jesus saves

Jesus Saves is also the name of a Slayer song. Coincidentally, Brad and the Hubs went to a Slayer concert this past weekend... and had the time of their lives.

(photo cred: B. Holland)

Athens is a real deep-south town. When driving through town this weekend we spotted this awesome old sign in front of a Baptist church. The Hubs decided it has been around since at least the 1950's. I like it because it looks like a prop from True Blood -maybe Eric is nearby?

{cord shorts, army parka -JCrew; white tee, silver watch, tan flats -Target; military hat -Banana Republic; silver necklace -the Tiffany bean}

I also want to brag, I mean share, with you the carnitas I recently made. I recommend you try this reciepe for two reasons:
1. It's pretty hard to botch up.
2. It tastes really good.

You'll need a 3.5/4 pound pork shoulder (cut into 2" pieces), 1 tsp ground cumin, an onion (halved), two bay leaves, 1 tsp dried oregano, 2 tbsp lime juice; water, an orange halved. Put it all in a pot in your oven at 300 degrees until it's super tender -2 hours, ish. Before you put it in the oven it looks like this:

Once your meat is tender take the solids out of the pot. Put the meat in a bowl and throw out the onion, orange, etc. They've done their job. Put your pot on the stovetop and cook the liquid down until it looks like this:

this part takes a little while, but I wouldn't lie -it's worth it. Once your liquid has reduced to a syrupy consistancy pour it into the bowl with your pork and toss. All of this stuff can be done in advance. When you're ready for dinner warm some corn tortillas and pre-heat your broiler. Put a wire rack over a baking sheet and lay out the pieces of pork on the rack. Broil until everything looks super delicious.
But holy hell, watch it. If you burn it now, you'll be super bummed. If you don't burn it, slice up some radishes, onion, and serve with sour cream and guac-a-molly.