Coming to New Zealand has been a wonderful culinary experience, amongst other things. Meat pies! Kumara! Pickle! Steak and egg burgers! (Only one of the above exclamation marks is sarcastic.) Most of these so-called discoveries are common to Commonwealth countries, I presume, but living in Canada many of the British influences have been submerged by…
Last night, my dreams were filled with wonderful food. Good bread, fish coated with a buttery sauce, delicious cakes, the perfect roasted chicken, and did I mention, butter. Yes, I finally got around to seeing Julie and Julia. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I found the parts about Julie’s blog, and her efforts to cook…
Over the summer, I fell in love with Fox’s Bones. And ever since, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the premier of season five — which aired last night. I was one of those few people who actually enjoyed the season four finale. Maybe I’m just a sucker for romance, but I LOVED seeing Booth and Brennan…
When I have nothing to talk about, I can always rely on Lush. LUSH, for those of you who have managed to live without it all this time, is a British cosmetics store that has grown immensely in both product range and location. It started out as mail order soap company around the 80s and…
Once they wrapped up the Fellowship of the Sun storyline, the season meandered pretty dramatically for me. Crazy ass psycho bitch Sarah Newlin (acted to perky perfection) and dim bulb Jason just clicked and I loved the wry tone of the storyline. The maenad, not so much. Generally speaking, nice people acting mean isn’t a…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxPgplMujzQ&feature=related I’m a real sucker for reality dance shows on TV, and am totally delighted that So You Think You Can Dance started up again last week. And soon, Dancing With the Stars will be on again (although I’m much less excited about it this time around).
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNc5o9TU0t0 …You can make awesome music, like guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela, from Mexico City. They have a trash metal background, and turned it to the acoustic guitar; he does the picky bits, she does the bass/strumming/percussion – all on guitar. Here they cover Stairway to Heaven. It’s a bit slow at the beginning, but…
I have a new home for the next several months, and that home is the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. So far it hasn’t rained, I’m still irritated with the exchange rate, and I’ve gotten much better at crossing the street. I’ve gone on several strolls through Hyde Park, walked through Mayfair, and had…
Lynn’s post yesterday about The Pull of the Water in the summer, and the rapidly approaching end of summer, got me thinking. I absolutely adore the summer (well, when we actually have one here), and truly wish I still lived right next to Lake Michigan. But, there are also things I look forward to about…
As the weather warms up, it seems as if most of the DC area is beginning its weekend treks to the beach. Every Friday, on my way home, I-95 South is clogged with RVs, boat trailers and cars packed full of suitcases. The exodus has begun. Many people equate the beach with fun, laying out…
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