Walk the Walk (Show #247)

* Chit chat: drink check, awkward segueing

* Prolific gardening: the squash sickness, milspec tomato cages, planting at my sister's, (pause to waive at the neighbors), sharing the produce, walking sticks eat our mint leaves

* Kitchen Konfidential: the date is set, driving to get the mesquite, surprising the wood, sorting the boards, another "thing you can get in the back of a Prius", cabinet fixin, no kitchen for a month, finding tiny ovens, Sears is cool (who knew?), new freezer, granite is fun!

* Potentially stalking podcasters in Oregon

Return to the studio

* California: Shelly the film geek, seeing 2 rare Spencer Tracy films, travel tips, lunch in Santa Monica, whisky bar, booze sexism, dinner in LA, double-decker tourist, wandering into a Beverly Hills hotel, more incredible whiskies, North Face snobs, rare movie night at the Billy Wilder Theater

…and out to the porch

* Drink check: sipping Zacapa 23 and the Ardbeg Alligator, Japanese whisky

* Thyroid surgery: hospital virgin, medical payment unpredictability, upsetting stuff while groggy, talking to the doc, recovery, my smiley scar, pie and lentils

* Observing the natives on our street: drivers and children and cell phones

* iPad stand goodness: podcast with a mic mounted on a microphone stand

* More ruminations on the murder of walking sticks. and crawfish boils, and more cats

* Thanks for Web site help

* Feedback city