{"id":430,"date":"2006-03-02T03:06:28","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T03:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s265039441.onlinehome.us\/philpaine\/?p=430"},"modified":"2018-08-23T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T18:50:17","slug":"thursday-march-2-2006-cobalt-blue-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"Thursday, March 2, 2006 \u2014 Cobalt Blue Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While I was walk\u00ading home, in the ear\u00adly evening, the sky became that bril\u00adliant, glow\u00ading cobalt blue that only hap\u00adpens when con\u00addi\u00adtions are right. There are few things more beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, I was able to take a short breather from the work I\u2019ve been doing, com\u00adpil\u00ading a data\u00adbase of com\u00adpa\u00adnies for an urban invest\u00adment del\u00ade\u00adga\u00adtion. I deliv\u00adered an excel doc in the ear\u00adly morn\u00ading, after doing an all-nighter. So, after fin\u00adish\u00ading some over\u00addue house\u00adhold chores, I caught a four-dol\u00adlar mat\u00adin\u00e9e at the Rain\u00adbow Cin\u00ade\u00adma. It was my first the\u00adatre movie of the year. I must be the only per\u00adson on the plan\u00adet who went to see B<em>roke\u00adback Moun\u00adtain<\/em> because of the sheep and the scenery [see <span class=\"caps\">THE<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">LABYRINTH<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">VIEWING<\/span> \u2014 Films 2006]. The the\u00adatre is across the street from St. Lawrence Mar\u00adket, so I stopped in. There\u2019s a veg\u00adetable store there that is so picky about qual\u00adi\u00adty that it toss\u00ades any\u00adthing even slight\u00adly sub\u00adstan\u00addard onto the dis\u00adcount rack. There, I found a bag of per\u00adfect\u00adly good chanterelle mush\u00adrooms for a dol\u00adlar, and a large bunch of leeks for the same price. Mush\u00adroom Soup!&nbsp;Once home, I made one of my impro\u00advi\u00adsa\u00adtion\u00adal inspi\u00adra\u00adtions: cream base (not too thick), chopped leeks, cel\u00adery, car\u00adrots and the chanterelles, enriched in the pot with papri\u00adka, Madras cur\u00adry, pars\u00adley, a dash of soy sauce, and a tea\u00adspoon of tamarind paste.. I rec\u00adom\u00admend it. Remem\u00adber, don\u2019t make the cream base sludgy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As I was pour\u00ading it into the bowl, the Cana\u00addi\u00adan dol\u00adlar moved up to <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span> 88.39. Per\u00adhaps I con\u00adtributed to the rise. When it reach\u00ades par, there will be a lot of soul-search\u00ading. Exporters who have used the crutch of a low dol\u00adlar will now have to decide to make things that com\u00adpete in qual\u00adi\u00adty, or go into decline. It will be inter\u00adest\u00ading to see which way they&nbsp;go.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I was walk\u00ading home, in the ear\u00adly evening, the sky became that bril\u00adliant, glow\u00ading cobalt blue that only hap\u00adpens when con\u00addi\u00adtions are right. There are few things more beau\u00adti\u00adful. 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