A Nine-Year Anniversary Hippie Sandwich

Plus: A Frozen Strawberry Rhubarb Negroni, The Harlem Renaissance, and Tomato Plant Redux.

Hey everyone,

Yesterday my parents called to wish us a “happy nine year anniversary” and it took us a beat to remember what they were talking about. See, when you’re gay and you started dating in 2006, you celebrate your first date anniversary (which for us was over 18 years ago) rather than your wedding anniversary because if you only celebrate the wedding anniversary, you lose about 9 years since marriage wasn’t legal when you started.

But once we remembered that we got married nine years ago, I asked Craig what he wanted to do for lunch and he said he would make me a hippie sandwich. He’s really into making hippie sandwiches lately, modeling it on the one from Wax Paper in L.A.