Dinner, but no eyelashes

I had to stay in all day to finish grading my students' papers, so unfortunately I didn't get to Walgreens to pick up fake eyelashes today. I did, however, take a break after lunch to go sun myself for 45 minutes or so - I'm trying to get a little sun-kissed look going for the wedding. It was the first time I sunbathed topless in the city. I don't think anyone can see me up on the second-floor balcony, but it was just risky enough to be fun. No tan lines, tan boobies. Nice.

After all the sunning and grading I was hungry but didn't have time to go to the store. So I improvised and ended up with a tasty, tasty main dish. (Vegetarians, beware - what follows is pretty meaty...)


I took a 1-pound pork tenderloin, salted and peppered it, stuck sage leaves all over it and wrapped it in five slices of thin-sliced bacon. I chopped an onion into large sections and then threw everything into a preheated cast iron skillet with about a tablespoon of olive oil. I seared the pork for four minutes on each side, turned off the heat, tossed in a good-sized handful of raisins, and put the whole deal in the oven at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes. After letting it sit for five more minutes on the stovetop, it was ready to go. Delish.

With such a fancy main, I took it down a notch by adding potato salad from Trader Joe's and store-bought baked beans as sides. All together, it was like a fancy barbeque picnic.

Tomorrow, for serious: eyelashes.