Los Angeles, California: A very busy day for the old folks. We headed over to Los Angeles in cloudy skies and actually had to use our wipers a few times due to sprinkles! What is going on?
Not only was it raining in Los Angeles, all sorts of white stuff was falling at Taylor Manor in Portland, Oregon:


DT gets to fly into Portland tomorrow - leaving the sunny Coachella Valley for several days of meetings as he helps to plan the 2012 Olympic Track & Field Trials. Will he miss me? No. Will he miss the weather in Indio? Yes.
Weather or no weather, we had more important things to occupy our thoughts this afternoon.

Talented!
After his nap, Little Leo was quite friendly and was laughing and smiling with Grandpa Dave.




After entertaining Leo, I assembled the patitsio casserole:




Truth? It was a very pretty dish, but it did not present itself very well when sliced. Kinda did not hold its shape. Hamburger Helper Hell. If you have ever dined at Skyline Chili in Cincinnati, you know the flavor I am working with in this recipe. Skyline Chili (meat sauce served over spaghetti noodles) is obviously an Americanization of the Greek Patitiso. Not sure I will make patitsio again, unless I forgo the casserole idea and go full-on Skyline style. If so, I will title this recipe "Cincinnati-style Spaghetti".
Tomorrow, DT jets back to Portland and I will be on baby duty. Lenny & Lisa will be away, so expect a baby photo-shoot-palooza.
Until my next update, I remain, your meat-sauced correspondent.