http://www.rattlethosepots.com Fun with food and a dog in Portland, Maine Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:58:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spent the afternoon outside at a tree farm, looking for the perfect trees. Since it was 20 degrees and too cold for any sensible person to be outside very long, we worked fast to get things done. Took some good pictures to prove our ruggedness. >> http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2007/12/01/lets-get-a-christmas-tree/ Diligent workers from Maine and New Jersey recently descended on Portland to churn out some of the best gingerbread men ever created. Here’s what happened. >> http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2007/11/26/thanksgiving-gingerbread-workers/ Well, not really. Maybe somebody is just typing this and acting like they’re us. But at least there’s a small bit of activity on this thing. Uh, maybe we’ll have a rather active fall. Yeah, that’s it! http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2007/08/31/proof-that-we-are-alive/ Sunday, April 1st: Thom just opened up Charlie’s dog door in the mudroom for the season … right after disposing on the now-brown Christmas tree that’s been decorating our side yard for the past three months. http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2007/04/01/ah-sure-signs-of-spring/ Who says they don’t know college football in the Garden State? The Louisville - Rutgers game was one of the most electric stadium atmospheres I’ve ever been in, and the Scarlet Knights settled down after a tough first quarter and roared back for a win that vaults them ... http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2006/11/13/whats-a-rutger/ Chris came up for a vist recently, and we had a great time. While he was here, we introduced him to a few of Maine’s tastiest (and freshest) creatures. Chris definitely came out on top. Look at the photos >> http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2006/11/11/bob-in-portland/ I’m not sure how many of the Top 10 were used on little goblins, but suffice it to say that Jen was spotted wandering the sidewalk wearing a sheet and Scream mask, tormenting drivers. http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2006/11/06/halloween-jens-aftermath/ 10) Startle four-year-olds by asking, “You don’t really believe that you’re a Power Ranger, do you?” 9) Greet youngsters by throwing open the door and screaming, “WE’VE FOUND THE MISSING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!!” 8) Speak and distribute candy in super-slow motion the entire night. 7) See how ... http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2006/10/25/top-ten-ways-to-torment-trick-or-treaters/ Seattle. Land of coffee, salmon and geeky billionaire techies. Also a great place to stuff our faces, which we did on every occasion. All in all, a really cool city. Go there now. Or just look at these pics and maybe you’ll feel like ... http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2006/10/08/seattle-waaaaay-across-the-country/ Recently ordered a tasty bowl of Bi Bim Bop at Portland’s Fuju restaurant on Exchange Street, and had a flashback to our friend Shinhye at Cordon Bleu in Ottawa. (Hi Shinhye!) She’s now back in Korea for a couple of years before returning to Canada to settle in ... http://www.rattlethosepots.com/2006/09/10/bi-bim-bop-is-tops/