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Apr. 22nd, 2005 05:48 pmWhat's the difference between saag paneer and palak paneer? Both are spinach with paneer cheese, so it's probably a spicing difference, but I'm curious. I ask because we had lunch at the local Indian place this afternoon -- I've lived here for 10 years now, and hadn't made it there before, and finally said, fuck it, I'm tired of waiting for other people to be in the mood to go; I'm out and about, and the kids will eat stuff there, so I went. When we ate at this great Indian place in Baltimore with Kristen, she introduced us to palak paneer, and it was fantastic. I looked for it on the "Taste of India" menu, but they didn't have it; instead, they had saag paneer. Probably my Western philistine-ism, but I couldn't tell the difference.
Kids were great for the whole outing. We have our "bike house" back, so it's much easier to get around town. Bank, then post office, then local copy shop to get a quote on my sling-wearing directions (50 copies for $20 -- seems steep, even though they're two double-sided pages), and then we were hungry. Usually we go to the great pizza place, but we'd been on Wednesday already, and all Stephen eats there are cinnamon knots (bread coated with butter and cinnamon -- delicious, but not very healthy!). I'd been wanting to get to the Indian place for ages, so we went there. Stephen ate 2 plates full of basmati rice and some nan bread, and Sophie shared my saag paneer and rice. They were wonderfully behaved. Rode down to the park, where both kids had fun running around for 75 minutes, then it started getting crowded with older kids. (What's the allure of the playground to 14-year-olds, honestly?)
And now we're home, and Sophie is napping in my bed, again, hurray! She seems to wake up on the hour, looking for boobie, but if I nurse her, she sleeps again for another 45-60 minutes. Yay! I'm on the Shiny! New! Laptop! downstairs while Stephen watches Clifford. Must get to the new Clifford exhibit at the Children's musem of Boston. I was hoping to get to Boston this weekend, because I just finished "The Fortune of War" by Patrick O'Brian, wherein our heroes (of "Master and Commander") are taken prisoners of war on the Consititution, which is now docked in Boston. I've been dying to see it in person. However, it looks like it's going to be rainy and yucky all weekend. Pooh. Maybe we'll see a movie or something instead.
Kids were great for the whole outing. We have our "bike house" back, so it's much easier to get around town. Bank, then post office, then local copy shop to get a quote on my sling-wearing directions (50 copies for $20 -- seems steep, even though they're two double-sided pages), and then we were hungry. Usually we go to the great pizza place, but we'd been on Wednesday already, and all Stephen eats there are cinnamon knots (bread coated with butter and cinnamon -- delicious, but not very healthy!). I'd been wanting to get to the Indian place for ages, so we went there. Stephen ate 2 plates full of basmati rice and some nan bread, and Sophie shared my saag paneer and rice. They were wonderfully behaved. Rode down to the park, where both kids had fun running around for 75 minutes, then it started getting crowded with older kids. (What's the allure of the playground to 14-year-olds, honestly?)
And now we're home, and Sophie is napping in my bed, again, hurray! She seems to wake up on the hour, looking for boobie, but if I nurse her, she sleeps again for another 45-60 minutes. Yay! I'm on the Shiny! New! Laptop! downstairs while Stephen watches Clifford. Must get to the new Clifford exhibit at the Children's musem of Boston. I was hoping to get to Boston this weekend, because I just finished "The Fortune of War" by Patrick O'Brian, wherein our heroes (of "Master and Commander") are taken prisoners of war on the Consititution, which is now docked in Boston. I've been dying to see it in person. However, it looks like it's going to be rainy and yucky all weekend. Pooh. Maybe we'll see a movie or something instead.
