Suppertime approached Thursday night, another day out in a school working with aspiring administrators, and then weekend guests arriving soon after I got back home...and me with no plan for what ought to go on the dinner plates. That's why there are things tucked away in the freezer, including some beef taco meat I'd cooked and vacuum-sealed a while back. Laid out in a sheet pan were tortilla strips, topped with Mexican cheese and diced red onion and black beans, plus plenty of that spiced beef...and a bit more cheese. Once baked, and joined by a generous dollop of sour cream, it proved more than passable.
This was the occasion of the marvelous annual Bookmarks Festival here in downtown. (The Bookmarks independent bookstore is just up the street, half a block away.) My dear childhood friend Margaret and her own dear friend and colleague from the University of North Carolina were excited and delighted attendees, as both are avid readers who also are very supportive of authors and the arts. They made good use of their time here, fully participating in the offerings of the festival and also venturing out to the Reynolda House Museum of Art. While I've found lots of reasons to appreciate the Roediger House's location and access to so much of what downtown offers, it proved especially well-situated for just about all of the Festival's features.
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