Tomatoes!

One of my coworkers does a lot of homey stuff, including grow tomatoes. Last week, she gave me a little baggie of grape tomatoes (well, they're smaller than cherry, but plumper than grape). I threw together a salad with some lettuce mix and a handful of the tomatoes and some Annie's Shiitake & Sesame Vinaigrette, my favorite bottled dressing, and had the last of the leftover topping. The tomatoes were absolutely delicious! I didn't take any pictures because it wouldn't have made a nice picture--sorry. I've had a rough couple of weeks at work, and I haven't felt much like cooking either.

The weather, thank goodness, has cooled down considerably. It's amazing what even 5 degrees and slightly lower humidity can do. I can actually turn on my oven, if I am so inclined, without thinking I'm going to die. I think. The air quality has improved vastly as well.

As a resident of Washington, D.C., I don't have representation in Congress, but I do keep my eye on races around the country. So I was very happy when Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman. Senator Lieberman may have voted the Democratic position more often than not, but his hug-almost-smooch with Dubya and his pro-war stance hurt him greatly. Yes, he's admitted that the war has been bungled (ya think?), but there are people who now think the war was a mistake. Sadly, Lieberman has decided to run as an independent, while most incumbents kicked out in the primaries do support the party winner. What a spoilsport. What's more important, Senator: your career or the good of the party?