It's about time to reacquaint myself with my blog and dust away the ether cobwebs. Let's start with the run I did today, shall we? I just recently started running consistently again now that I have settled into my new flat and now it's time to get prepared for the London 10k run July 11th. My pace wasn't bad but I definitely need to put in some more miles. I was tempted to ask the softballer's at Primrose Hill if they needed any other players, but I remained focused on my run. The roses have bloomed quite nicely in the Queen's Garden. As I put in more miles I may expand this into a bigger circle. Now that I have ink'd this proclamation I HAVE to do this now, right? Let's see...
09 January 2010
New Years New Food
One of my new year resolutions is to start cooking new dishes. Yesterday it was a shrimp/mushroom stuffed pepper with a pommegranate cous cous salad. Here are some before and after pics...
I've tried doing stuffed peppers before and failed miserably. I discovered the trick is to BOIL the bell peppers before you put them in the oven. Likewise if you are using bamboo sticks with dishes. You soak those for a good 10 minutes to prevent them from getting burnt.
I need to work on the presentation and maybe add breadcrumbs to the shrimp/mushroom mixture, but not bad for a first try.
I've tried doing stuffed peppers before and failed miserably. I discovered the trick is to BOIL the bell peppers before you put them in the oven. Likewise if you are using bamboo sticks with dishes. You soak those for a good 10 minutes to prevent them from getting burnt.
I need to work on the presentation and maybe add breadcrumbs to the shrimp/mushroom mixture, but not bad for a first try.
22 February 2009
Cadbury Eyebrow Dancing
This weekend I saw Push with Janina and Chris. Push was a big snore movie, literally. I fell asleep watching it numerous times. Maybe it was those pints I had at Marj’s leaving do before the movie? Regardless, pints or no pints, even eye candy Chris Evans could not salvage that movie. I have to admit it was also disturbing watching Dakota Fanning in a short skirt throughout the film and drunk in one scene. Thumbs down on that one.
One highlight of the movie experience though was a commercial I saw before the trailers. Usually I despise commercials before the main attraction. I may even create a Facebook group called, “I bet could find a million people who want commercials banned before movie attractions.” With DVR/Tevo I’m sure this is the only media advertisement to have an audience with their full attention these days. Still, not my problem. I digress.
Back to the commercial. It was a Cadbury advertisement that instantly got my attention because it played 80’s Disco song “Don’t Stop the Rock” by Freestyle. For all my Over-35-SGV-peeps who remember Circus in WeHo, and Florentine Gardens in “Exotic El Monte” (as the radio commercial used to advertise) this song instantly brings back good memories. Maybe even Mariyns BackStreet in Pasadena. Heeeeyyy!!!
The commercial was a fusion of two very different cultures which played out brilliantly! It was like my two worlds collided on the big screen in front of me with a sweet ending. Check it out:
One highlight of the movie experience though was a commercial I saw before the trailers. Usually I despise commercials before the main attraction. I may even create a Facebook group called, “I bet could find a million people who want commercials banned before movie attractions.” With DVR/Tevo I’m sure this is the only media advertisement to have an audience with their full attention these days. Still, not my problem. I digress.
Back to the commercial. It was a Cadbury advertisement that instantly got my attention because it played 80’s Disco song “Don’t Stop the Rock” by Freestyle. For all my Over-35-SGV-peeps who remember Circus in WeHo, and Florentine Gardens in “Exotic El Monte” (as the radio commercial used to advertise) this song instantly brings back good memories. Maybe even Mariyns BackStreet in Pasadena. Heeeeyyy!!!
The commercial was a fusion of two very different cultures which played out brilliantly! It was like my two worlds collided on the big screen in front of me with a sweet ending. Check it out:
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