day tripping in Glendale and the afore mentioned moussaka

Ok, I made the Moussaka recipe, A food -combo friendly dish, from Martha-Madonnas site, file:///Users/annboyle/Desktop/www.marthastewart.com:recipe:quick-moussaka.webloc
it is like the New York Times Cookbook recipe except with a few changes, feta and ricotta instead of bechamel sauce. So I made it but i changed a few things and it came out pretty good except too much tomato liquid at the bottom. So tips are these: Peel mr. Eggplant, layer in salted paper towels for 15 min. to pull out the bitterness if you are sensitive to it all , like ME...Make sure tomatoes are well drained; brown onions and deglaze with some sort of alcohol; add nutmeg to the topping. I used handmade Italian sausage from Marios on Colorado in Glendale, sweet and hot, instead of plain beef, pork or lamb, very excellent.

I had a great time buying myself birthday presents at two local thrift shops i like. Thrift alley, across from the Library on Louise for books and a gorgeous bowl and the Armenian freedom thrift shop on Colorado just east of Glendale blvd., pictured here with this "say no more!" window display...gota go...lie to me is on...
Sorry the pics are all out of order...after the pic of Mssr. Aubergine are some latter day "tobey mugs", old english grog drinking vessles...everything at the A.F. T.S. is organized by color or type of thing, I love it! Check out these crucial pins ...Cat face appearing right out of the pin box! I bought that one...