The Best Damn Pea Soup Ever.

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this cookbook before on this site, possibly even this exact recipe. But oh well, there's nothing like a little repetition to really drive a point home.

Damn right.

A made this soup recently - ok, maybe it was a few weeks ago, but that's still recently in my book. And it was scrummy-licious. Don't forget the parmesan for the end - I always do. Really truly.

[Recipe from bitten. Food blogger from here.]

A Hop And A Skip

Three weeks ago we were treated to the warmest, most loveliest weather ever - little tendrils of Spring reaching out and calling to us, 'come play'. So we did.

Half a block away from our house is Barnsdall Park - a bit of an oddity, this green hill, with straight lines of trees, rising out of the city scape. But, a little hop and a skip down the road, and there we are, overlooking much of Los Angeles. Who would have known such a funny looking park could hold such treasures?

There's a beautiful green patch of grass at the top, as well as some wonderful old buildings, and that's where we sat awhile, bathed in sunlight, three-hundred-and-sixty degree views of this endless city.

Afterwards, another hop and a skip, onto Sunset Boulevard, a visit with some graffiti, a couple of stores, and back to the home base. All in all, a good exploration. And what a way to enjoy the summer sunshine.

Kitchen Cooking

Around these parts, Husband is the in-house chef. He just takes to it, like a fish to water, with such ease. For me, I like cooking, I really do. I just don't like doing it on a regular basis. And when I have to do the planning, shopping and prepping for it too. Just saying.

But recently, I pulled out the cookbooks, and did some cooking. Namely, some Spring Pest Linguine cooking. With scallops. And it was deeeeeeeelicious.