Monday started off Mondaying pretty hard: my scooter seat containing my helmet wouldn’t open, which meant our plan to scoot around town to run various errands wasn’t happening 
As luck would have it, I tracked down a shop just down the road from us & wore my PIC’s gigantic helmet to get over there. The shop guy told me I could drop it off later this afternoon & that he could probably have it fixed by tomorrow mid-day. Phew! Weather after tomorrow is turning to shite again.
When I walked out of the shop, one of the heels on my shoes flew off — a pair of fairly new shoes, one of which very recently had the heel glued back on — the other shoe, according to the cobbler (I’ll believe him bc I don’t remember anymore 
).
I stopped at home to smell the flowers 
, which reliably put me in a better mood & we continued on our errands.
The day improved even more when I found the porcini cream I needed for tonight’s dinner,
as well as a very colorful dress, a skirt & a shirt on $ale. Take THAT, stupid Monday!! 
We bought a couple new cheeses: a soft, runny Coulommiers and another whose name unfortunately escapes me ATM. A young, semi-hard cheese that’s nutty and similar to Gouda, but more interesting. Both should be wonderful with our beloved sourdough.
Dinner was pappardelle ai porcini e pepe verde: I sweat a diced shallot and a crushed garlic clove in an olive oil / butter mix, added the sliced oyster shrooms, sautéed those, added a splash of Grillo, a few blobs of the porcini crema, a splash of cream, and a few generous spoons of green peppercorns. I really love the vegetal pop of heat they add to a dish when you bite into them. Chopped parsley to finish the sauce.
Arugula with lemon dressing (lemon oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, s&p) & grated parm on the side.
We also picked up a lb of local strawberries & a slice of this ridiculous pistachio tiramisu cake for dessert later.
