last night I ate a delicious burger

So I had a hankerin' for a burger yesterday, and because Erin has a built-in gas grill at her house, making this happen was exceedingly simple. Boy, do I ever love the convenience of that thing. I have a classic Weber charcoal grill myself, and I absolutely adore it. However, being able to simply turn a knob (not to mention adjust heat at will) is ever-so-expedient. So I went to the market to gather supplies: 80/20 local ground beef, some buns, a tomato, some green leaf lettuce (sometimes I'm tempted to put something fancier like spinach or baby greens on a burger, but it's never as satisfying as some good ol' fashioned lettuce), a red onion and some NY sharp cheddar. Fortuitously, I had earlier that very day, already purchased a jar of Bubbie's pure kosher dills, which I had to explain to Erin absolutely was a necessary item and therefore belonged with the other things I was buying at the time: milk and toilet paper. So then I just had to wait until she got done with work. Oh, the agony! Oh, that anticipation!
It wasn't that bad, though, because I had a tasty cocktail to keep me company. New Amsterdam Gin and San Pellegrino Aranciata. So delicious and refreshing, perfect after the sweltering heat I had spent the afternoon hanging laundry in.
On to the burgers! I mixed the beef with some salt and pepper, garlic powder and some Worcestershire (old tricks are the best tricks, eh?), then spent some quality time... (here is where I try desperately to figure out a creative way to describe making burgers that doesn't sound like I'm a snickering 8th-grader, and fail miserably) um, making burger patties. I halved and sliced the onion and sauteed until well caramelized. I found some bell peppers in the fridge, so those got some olive oil, salt and pepper and went on the grill alongside the burgers. Buns were buttered and toasted.
These burgers were dang delicious, for real. Here is a crappy picture I took with my phone.

After inhaling my burger, I wanted to try a cocktail that I had been thinking about all day. Having now tried it, I could not more highly recommend it. Some of Jeremiah Weed, some Ceres passion fruit (about one and a half times as much as the vodka), and water (sparkling water is also fantastic). This was also delicious and refreshing.
Now I'm off to eat a noodle bowl and fight a day-long internal battle against the will to eat the single leftover burger in the fridge, which I was expressly instructed to save for later.