Archive for December, 2009

New Year’s Eve Bubbly

New Year’s Eve Bubbly

A neighbour down the street was nice enough to drop off a bottle of “economy” sparkling wine on New Year’s Eve.  So we decided to not waste it and just chug it down as fast as possible as the countdown started.  It was super super sweet and was pretty much flavourless beside the sugar.  It [...]

Daddy and Aidan

Daddy and Aidan

both asleep LOL

Frapto 61 – Pudding

Frapto 61 – Pudding

Steamed this beast of a Xmas pud for 2.5 hours, but then still felt to ill to eat it! Sod’s law strikes again.  It is shop bought, but absolutely packed with booze and goodies. I will let you know how it tastes, once I get round to tasting it.
The sister and fiance finally made it [...]

Resolved: I will not be a lazy consumer monkey in 2010.

Resolved: I will not be a lazy consumer monkey in 2010.

I am not prone to making New Years resolutions since I prefer to address things as they come up and I don’t really get the concept of trying to improve oneself on a certain date. However, while shopping for tomorrow’s dinner I saw something that inspired me to make a resolution. I will not be a lazy consumer monkey in 2010.

Vegetarian Dim Sum Special

Vegetarian Dim Sum Special

My favorite restaurant, Kingdom of Vegetarians on 11th and Cherry in Philadelphia.

Yum….

Yum….

Here is the outside of Kingdom of Vegetarians, as mentioned in David’s post.  The food is so good it deserves two posts.

Rainbow Kisses

Rainbow Kisses

My Aussie friend Jo (who I lived with in Seville, Spain and who now lives in New Zealand) sent me an amazing card for Christmas: Not only is it addressed to “Sezin Brujita”, but it was literally filled with sparkles. I had to excavate the message from underneath, and now our whole flat is glittery [...]

Geeking in the New Year

Geeking in the New Year

This is the first New Years Eve that we didn’t play it cheap and opt to stay home and watch it on telly.  We went out with a few friends to see the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3K) gang riffing in front of THREE movies live.  At midnight, there was champagne served and [...]