what a beautiful weekend! from vodka tasting to a bbq at kriston and matt's to attending the soft opening of avenue, to biking rock creek parkway with tommy and checking out the FREAKY FREAKY fish at the zoo's amazonia house, it was packed full o' fun. i'll try to write about it more tomorrow ("major league" is on and apparently i should devote my full attention to it) but for now i'll leave you with a recipe i found this weekend for a cookie that's turned out to be one of my favorites - hazelnut cookies. add a bit of extra orange zest and vanilla for super yumminess (and double the recipe because it doesn't make as nearly as many cookies as it says it does).

Douglas Adams fans: prepare to be disappointed. (Slashdotted -- cached copy here).

(The author of the review, MJ Simpson, is the late Mr. Adams' biographer).