have had nothing but rain for the past 4 days in Western Washington!
I can’t wait to be out there grilling!
Hopefully the crazy bad weather hasn’t hit where you are. I can’t believe the storms that are barreling through!
Wow, this totally makes me want to grill some yummy veggies up just like you did! Mmmm. And you have a seriously awesome grill right there, my dear!
Those body pump classes have been paying off- check out your guns!
Pesto tofu?? Excellent! I just made need to try this. Where did you get it??
It’s the More Than Tofu brand by Twin Oaks. You can get it at Whole Foods on the East Coast: http://twinoakstofu.com/where-to-buy/markets/
Sounds like a great walk, even with the rain. Especially when it’s warm out, I’ve found that I don’t even mind a little waterworks on walks!
Definitely getting to be a grillmaster! That asparagus looks perfect!
shoulda been an umbrella
hahaha
I am thoroughly enjoying our first batches of asparagas this week too. Every spring I marvel at how satisifying simple grilled asparagas is and proclaim that it has got to be my favorite veggie ever. Yours looks perfectly crispy – good work! I prepare it as do you, only I add some some freshly minced garlic during the last few minutes of grilling/roasting.
Enough rain already…here’s hoping that we all get some much needed sunshine this weekend!
Hey Kath – any veggie grilling tips? I never know how high heat/how long to cook ’em.. ( I know this seems like it should be self-explanatory, but my grilled veggies are always blah – maybe I don’t cook them long enough?)
I like high heat! Sounds like yours aren’t getting cooked enough. Olive oil and salt also make a huge diff.
Oh my goodness! .29$ a lb for bananas???? We r paying 12.98$ a kg here in Oz.
I miss a good banana. They were once a staple. Now–not so much. Love your supper! Hmmmm yummy!
LOVE grilled asparagus! I can’t wait till these Lancaster County farm stands start opening up so I can gorge on produce 😉
I think it is a really weird weather season everywhere this spring! Wet, wet, wet with killer winds here in the midwest too.
Love this post. 🙂
Wow, the weather has been so crazy lately! We are supposed to get really bad storms today which I am not looking forward to! 🙁 I love grilling veggies and food. Everything on the grill tastes so much better for some reason. The grill marks perhaps? 🙂
Glad you survived all that wacky weather yesterday! Sounds like you got home for the worst of it. I’m impressed that you even attempted grilling given the red that painted the radar yesterday! Brave lady! 🙂
What crazy weather! I’m glad you were okay. I miss rain, we only get about 4 or 5 downpours a year. It can actually make you miss thunder and lightning! Your food looks incredible, I bet those veggies were so tasty. I think the grill makes any meal taste like summer. Lovely photos!
The truth? My straightening iron commands the weather. Seriously. Every time I straighten my hair, it rains. EVERY SINGLE TIME. This has been happening for years. It’s magic or voodoo or juju-magumbo or something.
Does VA receive much in the way of tornadoes? Here in Oklahoma of course it’s nothing outside the ordinary. In fact, one of our favorite pasttimes is to go outside and look for the wall cloud!
Nothing like OK but they can do some damage here
I should have been a meteo too! I love the weather!
holy arm muscles! body pump is workinggg
My sister wanted to be a meteorologist for years too because the weathermen were always wrong and they n ever got fired! 🙂
If you were a Texas blogger there definitely would’ve been a “shoulda been a cowboy [girl]!” reference to that Toby Keith song haha! Wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony, on a cattle drive…
More about pok choi:
http://oneblockdiet.sunset.com/2011/04/raw-purple-pak-choi-bok-choy-salad.html
I am actually a meteorologist 🙂 It isn’t as fun as it sounds!The weather is waaaaay more complicated than you would think! I am glad you love the weather though. Feel free to ask me weather questions anytime! I am getting my Masters next week!