¡HOLA!
1) For once, the lengthy silence here at Mango Pudding Blues is not due to a crisis in the machinery of joy. The opposite; things are going very well indeed. We recently returned from a week of intensive r & r in Cuba. Prior we were helping prepare for and then attending an interior design trade show with our old pal Perry Lang, maker of fine sheet metal furnishings.
2) And we have a new boss. The old boss is finished. We have a new boss.
3) Red peppers, red onion, portabella mushrooms and zucchini in bite-sized chunks tossed in a good Portuguese olive oil and balsamic vinegar with about a teaspoon each of dried basil and oregano, half a teaspoon of crushed red pepper, some black pepper, salt and a couple of cloves of minced garlic. Thread on to skewers and on to the barbecue for, like, 12 to 15 minutes. Top with grated havarti and serve alongside steak with red wine and shallot butter.
4) No, we did not make it to see The Gates. Did you? What did you think? We did see the exhibition of Christo preparatory works at the AGO in Toronto and we have become, belatedly, fans.
5) In Cuba, to our surprise, there were many, many beautiful topless women on the beach. Killer was their queen, whipping out the sisters with gleeful abandon the second she saw what was going on. We just sat there every day in a woozy stupor, gooned on sunshine, fine rum and naked hoobies.
6) And did we mention; we have a new boss? We have a new boss.
