Monday, February 14, 2011

new wedding brand from antho


this has nothing to do with anything, except that i love (and miss) anthro and know there are people i love getting married this year who hopefully will read this.

anthropologie unveils a new wedding brand today... BHLDN

will undoubtedly be gorgeous. three years too late for me and my lovely bridesmaids, alas... :) have fun, brides-to-be

Thursday, February 10, 2011

chicken pho: wanted

just got back from a wee trip to guangzhou...feels a bit like the san diego of china, just, you know...in chinar. ate lots of seafood complete with before-and-after pics...to come. i'll warn you before posting the really gross videos D insisted on taking of post-mortem fish. poor fishies.

ironically, my favorite meal in the culinary capital of china was vietnamese. also the cheapest. most delicious bowl of chicken pho with clear vermicelli i have ever had (don't be offended if you've ever fed me noodles, this soup was ridiculously good...ridiculous...so ridiculous that as i type i'm now wondering about the use of MSG...hrmm).

nevertheless, i'm now slightly obsessed with wanting to figure out how to make it in our new larger-and-cleaner-than-we've-had-in-china-so-far kitchen (okay, still severely lacking counter space, but it's all relative!).

Pho Ga recipes, anyone?

CNY from Shanghai

Happy year of the rabbit!

CNY in Shanghai has been slightly less ridiculous compared to the total mayhem we experienced in Beijing last year, but we heard it may be due to authorities cracking down with more "regulations" after the Jingan fire last Nov.

Nevertheless...still total over-the-top crazy-ness by any firework standard we ever knew growing up. This video is the view from our new apartment. Shortly after this video, someone started setting off firecrackers on the street to our left and they were literally shooting up right next to our balcony...at one point a loose amber flew right past...if our balcony hadn't been enclosed it may very well have flown IN.

oh chinar, such fun you are.