Smooth(ie) Operator

After several years together without homemade milkshakes, pina coladas or smoothies, Santa blessed us with our first brand-new blender this CHRIStmas. True, back in college we somehow acquired our buddy and October-Friend-of-Chris-DQ Lauren M.'s parents' old pea-green model, and she worked hard for us, but her functionality and style waned over the years and after a few lackluster shakes, she met an ignominious end in a Blacksburg, Va., dumpster. Our sincere apologies to the M. family.

So, last night, ironically on one of the coldest nights in recent memory, we decided to break in the new blender with a couple strawberry smoothies. Chris even went out in the freezing cold up to Safeway to get some frozen yogurt (Buy one, get one free!) and frozen strawberries, per an Internet recipe. But unfortunately, even on Level 5, the blender would not blend. The end result was a watery, chunky and funky-tasting single-serving smoothie. Ordinarily I would chalk the incident up to "user error," but Chris was at the helm here. If he can't do it no one can! [Yes, I jumped up in a Herkie after I typed that.]

In related news, we have a ton of vanilla frozen yogurt so grab a spoon and come on over. If you're lucky enough to know the whereabouts of CW headquarters, that is. Heh heh.