The gloom is getting to me

Summer starts on Thursday, but Portland is still coated in June-uary gloom. Yesterday was jam-packed with various obligations. Disappointing brunch at Delta (after deciding the Father's Day-induced wait at Genie's was absurdly long), marching in the PDX Pride Parade (accompanied by a delightful entourage), a barbecue at Brandon's house (featuring the piecakein - pictured and described below), and covering a show that mercifully ended at 10 p.m. Throngs of teenagers whined that it ended too early. I was excited to go home and go to sleep. I am officially old.

Piecakein, similar in concept to the famous Turducken, was an experiment conducted by a baker friend of Kim's. It's a pie inside of a cake. It's also the most awesomely delicious thing I have ever eaten. Observe:



Pie. Inside of. A cake. Let it be known that I restrained myself from eating the entire confection. I stuck to one piece, and concentrated on playing with Stella the Boston Terrier after that. She makes an excellent distraction.



That's about it for current goings-on. Without much to report, I present a photo of my limited kitchen skills. It's from last weekend's True Blood Season Premiere Party. I poured, I stirred, I wore an apron. I ain't no Betty Crocker by any stretch of the imagination.



Exciting things on the horizon, clouds or no clouds.