.More.Sketchbook.

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.moar.sketchbook.

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.sketchbook.monday.

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.segway.

Having been gluten free for over three years now, I've reached a point in my kitchen experiments where recipes come in three categories:

1. foods that are naturally gluten free (unless you're being stupid about it), 
2. foods that can be gluten free with minor modifications, 
3. and alternate reality recipes which require 12 kinds of flour and I refuse to touch with a ten foot pole.

This is coming up because I'm home with family and my cousin asked if I'd seen all the gluten-free recipes on Pinterest, and was surprised that I really don't give a shit. I think of whatever it is I'm wanting to make, I find a recipe, I modify the recipe if I have to and if the modification will involve more than three types of flour*, eff it - surely there's a box of frozen something somewhere I can use in the meantime. Because it's food, and I'm not a baker.
And I really don't bake. My mom makes me homemade gluten free cake once or twice a year, and there's La Petite Rouge for all of my cupcake cravings, and Udi's for toast, and Amy's for pizza.
Beyond that....eh.
Because it's not that hard, once you get used to it.** Because you don't need it, and there are so many other wonderful things that I'd be so much more sad if I had to give up.
Like mangos. And avocado. And ice cream. And wine.
Srsly.

But srsly, you people who are going gluten free to lose weight...

*I use soy, buckwheat and almond flour as flavor dictates.
**Also, this tumblr is my favoritest tumblr OF ALL TIME! This is what it's like IN MY BRAIN. As far as gluten is concerned anyway...

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(see! I told you Tuesdays were vile!)

Mostly better now, and at the airport headed north. So I'll probably see you next week...

.first.friday.adventures.

My sister's in town so everything has got a bit hectic, but somehow we managed to get ourselves out to June First Friday. The sky was beautiful...

And we did a drive-by of the Other Gallery, where some of my work's been hanging; only to find it was closed, on First Friday, which is sad. I also finally noticed the sign on the door that said "By Appointment Only", which is useless.

And after 20 minutes trying to find parking we were almost trampled by a peace march. I took a really horrible photo.

At the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center there are two particular exhibits which I wouldn't mind owning pieces from. The first was Acts of Selfishness and Devotion by artist Jane Almirall, where I took another horrible picture...

The room after was a group show, Terra, with artists Victoria Reed, Shannon Sullivan, and Ellen W. Wolf.
A.MA.ZING.
Victoria was our favorite.

Just a short jot upstairs was show by Clint Metcalf. I'm not really one for impressionistic abstract brushstrokes, but I really liked his work despite all of that. His paintings look like painting feels.

And over at Windhorse Tattoo is Head Games, a solo exhibit of new works by Alicia Ross. The Mister almost did buy me something from there, but we really don't have the wall space at the moment. And half of the work was already sold anyhow.

Somehow after we ended up in Zona Rosa at Bo Lings - I got the Pad Thai which was awful, but Mister got something delicious served in a pineapple.

We saw a comedy show at the Improv, and went home exhausted.
All in all and excellent First Friday!

.sketchbook.monday.

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