Monday, December 26, 2011

Fish Tales

A few weeks ago, we went on a cruise to the Bahamas, and now we wish we could go back.


That's about all that needs saying about how awesome it was.
Fun story time!

Wino and I went snorkeling - me for the first time. Which was awesome, and also hilarious. Wino and I had gotten out a little bit far from the rest of our group, so when we heard the tour guide calling, I assumed he just wanted us to come in further to keep an eye on us. After looking at all the pretty fishes, I started paddling back closer to the catamaran, and then the tour guide threw a piece of food right by where I was swimming. 

About two hundred fish swarmed around me to get the food, so I did the natural thing. I screamed, flailed wildly, lost my snorkel, got nibbled by fish, and swallowed a giant gulp of saltwater as my life jacket got pressed against my cheek and began to deflate. Meanwhile, both Wino and the tour guide, who had seen the entire thing, were laughing hysterically. I told Wino later that I should have just thrown up the seawater then, because it made me feel sick for a few hours afterwards, and he laughed. "The fish would have seen it as food!" he said. "You'd have just started a cycle."

Feeling thoroughly embarrassed, I paddled back to the boat. Adding insult to injury, the tour guide threw the little life-saver donut at me! I sniffed, set it aside, and swam back to the boat myself, goddamit, and pulled my own mortified ass back on board.
That night, I had dreams of tiny fishes dragging me underwater to their sea dungeon. And that, folks, is my fun (and funny) story from the cruise!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Cajun Chicken Pasta and Cruz Alta Chardonnay

Today, Wino and I went for our very first walk. We're getting a head on our New Year's resolutions; we've started walking in the evenings, and we've worked out a "tighten-your-belt" budget that we've already started. Crazy!

Since we burned all those many, many calories walking, it was a good night to make Cajun Chicken Pasta.

Basically, it's delicious. Wino tells me that if I made it every single week, he would never get tired of it. I have a sneaking suspicion that I could eat it every day, and he would never complain... although we would both get extremely fat. It's the kind of meal that is so good you feel obligated to have seconds.

So, if you get a chance, try that recipe. Or come to our house, and I'll make it for you!

With dinner, we had Cruz Alta Chardonnay.



It's the white wine little brother of our "house red", the Cruz Alta Malbec, and we enjoy it. It's sweet, but it doesn't linger on your tongue. It's also perfect for chicken (I cooked with it as well as drinking it with dinner).

Now if only I would do the other things that I meant to do today: laundry, cleaning the guest room, video games... but I'm just so content and full of pasta.