The Froth

Push the button

21. June 2006

I have only had 3 hours of sleep, so please bear with me. First, look to your left. See a red button? If you push it, the blog explodes and transports you to a page full of links. I am a links junkie so if you find one that doesn’t work, please send a [...]

Saturday night, Sunday morning

9. April 2006

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I know I have been overposting photos, especially photos of food. I promise to stop for a while and write deep thoughts and lyrics and talk about meaningful things. Starting tomorrow We went out with Joe and my sister and had some dinner here. Some dinner is not the phrase to describe it. We had all [...]

We’ll always have picnics

5. April 2006

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I am getting ready for the picnic. I have never had a photo shoot for the magazine outdoors before, and I am a little curious as to how the food is going to look like after it has spent 2 hours in the sun. Although this isn’t going to be a real picnic, I am excited [...]

Pancake Tuesday

28. February 2006

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Happy Birthday Erikku, may you eat as many pancakes as your heart desires I had no idea there was such a thing as a Pancake Tuesday until you mentioned it. I think it was Ben at first, and then others validated this crazy idea of reserving a day for pancakes, which sounds reasonable and makes [...]

The Russian tavern

24. February 2006

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The Russian tavern is full of babushkas and other russian paraphernalia Vodka: I like vodka but only with foodPickles, they are called toursi and go well with vodka (at least I like them like that) Vareniki, a kind of hand made pasta, this one filled with mashed potato, Blondie’s had cheese Crepes, but they call them blinis, although [...]

Greasy Etiquette

22. February 2006

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Friends who answer my question are getting this fabulous lighter that advetises incontinence diapers (I think it was Joe’s but he might give it to me) Tomorrow is Tsiknopempti in Greece. Which means Meat Eating Thursday. It happens once a year and it marks the high season of Carnival, a time to eat meat, [...]

Marmalades in the post

9. February 2006

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Remember talking about breakfast? I received some jams from Britain, sent by the one and only Steve. Lime marmalade, strawberry jam and Seville orange marmalade. Therefore, breakfast was delicious. (Thank you Steve, I was right calling you Sweetest). My son’s teacher (for the uninitiated, that’s the “There’s no Santa Claus” teacher) made him fill [...]