I mean, it was high time for Experimental Supper Club to have a spectacular failure, amiright? The good news is no one got hurt. The bad news is it took me the better part of a day to wash my kitchen down from ceiling to floor (including the dogs). We had a vaguely Spanish/Portuguese themeContinue reading “ESC #37 and #38 ft. Exploding Xurros!”
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15th Annual Peeps Diorama-Rama
A strong showing this year, particular from our kid participants! If you read this blog, you will know which diorama is mine just based on the fact that Link is wearing his Blupee armor.
In which Hormat plants flowers and makes apple-blossom tea at the old hobbit cottage and Mr. and Mrs. Gosha taste-test the beef filling for Aziza’s saffron dumplings…
Operation Baguette
Last year, I think a bird must have pooped out a wheat berry in the path right *next* to my garden beds (not *in* them for some reason), and against all odds, like a Biblical parable, it sprang up and bore fruit. My mama raised me right enough that I know a head of wheatContinue reading “Operation Baguette”
Letter of Recommendation: Korean Camping Vlogs
So, there’s this whole bizarre and strangely addictive little sub-genre of Korean lifestyle blogs where people go camping overnight. Generally, this is the script: You watch them (most frequently a pretty young woman who’s had a noticeable amount of plastic surgery) set up a tent (frequently one of these amazing inflatable multi-room tents, like aContinue reading “Letter of Recommendation: Korean Camping Vlogs”
In which Gosha takes a bath, helps Aziza with the fire, and steals some strawberries….
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Narrowboat Life
There is this amazing network of canals left over from England’s industrial era, and some folks putter around them on super-skinny houseboats called “narrowboats”: I don’t know the exact width, but I’d guess something like 8 feet? Skinny enough to fit through all of the canals at any rate. This charming couple, Kris and Andrew,Continue reading “Narrowboat Life”
Drama Queen/I have Notes For…Doom at Your Service
This show is better than I wanted it to be. I’m not into twoo wuv shows in general, in particular ones whose main plot driver is terminal illness. So, I honestly have no idea why I started watching Doom at Your Service several months back: I suspect it was because I really liked Seo In-gukContinue reading “Drama Queen/I have Notes For…Doom at Your Service”
Uni Iroikas: Tomo Kishida’s Sakiori Project
Sakiori is the Japanese art of making new cloth from torn strips of worn-out clothing. I’ve done a couple of knitted sakiori projects before, like making Christmas tree skirts and table runners out of old sheets. I was looking for some inspiration for what to do with a set of silk pajamas that was splittingContinue reading “Uni Iroikas: Tomo Kishida’s Sakiori Project”
Japan Through the Kitchen Window
This is a great series that NHK (Japan’s official government broadcaster, kind of like PBS in the States) puts on for foreign viewers. This episode is a lovely one about Teshima Island locals’ 40-year campaign to rid their island of industrial waste, with the help of an art festival and home-stays: youtube.com/watch
The Rookery 