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I'm on the mend from appendix surgery and have a few food-type things to post, but now I can't find the dang cord that transfers the photos from my camera to the computer. To the rescue -- a couple of blogging buddies who tagged me for memes. I'm going to do the easiest one first - a music...

It's funny to watch the videos because I was in the hospital less than 24 hours after they were recorded... Anyway these are links to some of my favorite songs that CRB does: - Me and Bobby McGee - Still the One More to come...

This month's Daring Bakers challenge was an opera cake and oh, what beautiful examples of the opera cake can be found on the other DB blogs! Unfortunately, preparing for CRB's gigs (Friday and next Wednesday) have made me too busy to complete this month's challenge. We're doing several...

I am in the process of writing my Top Chef recap but CRB has a gig tomorrow at Wickham Farms ! Weather cooperating (cross your fingers!) we'll be playing on the porch on the right side of the picture. I need to bone up on a few songs, particularly some new ones, including a Miley Cyrus tune we're...

Yesterday I was dragging from my cold, and was really concerned about how I'd do at our gig at the Teddi Dance for Love. Well, the energy of hundreds of college kids was contagious. We had a blast. I'm going to rest and recover today (for one thing, my ears need to stop ringing), so no cooking...

I've been fighting a cold for the past few days. I can usually tough out a cold, but this one comes at an especially bad time because CRB has a big gig tonight. We're playing at the annual Teddi Dance for Love , a 24-hour dance marathon at St. John Fisher College. I want to sing well not only...

CRB's gig at the Jukebox on Saturday night was great fun. We debuted two new songs that feature lead vocals by "the ladies" (as the guys call us) -- "Me & Bobby Magee" and "Sweet Home Chicago." They were a blast to do. Five bands played, so of course, I had to stick...

One of the guys in the band is hosting a New Year's gathering. CRB is going to play the set for our gig on January 5 and probably do some jamming. I'm taking this cheesecake, which I haven't made before. Like so many things I make in the kitchen, the process didn't exactly go smoothly...

I just read Anthony Bourdain's Overrated Menu . I love the guy. He's caustic, imaginative and funny. Whenever I read anything written by him, I get a total inferiority complex. Kinda like how I feel when I play music with the enormously talented people in my band ... which is a nice segue to...

CRB spent Friday night recording our demo in the home studio of our good friend, Jim. Here's Jim's dog, Zoe, listening to a playback. I'm not sure she's happy about that take. Anyway, my primary role in the band is to sing harmonies, which comes late in the recording process. I knew I...