Friday Night Festivities!!!

Posted: November 19, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Festivities, just because, open thread | Tags: , | 79 Comments
Tonight, we’re celebrating 21 days of the little blog that could!

First, Saturday night Treats will feature BostonBoomer and some New England Recipes that sound great for a chilly autumn eve.  Be sure to come and share!!!  I think I’m going to have to work up to sharing my best gumbo recipe just to keep the seafood competition up!!!

Second, we were adopted this week !!!!  I’m so happy that some of my fellow New Orleans Bloggers have decided to give Sky Dancing a try!!! Thank you Editilla!!!

~EPluribusPiem American Pie Party~Good Mornin’ America & Happy Hump Day! Today’s Humping Pie Party Adopt-A-Blog-rrr: @SkyDancer66http://bit.ly/aNqsoX#justdesserts#vajrapie

Third, the move from file cabinet to active community has increased our Alexa status!  We’ve broke the 10 million mark!!  We started in the top 18 million blogs so that’s quite a bump!  We’ve had some great link backs  from HuffPo, Corrente, and this fun one from the WSJ (via Technorati)!

WSJ.com: Real Time Economics
Recent Influential Reactions
Inflation: Not a Problem

Sky Dancing — Authority 439
economists as “William Kristol, Editor, The Weekly Standard“.  Actually, the signatories aren’t distinguished economists at all.  They’re mostly political hacks and conservative policy ideologues.

Look at that Team!!   We’re ‘influential”!!!  (It must be that 9,915,575 ranking, daggummit!!!)

Another shout out goes to Sima’s wonderful post on S.510:  Food Safety Modernization Act.  Sima got a link back from opencongress.org/bill/111-s510/show/  as well as a shout out on some other blogs.  As  you know, Sima’s venture into blogging is going well and we’re glad she’s joined the team!!! She provides an important voice to one more important set of issues!

Any more frontpagers in waiting in the wings out there?  Let us know!!!  Again, we interested in discussing issues here and any one with an important issue that they follow closely and would like to post on would be more than welcome!!!

So,we’re #9,915,575 and WE try harder!!  We’re hoping to go  under 1 million in less than 3 months!!

(Hey, it’s a start!!! Right?)

This is an open festivity thread because you’re an important part of the little blog that could!!!  Keep on bringing up and commenting on real issues!!!

Saturday Night Treats

Posted: November 6, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: open thread, Treats | Tags: , | 69 Comments

It’s Saturday night!!!

Got something to share?

Bring it on!!!

Hot Spinach-Artichoke Dip

Paula Deen

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Show: Paula’s Home CookingEpisode: Neighborhood Cocktail Party

Cook Time:  30 min  Level:  Easy   Yield:   about 4 cups

Ingredients
  • 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach
  • 2 (13 3/4-ounce) cans artichoke hearts
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan
  • 1 cup grated pepper jack cheese
Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a casserole dish with nonstick spray.

Heat the spinach in a microwave oven on high for 5 minutes and squeeze dry. Drain the artichoke hearts and coarsely chop in a food processor.

Combine all the ingredients except the jack cheese in a large bowl. Stir well. Scrape into the prepared casserole dish and sprinkle the jack cheese on top. Bake for 30 minutes. Transfer to a chafing dish and keep warm over a low flame. Serve with bagel chips.

p.s I like the old fashion thing we do down here in New Orleans.  We put it on either fresh French or Italian bread!

This is an open thread.

Friday Night Treats

Posted: October 29, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: open thread | 10 Comments

Got something to share?

Bring it on!!!

Rosemary Roasted Cashews
Show: Barefoot Contessa Episode: Dinners in the Fridge

Recipe Summary
Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: approximately 3 cups

1 1/4 pounds cashew nuts
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh rosemary leaves
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 tablespoon melted butter

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Place the nuts on an ungreased baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes until they are warmed through. Meanwhile, combine the rosemary, pepper, sugar, salt and butter in a large bowl. Toss the warm nuts with the rosemary mixture until the nuts are completely coated. Serve warm.

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