Legit email exchange between Dad the the aunts

Aunt #1: Try this combination of salad, which is what I'm having now for lunch: arugula, sliced or halved marinated kumquats, (marinate them in a bit of EVOO for couple hours), sprinkles of blue cheese + a bit of olive oil and lemon juice. Very refreshing.

Aunt #2: What's EVOO?

me: Extra virgin olive oil.

Aunt #3: C'est quoi, EVOO?

Aunt #1: vina vient de dire: extra virgin olive oil

Dad: Extra virgin olive oil! Don't you watch cooking shows?!

Aunt #1: Only Rachel Ray calls it EVOO. The others, Bobby Flay, the fat Italian guy, and the Barefoot Contessa, they talk normally and don't abbreviate.

Aunt #2: I don't watch cooking shows. I watch Breaking Bad - they cook meth.

Vintage Sananikone

My aunt is new to Facebook so she's been posting all these photos of my grandmother back in the homeland. I love it, especially that last photo of Gramma, Dad, and all the aunts and uncles. Dad still loves plaid shirts. 

me: You got a new guitar? How much was it?
Dad: ...I can't really say since your mom is right next to me.

eating, drinking, and being merry

Oh, Dad.

We put the fun in funfetti

happy birthday, dad!

This is my dad's Facebook profile photo.

ah-heh-heh.

Tonight

- seared scallops with a rendered bacon/white wine/lemon zest/mushroom/cream sauce.
- grilled steak with roasted baby reds and asparagus.
- arugula salad with simple vinaigrette.
- vanilla bean buttermilk cake with fresh raspberries and whipped cream.

Why is this Nivea so foamy?

Dad: (from bathroom) I've lost my mind.
me: what?
Dad: I thought about shaving, and then I thought about facial cream, and then I put shaving cream all over my face.
me: ....what?
Dad: I thought about shaving, and then I thought about putting on moisturizer, and then I put shaving cream on my face like it was facial cream. (comes out of the bathroom with shaving cream all over his face and starts laughing)

Oh, Dads.

Ok thanks, Dad.

Dad: vin, vin, this is my quote of the day: knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in the fruit salad.

We in the south, y'all!

Look at my parents being all adorable. 

Fried green tomato topped with a crab cake, a poached egg, and Lowcountry remoulade sauce. With grits. You have no idea. I will go back to Charleston for this meal. 

Ding ding ding went the trolley! Seeing the sights with Pa.
 

Legalized drinking in public. Awesome or an awesomely bad idea. 

Charleston and Savannah: grits, beautiful architecture, peaches, and unbelievable humidity.
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To clarify, no Discovery Channel Song or Rammstein?

[via gmail]
Dad: vina, can you compile some easy listening playlists for me to play at my friend's daughter's wedding brunch on the 17th?
me: Ok. What kind of easy listening? Oldies? Contemporary?
Dad: Mix them. You can include some new hits, old hits, they don't have to be wedding songs, so long as they do not scream sexual innuendos ...violence ... or dying.

Dad: I think we are going to have scrambled eggs tonight because Mom just dropped the entire carton.

Oh, Dad.

[via text]
Dad: Yesterday I saw a small golden turtle in the garden right beneath the water hose outlet. It could still be there!

Party animal parents

Awww!

Dad: (hands Mom some red roses) Here. I bought these for you. Happy Valentine's day. I mean, happy new year's. I mean, happy anniversary.

Happy 31st anniversary to my super cute parents.

My dad is so cute.

Birds and bunny ears

 

 

 

Gramma's house is one of my favorite places.

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