On the Tally trip this past weekend, we went to see friends (Eoin and Theadora) dance at the Mission San Luis.

Now I had no idea there was a historical site this old in Tallahassee.  I went to graduate school there, and HAD NO IDEA.  And it’s right in the middle of town!

If you’re in Tally, go.  The campus is wonderful, and apparently I should be forgiven for not learning about it sooner, since it’s only in very recent years that it’s been so well taken care of.  There’s a bunch of wonderful adobe buildings that are very cool on a summer’s day (I’ll talk about how I think this works later on Front Step Design) as well as an effort to represent the support stuff for the people living there – though of course the veg gardens and animal pens aren’t nearly large enough, and they could be more closely packed (per the illustrations that I’ve been collecting).

Those are vineyards behind the dancers, and I recently found a recipe on Path to Freedom for preserved grape leaves, and apparently the small leaves can go straight into salads.  I don’t know how old stuffed grape leaves are as a menu item, but I’m not sure I care.  I’d stuff them with lentils rather than rice, though – rice is not as easy to raise, in period, and mundanely contributes both methane in its growth and burns petroleum to get to me.  Greet is now anti-rice.

By this time, I was about to shout ‘Theadora’ to get her to look towards me…except it should have been ‘Theresa!’

There she is!

They were bouncing up and down many times in this dance – it was quite funny.

And the end.

Thank you musicians!