My favorite vege-tables

Yesterday, I was shopping at Stono Farm Market and the owner mentioned that they would be opening their U-pick strawberry fields today. That's one and a half months earlier than expected (thanks, global warming!). Since Mike and I love strawberries, I figured I would check it out.

It was a beautiful sunny day, and I managed to restrain myself and only picked about 2 pounds of strawberries. Hopefully we'll be able to eat that many without getting sick of them. And I definitely plan on going back again several times.

When I got home, I baked a batch of shortcakes and whipped up some cream.
Ladies and gentleman, I give you the first strawberry shortcake of the season:

And, as I was paying for my berries, I noticed that they had a table of other produce from the farm. They had some various lettuces, and these carrots:

Only about 2-3 inches long, they were too cute to pass up. I'm looking forward to seeing what other cool fruits and veggies we'll get as the summer approaches.

Oscar Picks

For whatever reason, making Oscar predictions really hasn't been that exciting this year. I'll definitely watch tonight, and I'm sort of excited about Jon Stewart hosting, but there just aren't many categories that I had a difficult time with. So I'm posting my picks here, with the usual disclaimer that I reserve the right to change my picks until the start of the Awards broadcast. However, I don't really anticipate changing any of my choices.

Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Best Actress: Julie Christie
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
Best Director: The Coen brothers
Original Screenplay: Juno
Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters
Animated Picture: Ratatouille
Art Direction: There Will be Blood
Cinematography: No Country for Old Men
Costumes: Atonement
Documentary Feature: No End in Sight
Documentary Short Subject: Sari's Mother
Editing: No Country for Old Men
Makeup: Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End
Original Score: Atonement
Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from Once
Animated Short: I Met the Walrus
Live Action Short: Tanghi Argentini
Sound Editing: Transformers
Sound Mixing: Transformers
Visual Effects: Transformers

Angel Oak

This morning, we drove out to John's Island to visit the Angel Oak. The Angel Oak is one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi, estimated to be 1400 years old. The limbs are so old and heavy that they rest on the ground. It's really quite impressive.

Thanks Kim!

These grillz will help me keep it real in '08.

Joust!

Mike and I took a quick trip to Myrtle Beach this weekend. Even though it's only 2 hours away, we had never been there. The main reason that we went was to finally visit Medieval Times (Mike's idea). So on Friday we drove to MB and checked in to our hotel, which was across the street from Broadway at the Beach, a wierd touristy complex that is basically like Downtown Disney, except not Disney. It has a Hard Rock Cafe, Planet Hollywood, Ripley's Aquarium, IMAX 3-D theater, amusement park rides, etc... So we went and walked around there for a while and then rested up to get ready for the exciting evening ahead.
We found our way to the Medieval Times castle, which was right next to the not-yet-completed Hard Rock Park (which looks pretty cool, by the way). When we got inside we were seated in the Black-and-White Knight's section. Mike really enjoyed getting to eat his entire dinner without silverware, while I particularly enjoyed wearing a crown. Our knight was totally awesome and won pretty much all of the games. We cheered and cheered, and at the end we were able to get a photo with our knight (see above).
After all that fun, we went to the Margaritaville at Broadway at the Beach and enjoyed some cold ones while listening to a band of middle-aged men who played mostly Van Morrison covers. The next morning we went outlet shopping and then checked out Ocean Boulevard. We had a fun time, and will probably go back again this summer.