Ain’t No Party Like A Naptown Party

[Admittedly, this post has little to do with cooking.]

Last weekend I went to Annapolis, MD and enjoyed yet another zen weekend around boats, water and good food. The entire weekend was basically made up of 4 things: cooking, eating, drinking, and hanging out. I ate oysters, visited the farmer’s market and enjoyed my very first sip of Baltimore’s finest Natty Boh (aka National Bohemian Beer).

This was the tits.

The culinary theme of the weekend was taking a couple of high quality, fresh ingredients and simply preparing them so that they stood on their own. Likeeee this delicious grilled rib eye, with a little bleu cheese sitting on top of an heirloom tomato (aka The Perfect Bite). Orr grilled peaches with toasted (okay, I burned them a little because I wasn’t paying attention) nuts and a buttery brown sugar sauce (there was also a sweet creme fraiche drizzle but we hossed it all in .25 seconds before I could take a picture). Also, I didn’t have to cook! Upon further investigation, my friends confessed to wanting to make it on the blog.

HIIII HALLE AND ALI, YOUR FOOD WAS GREAT!!

The only things I did NOT like about Annapolis were the swarms of bugs that ate me alive, leaving me with possible cases of yet to be diagnosed dengue fever/malaria. Also, Halle’s barbeque grill and EVERYTHING LEEWARD MARKET. I hate those assholes.