I resolved to take a picture of my dinner every day in 2013 and post the pictures here on my blog every second Monday. Here is the first set! Hope you enjoy. Let me know if you want any recipes or info about any of my meals.
january 1, 2013 – panang curry
january 2, 2013 – smoked salmon avocado eggs benedict
january 3, 2013 – brazillian coconut shrimp soup
more dinner pics after the jump…
I just realized I totally forgot to blog about NYE, Cirque du Soleil, or the duck. I know it’s all old news now so I’ll just quickly show you some pictures.
We went to our friends apartment for New Years Eve. It was fun. They had crackers that had sweet gifts inside like luggage tags and paper clip holders. One person got a camera tripod!
Cirque du Soleil (Amaluna) was awesome. The tallest guy in the whole tent sat in front of me but I just creepily leaned over towards the stranger on my left so I could see the stage. I let Scott have the good seat because it was his first Cirque experience. He liked it.
I liked: the flexible water tub girl, especially when she swam out of the tub directly into a handstand (I HAVE TO LEARN THAT!!), the tight-rope girl (not the guy), and the see-saw flipping guys. The balancing branches thingy was neato. I wonder if she has ever had it fall down during a show. I wonder how fast she could set it up if she wanted to.
I didn’t like: the bars act, I don’t think it was special enough to be part of the show. We’ve all seen the Olympics! (I know I am a tough customer.)
It’s not burnt, it’s caramelized honey I swear
I decided I wanted to try to roast a duck because they were on sale at Superstore. By the way I really like that Superstore has pages of foods on sale that are for non-white-people holidays. Good on them for realizing that Vancouver has so many people with their own holidays that they should be able to celebrate with as much ease as people that celebrate Christmas.
Scott made scallion pancakes and we chopped up some green onion and cucumber to eat with our duck. It turned out pretty well! Most of the fat drained off the duck onto the pan below. (So much for trying to save some scrubbing… the fat all went underneath the tin foil). I don’t know if I’ll ever cook it again but it was fun to try. PS did you notice that our duck was missing one leg?
English Bay, Vancouver on January 1st, 2013
Scott and I (along with 2,231 other people) did the polar bear swim again in English Bay in downtown Vancouver on January 1st. This was Scott’s third time doing it, and my second time. It was cold!! But since it wasn’t raining it was pretty easy to warm up again afterwards.
Every year we are better prepared, like this year we both brought flip flops because standing on the cold sand is actually the worst part!!! Next year I will NOT leave my towel by the tables because it got trampled by everyone rushing to get their buttons after coming out of the water. Doh!
I made these Mario shoes for one of Scott’s Christmas presents this year. They’re a replacement for his old pair that got ruined on a wet day. These new ones have been waterproofed, and I didn’t use that horribly runny light blue Sharpie, so they should hold up much better.
One last catch up post and then I’m back on schedule.
Scott’s present is wrapped in bacon weave fabric
We didn’t make a huge deal about gifts this year because our families were in all different places.
I got a Wacom tablet, neon nail polish, crackers, a mandoline slicer, and a few other kitchen thingies. I am really excited about the Wacom tablet, I have wanted one of those for years!!
If you haven’t already seen it on Facebook, check out the horrifying portrait I drew of Scott yesterday. I was crying from laughing so hard at it, OMG.
I had Michelle for Kris Kringle. I made her a bunting card, and commissioned my internet friend Sara to do a portrait of Michelle’s family from a picture I found on Facebook. Sara is the same person that drew the picture of me with the shaved ice that you can see on the side of my blog. I got the picture printed out, and framed it in an Ikea frame. I think it turned out pretty good!!
I made Scott a new pair of Mario shoes (pictures to come later) and got us Cirque du Soleil tickets for next week. Yippee!! And I got him a bigger bread pan so he can make sandwich sized bread. :D
