What does a stage manager do when unemployed? Why, make enormous dumplings, of course!

This is Bill and Drea. Bill was my first boss at Record Town in the lovely Golf Mill Mall. I then got Drea a job there. Here we are, 14 years later. Bill up and left his job at Borders in LA due to excessive corporate scarriness. He's now contemplating a move to Seattle; I mean, who wouldn't really? Seattle is the town that all locals try hard to keep the "it rains all the time" myth strong to stop all us crazy folk from moving too. I think they've almost given up the ghost as home prices now match Chicago for idiocy.

In other news, I made Austrian Plum Dumplings yesterday. They were huge, gorgeous, and tasty as hell. I have such distinct memories of eating them as a kid in Suzanne's kitchen, I just had to try to make them myself. It took alllllll day. But they really were delightful. I think unemployment is good for me. Keeps my domestic skills strong. Now I'm off for a long walk around the city.