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Friday, February 12, 2010
Just a quick update - totally forgot that i didn't update this one. Finished the 3rd book of the Harry Potter series - The Prisoner of Azkaban - back in November. Have attempted to get started on the 4th one - but got caught up with the holidays and have just failed to get back into it since I had picked up some other new reads. Figured i needed a break from good ol' Harry anyhow.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
This one has actually been in-process for a bit. I wanted to cross-stitch our family portrait so that I can turn into something to become a family heirloom to pass through the generations. I'm doing it based off of the family portrait we had done when we were kids...
This will probably be finished by the time the 1001 days are up - it takes forever to complete! Anyhow, here's what it looks like so far...say hello to my Dad. LOL.
This will probably be finished by the time the 1001 days are up - it takes forever to complete! Anyhow, here's what it looks like so far...say hello to my Dad. LOL.
So a few weeks ago, i got to have dinner with some old college friends from the greatest place on earth - Virginia Tech! (can you tell i'm a hokie?!) One of them i still hang out with - Mikee aka "Homeboy"... and the other was CNaca! (Okay, that's not her real name. TTang started something back in college during the "Soul Food Dinner" days by calling people by their email aliases. Some stuck like CNaca and TTang and KGee and TCao, but some didn't sound right or shall we say just didn't sound cool - and mine was one of them. lol....but i digress....)
Anyhow, we decided to meet up for dinner at La Tasca in Clarendon. Actually, they had the dinner plans and i crashed since i LOVE La Tasca - plus i hadn't seen CNaca in forever...basically since we left Tech. La Tasca is a Tapas restaurant that has the best sangria ever! I was so excited to eat there, and to our surprise, when we were looking at the menu - realized that they now have an All-You-Can-Eat Tapas menu! OMG! Needless to say, we went with that and stuffed our faces. Had the patatas bravas and everything else pretty much...on top of dessert! yummy! it was a great dinner - so glad we were able to catch up! Will definitely have to do it again soon since we're all in the same area!
So my camera died as the waiter was trying to take a picture, and as much as i love my iPhone, the lighting sucks at night. so the pictures are sorta blurry and grainy..
me, naca, and homeboy stuffed from yummy tapas!
me and naca...
(my forehead looks big here...)
Anyhow, we decided to meet up for dinner at La Tasca in Clarendon. Actually, they had the dinner plans and i crashed since i LOVE La Tasca - plus i hadn't seen CNaca in forever...basically since we left Tech. La Tasca is a Tapas restaurant that has the best sangria ever! I was so excited to eat there, and to our surprise, when we were looking at the menu - realized that they now have an All-You-Can-Eat Tapas menu! OMG! Needless to say, we went with that and stuffed our faces. Had the patatas bravas and everything else pretty much...on top of dessert! yummy! it was a great dinner - so glad we were able to catch up! Will definitely have to do it again soon since we're all in the same area!
So my camera died as the waiter was trying to take a picture, and as much as i love my iPhone, the lighting sucks at night. so the pictures are sorta blurry and grainy..
me, naca, and homeboy stuffed from yummy tapas!
me and naca...
(my forehead looks big here...)
So...i have a lot of updating to do. Might as well since i'm once again snowed in and am trying to avoid cleaning my room. lol. So let's begin! What better way to start than with something food related! :)
Here's November's new recipe. I made this one for my annual Thanksgiving dinner that I usually throw at the condo. Had a lot to be thankful for this year, and having great friends around was definitely one of them! Got this recipe when i was actually grocery shopping and it looked yummy - so those ingredients ended up in my cart too! Sooo easy to make! Here's the recipe - i was so busy cooking that day i didn't have time to take pictures of each step..sorry!
Recipe #2: Andes Grasshopper Cake(Recipe can also be found on andesrecipes.com)
INGREDIENTS
1 devils food cake mix
water
vegetable oil
eggs
16 oz., non-dairy whipped topping
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese (softened)
1 pkg. (4.67 oz) Andes Creme de Menthe Thins
DIRECTIONS FOR CAKE
1. Follow mixing instructions on the package of your favorite devils food cake mix. Bake as directed for two 8 or 9-inch layers. Cool cakes thoroughly before frosting (about 40 minutes).
2. Meanwhile, with a vegetable peeler shave along side of each Andes mint lengthwise to equal about 1/2 cup of curls. (It's common to shave only half the mint before it breaks.) Set aside curls for sprinkling on top of assembled cake. Chop broken pieces and reserve for use in frosting (about 1/3 cup).
