Swapped out the header on my website in lieu of the full redesign I'm trying to pull out of the air. I have not been motivated to Photoshop and futz with HTML for personal gain. So, rocks.

Oscarama Weekend was spent mostly in bed on Saturday, reading cookbooks and now-in-mass-market novels. Sunday was spent in the kitchen. I attempted tart Tatin for the first time. Everything went swimmingly until the last moment. I left it on the stove a bit too long trying to thicken the caramel, and I burned the sugar slightly. But it's still yummy.

Afterward, corn chowdah, recipe from The Way to Cook. I intended to make crab and corn chowder, but I decided the all-corn option looked better. Especially after finding the lump crab meat at AJs.... resting on a delicate bed of ice, surrounded by angels and caviar. A 1 lb tub of the stuff was a mere $35. So we had corn chowder instead, and it was yummy.

We watched most of the Oscars. Mildly disappointed that Brokeback Mountain didn't win, like most gays. But all the awards were well deserved, except Best Original Song, WTF? Crash is a good film, and Ang Lee's Best Director was the obvious consolation prize for Brokeback Mountain.