For Rob's birthday party, we went out in Tribeca and then saw Bedouin Soundclash play the Knitting Factory. I had never heard of them before about a week ago, but I was really impressed by their show. They are reggae-ish, with a little punk in there. Their sound, especially the singer, reminded me a bit of Rancid, except Rancid is punk first with reggae thrown in.
I was able to muscle my way to the front of the stage for the encore and even got to break up a fight between two girls!

100_2696.JPG, originally uploaded by bantic.

The Thing I made on Sunday was Pork Chili. This is a picture of the garlic, onions and jalapeños. The recipe is called Tierra Verde Chili, and contains no beans, which I have been told is the authentic way to make chili although I can find no evidence of this in a cursory search online.
Here's the Tierra Verde recipe in case you want to follow along yourself. It's quite good, and goes really well over a baked potato with some cheese.

2lbs pork loin, thin
2 cups water
2 tbsp olive oil
2 large onions chopped
4 large garlic cloves minced
4 large jalapenos, stemmed seeded and diced
4 4-oz cans green chilis, diced
1 14.5-oz can stewed tomatoes, mexican style
1 tbsp oregano
2 tsp ground cumin

pork in pan, cover with water, bring to boil, reduce heat, 
simmer until meat is thoroughly cooked through
separate meat and broth, put meat on a plate, 
put broth into a 2-cup measuring cup
skim fat from broth


heat olive oil in a pot, saute onions, garlic 
and jalapeños (cook veggies with olive oil)
add cubed pork, green chiles, broth,
stewed tomates (w/ their liquid) + the seasonings, 
pepper to taste, bring to boil, 
simmer 2 to 3 hours for mixture to thicken

orange balls, originally uploaded by bantic.

Ok, I'm doing Thing A Day (http://www.thing-a-day.com/) this year!
I missed the official registration deadline, but that's not going to stop me. I'm setting the bar rather low by just planning on taking >= 1 photo per day. Here's a bowling shot I took last night. Click through for some more photos.