Tuesdays with Muerte

What an amazing piece of cookware! I was introduced to this particular WOK a couple of weeks ago when Christina Johnson Duke invited me over for a couples date. I know I've already blogged about that but I didn't get to show you the EVIDENCE. Christina and Matt cooked the Panda Express Chicken in the Wok while my date and I made the sauces. Matt was especially excited to show me how the bater magically enveloped the chicken when it cooked in the hot oil. Honestly, it was pretty astonishing--he just rolled the chicken in the bater a little and then let the WOK do its work. While we cooked, Christina told me about how the WOK was a gift from my parents when they visited our house up in Redmond when they were married last year. She also shared with us the story of how they were nervous about carrying on such a large, metal item to the plane. They were sure that some metal detector somewhere would be tripped and they would have to leave it behind in WA. Fortunately for them,...

We flew kites in the park across from Provo Hospital with Faith last week. It was super fun! I had forgotten how entertaining kites can be. Faith had to continually remind me not to fly mine too high because she was afraid that it would get away. Later, we walked to the nearby McDonalds and enjoyed a treat. Faith played for 20 minutes, by herself, in the indoor playground. She just crawled around and wouldn't come out. Even after we called to her, she hunkered down in the deepest corner like she was getting ready for a winter-long siege. Rose and I were both baffled. We didn't know how to coax her down. We told her mom we'd have her back home by 6:30pm and we only had a couple of minutes left. I felt frustrated for the first time as a mentor. I couldn't use any physical force since I was only a "big brother" and not a real parent. After an extra 10 minutes, Faith finally gave in after we wore her down--or rather, she wore us down by repetitively ask...