And now I am old 26.

I spent my birthday with good friends, good food, and tea, which is the best way to do it. hitode took me to Alice's Tea Cup, aka the most adorably twee place ever. THE TEA CUPS DON'T MATCH :o We got the Jabberwocky set, which I thought was 3 scones, 4 sandwiches and a dessert. No. No, it was 5 scones, 8 sandwiches and 3 desserts ( Read more... )

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you've eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.5) (added on) italicize foods you can't remember if you've had or not, but it seems like ( Read more... )

So for reasons that I cannot quite fathom, lilorchid1023 has decided that tonight she feels like looking at pictures of my dinner. I don't... really understand this, but her wish is my command.

And my dinner is : some very ghetto Empanadas!


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I love cooking. Probably the only person who can fully appreciate this is hitode, who I think to random delicious-looking recipes I find online on a semi-regular basis. And then she curses me. And links me back to the cookie recipes on 101 Cookbooks, aka gmail's very favorite foodie blog ever.

Here's the thing though: I'm not a foodie. I also don't know ( Read more... )

Before I went home for Christmas, lilorchid1023 sent me an adorable new bento box. And coffee chocolate bars. But this is about the bento box. The understanding was that since she'd done the HARD work, my job was to fill it with cute things and show her!


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Uwah, I fail at cleaning out my camera. Anyway! A few weeks ago I went to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden's annnual Sakura-viewing weekend, fully prepared to take advantage of a beautiful day, lounge in the grass and take pictures. I wasn't quite prepared for the group doing Kamen Rider poses on a big stage in the middle of the food court tent... but ( Read more... )