Posted on September 24, 2007, 9:03 pm, by Louise, under
Food.
I was craving a sandwich at my parents’ house and they just so happen to have all of the ingredients on hand, so I made everybody (except my grampa) sandwiches. The sandwiches were made out of:
buttered croissant
mixed greens
smoked salmon
wasabi + mayonnaise spread
some thin slices of a gala apple
It was simple, but satisfying and I [...]
Posted on September 20, 2007, 10:35 am, by Louise, under
Video Games.
Yes, I finally gave in and bought the beta of Team Fortress 2. Yes, I own most of the stuff in the Orange Box and I have moral issues with Valve trying to sell people something they already owned, but I couldn’t resist TF2 after all the favorable impressions people were giving it. [...]
Posted on September 17, 2007, 11:13 pm, by Louise, under
Bikes,
Food.
I was up in the bay area last weekend and had this delicious bowl of spicy hand pulled noodles from the Imperial Tea Court in Berkeley. As the name suggests, it’s a place that serves tea. It was a nice day, so we had our meal on one of the small tables outside [...]
Posted on September 17, 2007, 10:55 pm, by Louise, under
Food.
I love congee because it’s so easy to make and it tastes so soothing. Usually I just make the rice porridge with water, but I this time I saved some soaking liquid from some reconstituted shiitake mushrooms the other day and used that as a base. The soaking liquid not only makes the congee [...]
Posted on September 8, 2007, 3:36 pm, by Louise, under
Video Games.
I went over to the Best Buy by my place this morning to finally pick up a new slim PSP. I had been waiting for this new redesign almost since the old PSP came out. I would rather have had a piano black one, but this silver Daxter bundle (comes with the Daxter [...]