Oysters have an R

Well, here I am on a Saturday night at work, waiting to write the TLC show 'Flip that House' another home renovation show. Fall has arrived with a vengeance here in New York, it's been sunny but chilly for the past several days. Of course, I'm still walking around town in bare legs because I refuse to put on the straight jacket of pantyhose until I absolutely have to!

So, I slept late this morning because I didn't get home until almost 3 a.m. from my night job last night when there was a knock on my door, and the mailman is dropping off my DVF dress that I bought on Ebay! Yeah!!!!!! I almost forgive him for waking me up at 9:00 a.m.

After catching a few more minutes of rest, I got dressed and headed out to the Oyster Festival downtown, sponsored by this really groovy bar called Ulysses. Yummy! I have a confession to make, I never really liked raw oysters until I stopped eating meat. I don't know, it's like my taste buds came alive once I stopped eating dead animal flesh. Now I can't get enough of sushi and raw oysters.

My parents loved raw oysters and clams. Growing up, I was in charge of getting the clams and oysters whenever we went out to a clambake upstate. That was my job, and I would bring them back and watch while my parents just devoured these clams. At the time, I would only eat steamers or the fried clams at Howard Johnson. The idea of eating them raw made me sick.

See what you learn when you become an adult! Anyway the festival was really cool. I hate a 1/2 dozen raw oysters, some fried clams, some shrimp, and a really good slice of pizza, plus two awesome Bellinis (I figure it was cocktail hour somewhere in the world). Getting there was a bitch and a half. On the weekends the MTA feels free to change the train schedules willy-nilly so that it takes ingenuity to get anywhere.

The festival was pretty small, but cool. Supposedly you're only supposed to eat oysters in months that have an 'R' in them, and thankfully September qualifies. I'm definitely going to attend next year. That's the great thing about New York, there are always food festivals everywhere.

While I was downtown, I wandered in to Borders to use the bathroom, not intending to buy anything. Of course that went out the window. It's a miracle I only ended up with two books. I bought the new Ghosts of Albion book called Witchery by Amber Benson (who played Tara on Buffy) and Christopher Golden (author of the Jenna Blake YA series). This is a fabulous series set in Victorian England. Tamara and William Swift are the Protectors of Albion, their role is to protect England from ghosts, demons, any supernatural infestation. If you like Libba Bray's books, then you'll like the Ghosts of Albion series.

Oddly, the series first started as an animated series for the BBC which you can still see.

Oh, and Borders now has a savings card like Barnes and Noble, except it's free, and don't get daily discounts like the B&N card, but hey I'm willing to save money any way I can, so now I have both for each store.

Thanks for reading!

EKM