see more over at vimeo. unfortunately due to compression and my lack of a real video camera, the audio and picture quality is pretty meh. i’m in the midst of uploading photographs from the falls – 23 uploaded, about 70 to go! – and they are a far better visual representation. but, i think the videos do give a better idea of scale and the staggering amount of water that is moving around.
Archives for the month of: December, 2008
yeah, you read that right. the recipe is not so much a recipe, as it is a construction walk-through. amazing.
…on the set of ‘bones’ at fox. i went to visit meghan on set and do a gift exchange, and as meghan was giving me a tour of the standing sets, we turned a corner and almost ran into michaela conlin. who is actually even prettier in person, if that’s possible. i also saw emily deschanel as she was walking away – meghan and i didn’t scurry to crafty fast enough to catch her.
also? visiting fox was terrific and thanks so much to meghan for showing me around, and her crew-mates for being so nice and welcoming! and holly – yes, i’ve stood in booth’s (david boreanaz’s character’s) bedroom. and i rolled around in his clothes. ok, i didn’t do the clothes thing. maybe next time.
today majel barrett-roddenberry died. she played nurse chapel on ‘star trek’, lwaxana troi on ‘star trek: the next generation’ and ‘star trek: deep space nine’ and the voice of the computer on all contemporary trek series, as well as the forthcoming jj abrams movie. she married gene roddenberry, creator of ‘star trek’, and by all accounts she was a lovely person who will be dearly missed. the chemistry she had with patrick stewart? AND jonathan frakes? i mean, who can make picard uncomfortable the way lwaxana can? or make odo uncomfortable, for that matter. *sigh*
today i went to the arclight and saw slumdog millionaire. it. was. fantastic. if it’s playing in your city (probably not, but maybe it will be soon since it’s gotten golden globes nominations) you should definitely go see it!
ok weird – on regis & kelly, kelly is visiting a ballet studio and the pianist is playing music from…jurassic park. um.
last week mark sent me this mushroom soup recipe and i decided to give it a go. the first time i made it, it came out weird. the recipe says to use 1/4 cup sherry, but that is WAY too much sherry. i added a lot of milk to mellow it, and that made it palatable, but i was not pleased.
so, today i made the soup again and it is great! i used only 2 tablespoons of sherry and used 16oz of mushrooms (2 whole packages). i added probably 1 1/2 cups of milk at the end – just enough to balance the sherry so the soup is creamy and umami but has a little bit of tang around the edges. i added a couple shakes of salt and a lot of pepper (i love pepper)…and the soup is delicious! i would like to try it again, maybe with yogurt instead of milk to see what happens, and also try out some different kinds of mushrooms.
We woke up early on Thursday and moved to the apartment we had originally booked on Cochabamba. We ate lunch at el Hipopótamo (banana licuado and sweet croissants with ham and cheese!) then took a taxi to La Boca.
La Boca is one of the rougher neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. It is also the home of the Boca Juniors, one of the city’s four major soccer teams. We bought presents at the CABJ stadium then walked to Caminito – the touristy area of the barrio where the buildings are brightly painted – for more souvenirs.
We returned to San Telmo so Cecile and I could pack for our trip to Iguazu Falls. We got groceries and made sandwiches. We filled our backpacks and headed to the subte. After a long and incredibly sweaty walk, we finally got to the bus station and boarded our luxury (cama) bus for the 18+ hour trip to Iguazu. The bus only seated about 24 people, and the seats converted into beds. We were served two meals and shown movies. Pretty luxurious – I got a great night’s sleep!
note: this is the last post before the 100+ photo iguazu waterfall extravaganza. prepare yourself.
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