How this blog got its name

The other day I told my husband that my company had announced they were giving out bonuses this year. His response was along these lines (I can't remember his exact quote) "That's so a barbeque!"

I didn't immediately connect the dots on the meaning of his words. I pondered what this unique expression might mean. Hubby grew up in Brooklyn in a fairly urban environment, and as such, has a handful of slang expressions in his bag of phrases that I was not used to when I started dating him. I have adopted most of them quite eagerly as I love new slang (my favorite so far is "dumb" as in very, ex: "the supermarket was DUMB crowded").

So I am like what, is that a new expression? Like "You're getting a raise, that's SO barbeque!" But actually, his mind was just making the immediate leap between the potential of bonus money to buy us a BBQ grill for our backyard. We just moved to a house in the suburbs from an apartment in Brooklyn, so we are very excited about the potential to grill this summer. So excited in fact that hubby has already earmarked my bonus for his need for grilled meat.

Me in the meantime, I am now going around commenting on the coolness of stuff and saying "Wow, you cut bangs? That's so barbeque!"

Just try it. It's fun.