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		<title>Music, my Other Best Friend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think 311 says it best in their love song to music.  "You never turned your back on me/When I gave up on myself/You're my constant companion/What would the world be like without you around?"  Ah, poetry.  And love.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may remember those <a href="http://www.drewandjengotolondon.com/2009/08/moonlight-serenade/">singer/songwriter house guests</a> I told you about last week&#8230;  Last night they were playing at <a href="http://www.greennote.co.uk/">Green Note</a> in Camden.  (Some night we&#8217;ll go back to eat.)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.carrieelkin.com/">Carrie Elkin</a> and <a href="http://www.robbyhecht.com">Robby Hecht</a> are sweeping across the UK&#8230;</p>
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<p>For some reason, I always feel the need to tell you what&#8217;s familiar and what&#8217;s different about the new music I hear &#8211; so here it goes.</p>
<p>Robby&#8217;s voice reminds me of James Taylor&#8217;s, clear, genuine, and warm.  His music is much less mainstream in sound and composition, but does invite you to sing.  The lyrics are intriguing and unpredictable.  Let&#8217;s face it, there&#8217;s just not a lot of that going around on the radio these days.  I think I need more material to really figure out who Robby is, on the whole.  But it&#8217;s nice to imagine that when he sings a love song, he might be singing about a girl I know.  And I hope she is at home making <a href="http://vegancupcakes.wordpress.com/">vegan cupcakes that will take over the world</a>.</p>
<p>Carrie has her own endearing dialect that reminds me of the way Nancy Griffith has her own, but Carrie doesn&#8217;t tip toe into song.  The quality of her voice is commanding, strong, with abandon &#8211; yet, comforting as an old friend.  Her songwriting style brings traditional country music to mind, but I just can&#8217;t file her there.  In my mind, her songwriting style solidifies her independent, folk singer/songwriter status.</p>
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<p>Before we headed to Camden, we joined our friend Leona for birthday drinks on the rooftop of this building, Coq D&#8217;argent.  Posh.</p>
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<p>I hope Leona had a great time and a happy extended birthday!</p>
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		<title>Dark Chocolate Madness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[30th Birthday]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you are always together it's hard to orchestrate a surprise.  It's even harder when one of you is not entirely fond of surprises.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wanted very badly to get Drew a really nice cake for his birthday.  Unfortunately, he doesn&#8217;t like surprises and he seemed to lack any preference for exactly how the big 3-0 should be celebrated.  I understand.  We did have grand plans in our heads, when we thought we&#8217;d be on our home turf.  Instead we dragged our friends Kerry and Emily to the Ideal Home Show last weekend (though I think they might have liked it as much as we did), wandered through Camden in hopes of finding a special edition comic book, and then journeyed to Angel for a burrito.  Overall, good wholesome activities were undertaken, Dad.  I am sure you (and Jim Sasser) appreciate that.</p>
<p>This weekend though, with the long holiday and all, it seemed appropriate to get a cake and light the candles.  When Drew told Emily that he secretly wished that I might surprise him with a cake this weekend, I pulled out the bakery phone number I had been holding.  They make this dense, flourless dark chocolate cake with a thick ganache type dark chocolate icing.</p>
<p>I know it&#8217;s amazing.  I know you can&#8217;t eat too many bites in one sitting.  I know you can get a wicked chocolate/sugar buzz from the icing.  I know that I wish I could send one to my sister for her birthday.  What I don&#8217;t know is how they make a cake without flour; and frankly, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a good idea for me to ask.  That sounds like some kind of cake voodoo.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s extra funny about this whole cake experience is that Drew wanted to go to Borough Market for these great brownies made by <a href="http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/restaurants/the-cinnamon-tree-bakery-info-57317.html">The Cinnamon Tree Bakery</a>.  They are wheat and gluten free, dense like fudge, but cake-y enough to still meet the definition of a brownie.  He ordered a few Brownies for take away so that we could stash them in the fridge his weekend enjoyment, but he didn&#8217;t know I was about to pop into <a href="http://www.konditorandcook.com/">Konditor &amp; Cook</a> for this little monster&#8230;</p>
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<p>Basically, we have chocolate overload at our flat this weekend.  Happy 30th Drew!</p>
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