My friend and I went to the free Sunday morning yoga class at Lululemon, and had a fantastic work-out. Each weekly class is taught by a different area instructor/studio, which is kind of nice as you get to try out a lot of various styles. This week's class was taught by the same instructor with whom I had that unexpected individual session last ( Read more... )

I've just returned this evening from a 2-day conference in Baltimore and had to gush about no, not the conference, but yes, the food I ate. Shows you where my priorities are. :P

Dinner on Monday night was at Phillips Restaurant. You can always rely on Phillips for seafood and crab meat, in particular so, when provided with a choice of dining at ( Read more... )

The Market Inn

On Thursday, my co-workers, A & K, and I ventured to The Market Inn to try its restaurant week menu. We chose this restaurant because K had seen it featured on the Deen Brothers' Food Network show, Road Tasted. What we discovered was that it wasn't really a restaurant one needed to visit during Restaurant Week, but that didn't ( Read more... )

For the Fuji apple enthusiasts on my flist (I believe there are at least two of you), or apple enthusiasts in general, may I recommend to you the Pacific Rose apple?

I have been a Fuji apple snob for years, eating only the occasional Gala apple, but the Pacific Rose caught my attention at the Asian grocery store last weekend when they were ( Read more... )

The parental units were in town this weekend as my dad had a conference to attend; that translates into: while he was being studious my mom and I were being spendthrift. Three weddings this summer/fall with two overlapping meant it was time to expand the wardrobe. While I was at it, I decided to update my summer wardrobe generally. It was badly ( Read more... )

Shirataki noodles!

Seriously, the best thing ever! It's a great alternative to those carb-laden noodles and I love putting them in soup. Tonight's menu consists of shirataki noodles in a bonito-flavored stock soup with taro, shiitake mushrooms, burdock, lotus roots, bamboo, carrots and peas. Healthy, but yum!

1. Thank you for all your compliments on my piping. I'm pleased to report that H liked her holly. :) I'm now thinking of making the cake again this weekend when my parents throw a party, only this time it would be reincarnated as a double-layer, round cake, also frosted with cream cheese frosting, but with the addition of shredded coconut in ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is one of H's birthday, and I'm in charge of the cake. I baked an eggnog cake and 'mmmmm' my house smells so yummy now. I'm pretty proud of my efforts - the first time I've ever truly piped designs - so I thought I'd share them. :)

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Starting a new job right before the holiday season sucks in that it's near impossible to accrue enough vacation time. In order to take two days off at Christmas, I'm foregoing Thanksgiving. My parents would visit, but I've persuaded them not to as they have somewhere to be that Friday night and are coming up the following weekend anyway; it ( Read more... )

Gah! There seemed to be quite a bit of difficulty in accessing the photos properly in last night's post. I blame MyPhotoAlbum. They've clearly changed their capabilities and settings since I last used them, and though they proved adequate in hosting my Ireland pics last year they're clearly not going doing the same for me this time around. So I ( Read more... )