DIRECTIONS FOR FROSTING
1. In a large mixing bowl with mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese until smooth then lower the speed and slowly mix in the non-dairy whipped topping with the cream cheese. Fold the Andes Creme de Menthe pieces into the cream.
2. Place one cake layer on a serving plate, top with half the frosting and spread evenly. Place second layer on top and use remaining frosting to top the cake. Sprinkle top with Andes Mint curls. Cover and refrigerate cake if not serving right away.
picture taken by: Rowena C.
Here's November's new recipe. I made this one for my annual Thanksgiving dinner that I usually throw at the condo. Had a lot to be thankful for this year, and having great friends around was definitely one of them! Got this recipe when i was actually grocery shopping and it looked yummy - so those ingredients ended up in my cart too! Sooo easy to make! Here's the recipe - i was so busy cooking that day i didn't have time to take pictures of each step..sorry!
Recipe #2: Andes Grasshopper Cake(Recipe can also be found on andesrecipes.com)
INGREDIENTS
1 devils food cake mix
water
vegetable oil
eggs
16 oz., non-dairy whipped topping
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese (softened)
1 pkg. (4.67 oz) Andes Creme de Menthe Thins
DIRECTIONS FOR CAKE
1. Follow mixing instructions on the package of your favorite devils food cake mix. Bake as directed for two 8 or 9-inch layers. Cool cakes thoroughly before frosting (about 40 minutes).
2. Meanwhile, with a vegetable peeler shave along side of each Andes mint lengthwise to equal about 1/2 cup of curls. (It's common to shave only half the mint before it breaks.) Set aside curls for sprinkling on top of assembled cake. Chop broken pieces and reserve for use in frosting (about 1/3 cup).
DIRECTIONS FOR FROSTING
1. In a large mixing bowl with mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese until smooth then lower the speed and slowly mix in the non-dairy whipped topping with the cream cheese. Fold the Andes Creme de Menthe pieces into the cream.
2. Place one cake layer on a serving plate, top with half the frosting and spread evenly. Place second layer on top and use remaining frosting to top the cake. Sprinkle top with Andes Mint curls. Cover and refrigerate cake if not serving right away.
picture taken by: Rowena C.
Monday, February 1, 2010
The forecast called for snow this past Saturday - and i was silly to believe it was just going to be a wintry mix and i'd still be able to leave the condo and run errands. However, I woke up Saturday morning and looked out the window to see Winter Wonderland - so that meant i was once again, snowed in. Last time that happened, i attempted to clean my closets. That was somewhat of a fail. So i avoided that. Looking for things to do, i remembered that my sister got me a knitting kit as part of my Christmas present to help achieve this task. This is the kit she got me:
I've been trying to learn how to knit for years - but it just never worked. I could never get past the first freaking row and i always got frustrated that i couldn't pick it up. The kit Ning (that's my sister) got me was pretty good at explaining the steps. I was able to do it, but when i looked at my stitches, it looked a little funky to me. So i used the kit book, and i decided to reinforce that with YouTube vidoes. (it really amazes me how you can find ANYTHING on YouTube). Anyhow, after using both sources to teach me, I FINALLY GOT IT! i knew after getting that second row i was pretty much good to go. The kit came with this pretty yarn that had all these hues of purples in it. I've started to make a scarf - and guess who's going to be the recipient? That's right...NING! hopefully she gets it before summer comes...lol. it's a pretty tedious job - but at least i've been able to knit while i watch tv or a movie. anyhow, here's a little sneak preview of my knitting job so far. i'll post a picture of the scarf once i complete it...
This post is a boring one. Just updating my list. However, i'll be updating my blog with a few things in the next few days - have quite a few updates i need to post - was able to knock a few things off my list! yay!
Anyhow, here's my update for this one:
23. The Searchers
24. Psycho
25. The Graduate
26. Some Like it Hot
27. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
29. Annie Hall
30. The Philadelphia Story
31. West Side Story
32. 12 Angry Men
33. Blade Runner
34. All the President's Men
Done with 1/3 of this list!
Anyhow, here's my update for this one:
23. The Searchers
24. Psycho
25. The Graduate
26. Some Like it Hot
27. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
29. Annie Hall
30. The Philadelphia Story
31. West Side Story
32. 12 Angry Men
33. Blade Runner
34. All the President's Men
Done with 1/3 of this list!
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