Greenbrier Symposium-Day -1
I’d intended to arrive in Lewisburg a day early and meet up my friend Chip who teaches at Marshall. (3 hours drive seems like next door when you’re in the area.) Got to the airport, and confused the ticket counterwoman. “You’re scheduled for tomorrow.” “No I’m not” brandishing the boarding pass I’d printed out last night. The Lewisburg plane was canceled and I was automatically rebooked on the Sunday flight. None of the other options would get me in in any kind of time to see Chip, so I took the Sunday reservation and headed home. Free day, I thought, what to do. Nice dinner out? then remembered my stepdaughter was planning to visit and I’d have missed her.
The six of us hit a sugar house for brunch, I took a nap, drove to Hatfield beef to pick up some rib-eyes, met everyone in Northampton, spent some time organizing things on the computer, saw Seth and his family, came home and made dinner. I made a bunch of glace de viande and I’ve been making sauces with it. Got the texture right on this one. Now for a stronger au poivre taste. Not bad for a day that didn’t exist.