I may well be too old for this. I find myself blogging when I should be working, and my work is important. I actually enjoy it. But I figured, well, it’s Sunday evening, I’m pouring very potent imperial stout’s down my throat, and with my lovely girlfriend upstairs doing her own blog action, I figured it was time for me to do this.

Funny that I mention my lovely GF. She is the reason I’m blogging. To be honest, I’m doing this to offer a counterpoint to her lovely blog, “sweetrelease.wordpress.com.” this is a blog created to highlight her business, “Sweet Release custom dessert designs.”

I am sort of enjoying this blog being an add-on to her’s. Kim is a tremendously creative and energetic individual but at times I think she needs a little positive reinforcement. Don’t we all? I mean, she conceptualizes and creates these lovely and tasty desserts, but doesn’t like to watch people consume them. She sells them at St. Catharine’s market, but doesn’t want to see people scarf them down. Well, I scarf them down, and I love them. So go to Sweetrelease.wordpress.com and tell her that she’s fantastic. I know she is.

So I guess the idea here is to talk about me. It’s something I’ve been rehearsing for well into 38 years. But remember, I am here as an appendage of Kim, so I will subsume my identity under hers. I am her boyfriend, try to support her business, financially back her endeavours at times, and spoon with her in the mornings. We go out for runs in the morning but don’t “run together” because I have a longer gait and faster pace than her. But we support each other–I have been running for years so I try to give tips without seeming bossy. We brainstorm good baking ideas. I came up with some good ideas she may implement for Valentines Day.

What’s it like to live with a stunning pastry chef? Well, it takes some self-discipline. The house is often laden with baked goods. Christmas was a challenge–few flat surfaces were without something baked and sweet. I built a portable shelving unit so she could stack her stuff (and so I could have my dining table back). We have just recently tossed out 2 1/2 of those green organic bags full of cookies that did not sell at the market over the holidays. But it was a pretty good Christmas. Considering that we were only at the market for 2 days, we/she did pretty well.

Today we are sitting around relaxing. A good run in the morning, then a walk up to the Fairview Mall to pick up some groceries. We’re having a good time keeping an eye on our steps on my pedometer. 12000 today, which includes my run in the morning.

Now we’re downing a series of very good Imperial Stouts, blogging and anticipating the lovely chili that she has concocted. Made with vegetarian ground beef (I’m a veggie) which will give me the nasty farts. but at least we can turn down the heat tonight and be warmed by our own expulsions.

Again, what is it like being the boyfriend of a lovely pastry chef? pretty cool. She’s creative, and loves to bake. We share time in our nice kitchen, and I get to help decorate. Sometimes my ideas actually end up on the sales table…

Hmmm….. this blogging is totally self indulgent. Let’s see what happens.

Now I have to go back to my research. In my other life, I’m a university professor, and I study liquor control in Ontario. Pretty good gig, and I can research and write with a beer in my hand. I’m not talking about crappy big-brewer beers, but lovely and lovingly made craft endeavours. Living near the border, too, means that I can hop across to Buffalo for something tastier than we can get here. Don’t be mistaken. Canadian craft beer has nothing on the micro breweries of the U S of A…

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