Adopting in Ashburn

Tonight I made french onion soup, Mastering the Art of French Cooking -style. It didn't turn out exactly as I predicted for a few reasons, but it was certainly delicious. Here are my suggested tweaks: Use sweet yellow onions. Vidalia's are good but after all that cooking, were not super sweet. Don't cover the onions during the 40 minute simmer. They'll brown faster. Lamb stock is not ideal, as it has too much of its own flavor. If you make your own stock, simmer the herbs and spices into it independently, not as the soup simmers. Croutons should be baked to golden brown, not cinnamon brown. All that being said, it was a lovely soup. So lovely, in fact, that I have approximately 4-6 servings leftover. Anybody want some? :) Always, ~Heather

I signed up for these online LivingSocial deal emails everyday, wherein I get an email about a local place that has a coupon for sale. Yes, for sale. Basically, you pay $10 or $25 or some amount for a coupon worth usually twice to three times that value. If you forward it around and three of your friends purchase it using the link originally sent to you, you get the coupon for free. So today I was looking at one for miniature golf (which I love despite my occasional lack of aim) and talking to a friend about it since he'd already been to this place, and he said he'd go with me if I wasn't otherwise able to use the coupon with a date or other friend. Which is incredibly nice. Except my first thought was: "Will I still be friends with this person by the time I'm ready to use this coupon?" Between friends who have fallen off the map (if I ever stop socializing because I magically conjure up a boyfriend, please beat me with a stick or something) or re-located , I...