the world is your acorn

duck breast at sunset grill

friedApplePie — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:32:13 +0000

The picture is kinda crappy, but I had the duck breast at Sunset Grill the other night and it was delicious.

election night with the Obamas

friedApplePie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:50:17 +0000

Flickr set of election night with the Obamas.

“Obama Releases Election Night Flickr Set” [via Lifehacker]

excerpts

friedApplePie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:40:16 +0000

recent email exchange with mom:

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I am so happy not have to work any longer.. Please use my hotmail address from now on. I am struggleing to use my new HP laptop..
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ps. I will digitize our family photos …
I saw 6 turkeys in your backyard

trader joe’s in green hills!

friedApplePie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:54:19 +0000

two awesome things

friedApplePie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:38:08 +0000

Fantastic Contraption: A fun, free game where you get a few tools, the goal of getting a red ball into a red box, and an environment.

Simplify Media: Stream your (or your friends’) iTunes library to another computer or your iphone, even when it’s not on the same network.

is delicious one

friedApplePie — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:04:24 +0000

I made these today. I used Pillsbury’s Cinnabon Flaky Supreme cinnamon rolls, and baked in the oven for 25 minutes at 350. Next time I might use the regular rolls to get a better bacon-to-cinnamon-roll-ratio. Still, freaking delicious.

8 courses of wonderful

friedApplePie — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:42:01 +0000

The night before the wedding The Little Red Haired Girl and I decided we wanted to have a rehearsal dinner, we wanted it to be a Chinese banquet, and we wanted invite everyone. Never people to disappoint ourselves, we did what we wanted. Back in June, The Little Red Haired Girl, Lady Ebony, and I went on a tour of Chinese banquet facilities in the Boston area, trying one menu item at each restaurant. Even though we thought something in Chinatown would be fun, the obvious choice ended up being Royal East in Cambridge, right between Central and Kendall. The manager, Otto, was really nice, and the soft shell crab app that we tried was amazing.

So, after some deliberation about the menu, here’s what we ended up with:

1. Cold Platter

2. Seafood with yellow chive soup

3. Double lobsters (in the picture there’s also a tofu dish that was for non-seafood eating folks)

4. Crispy double squabs (note the look on our faces)

5. Steamed whole fish

6. Hong Kong steak

7. Sauteed pea tendrils w/ crabmeat sauce
8. Longevity noodles
Plus fresh fruit for dessert.

Somehow no one (that I know of) managed to get pictures of the last 3. Too full and lazy by then, I guess. All the food was fantastic, and exactly what I had imagined and been telling The Little Red Haired Girl about for years. Otto and his crew at Royal East also did a great job. We didn’t have to ask for much, they handled vegetarians and fish allergies easily, and service was efficient and professional. We were so impressed and grateful, if we lived there we’d be regulars at that restaurant. So freaking good.

you lost your chance…

friedApplePie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:03:31 +0000

I’m married now.

working on the chuppah

friedApplePie — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:07:52 +0000

word 2008: paste unformatted shortcut

friedApplePie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:52:29 +0000

Good news: I finally installed Office 2008, and while I haven’t yet had a chance to see if anything is cool about it, it’s fun to have a new thing.

Bad news: The paste unformatted macro that i had for Word 2004 doesn’t work now.

Good news: Hard working people out there have written AppleScript to fix my problem. Hooray!