Red Curry With Salmon and Peas!

Chu Chi Salmon Ingredients 2
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Ok! Just finished prepping my red curry with salmon and peas dish along with a pomelo salad. This may be the first time you guys will be trying the salad with acutal pomelo (and not grapefruit).

Champagne Flutes

In the interest of having nice dinner table, i offer my four flutes...however, we're still missing three...Brady, I believe you and I have the same ones...can you bring three of yours??? just pack them nice!!!!

God, I'm exhausted!!!

O.K, so I have just about finished a 15 day run at ABC...three more hours to go tomorrow morning and I get to collapse for 4 golden days before going back to work...Anyway, I just got home from buying liquor for tomorrow and it came to $25 for each of us....see y'all tomorrow with PRESENTS!!!!!!

Dear Carolyn:

Best of luck to your Dad...Know that even though we are not there with you we're all sending you the very best vibes so that everything works out well. And don't mind Mom too much, just count to 10 and repeat after me:

"OOOOHHHHHMMMMMMMMM"

We love you,

Tribe

Christmas

Needless to say, it's been a rough Christmas. And to top it off, I will have to fight Carnival to refund or re-schedule the cruise. But it's not all bad, I suppose. Dad's still in the hospital undergoing more tests. Which is good. For awhile there, he was convinced he was going to leave despite the advice of multiple doctors. I took a few minutes to leave the hospital to get something from the car. Passed a couple newsstands and dallied awhile checking out the headlines and trying to refocus my brain on something unemotional. I was still just so exhausted from fighting tears and fighting parents that nothing was registering. Then a cheery voice called out to me, "Want my paper? Haven't read it, was just going to throw it away!" I turn around, and this complete and utter stranger who knew nothing about me or my circumstances, reminded me what Christmas was about. He just stood there holding out the still bagged Sunday paper at me. I smiled and said thanks, and it was the first real smile I've had since I've come home. Random acts of kindness are so cliche. But a simple gesture can mean so much more when someone just really, really needs something good to happen.

Think my dad had a stroke

He's at the hospital now, we waiting to get back test results. My phone doesn't get service in a good part of San Diego. Just send a couple prayers this way over Christmas, could sure use some good thoughts.

Ugliest Shoe Ever

Is this not the ugliest boot you've ever seen? Courtesy of Nordstrom Rack. Model: my dad. You can see mom's hair in the background. Be sure to click on the picture below to get the FULL effect.

Was on NPR Radio

http://paulenglish.com/ivr/

Tribal New Year

Post what you're bringing! :) And we're all chipping in to pay for the wine and champagne that Michelle's providing. I'm preparing mostly nibblies for the after-dinner set. No way I'm competing with Brady's salmon curry, yummers.

Feta Custard Phyllo Tarts
Chocolate Truffles
Baked Brie and Apples
Fruit Filled Pastry Hearts
Fried Potstickers

I'm testing out the custard tarts and truffles tonight on Dave. If they don't turn out, I'll swap in something else. :)

The Shortest Day of the Year

Happy Winter Solstice everyone !!!!! Sun setting at 4:00 pm CT

Come to Lake Geneva

Okay, skiing in Lake Geneva after 5pm.

My observations:
1. Cold.
2. cOld.
3. coLd.
4. colD.
5. F*CKIN' COLD!

I used to think that Oakley goggles were all fashion and no function. But tonight, I realized that I'm the dunce. Went up to Mountaintop for our weekly ski clinic, and they had the snow makers blowing big, and it was NUTS. I went up for a run before class and the snowflakes stuck to my contacts. Wiped my nose on my glove, jeebus crisp, there's no subtle way to hide a snot streak. I'd like to think I'm moderately hard core, I whine about the little things, yet suck up the sh*t on the big things. But HOLY CRAP. We gotta hit the Aurora outlets! I NEED GOGGLES! (not googles, you crazy spiders)

Bliss.

Happy seven months, D-money.

Turducken for the veggie set?

Apple+orange=Applange
Originally uploaded by DropsOfRuby.

Apple + orange = Applange

Sam, Sam, the Gorilla Man

Sam, Sam, the Gorilla Man
Originally uploaded by BohPhoto.

What are you willing to do for bananas?

What are you working for?

HOW AWESOME IS THIS WOMAN?

Best.

Christmas.

Present.

EVER.

And what is this wondrous present, you ask? Bears/Falcons tickets, 200 level, we sit outside in sub-zero (-9 degrees windchill) temperatures and watch the Beloved whoop up on Mike Vick and the Dirty Birds!

I've got the best girlfriend ever created!

You want cute??

Try this!

LOTS more cute pictures...

http://cuteoverload.com/

Ultimate cuteness

cute

Beautiful hand painted ornaments

balls for christmas
Originally uploaded by Funny Fish.

Hand painted ornaments at a Christmas fair in Basel.

DWR Champagne Chair Contest

Design Within Reach sponsors an annual champagne chair contest, where you take the materials from two bottles of champagne and make a minature chair. What a fun idea. We should have an urban tribe entry! :)

And their resulting union...

Just wrong!

Pig
Originally uploaded by eyecandyforthebrokenhearted.

Flaming Dr. Pepper

Flaming Dr. Pepper
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Last Wednesday night I flew down to Austin for some meetings and the office holiday party. Austin was hit by freezing rain which more or less shut down the city. All the schools and many bridges were shut down on Thursday and I ended up spending the day in my hotel room (only to emerge to eat at Las Manitas).

After the holiday party a bunch of us hit Sixth Street. I have no idea why my boss is such a fan of the dueling piano bar (think "Howl At The Moon"), but hey he's the boss! There were about 10 of us as you can tell from the number of glasses in this picture. This drink tasted more or less like a Dr. Pepper.

Please steal my underwear!

I wish someone would break into my place and in exchange for my underwear, washed my dishes, did my laundry, made me snacks, and fixed my computer.


Court pardons smitten bra burglar
BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- A Chinese man who repeatedly broke into the home of a neighbor he secretly loved, at one point sneaking out with a bra and some photos, has been let off the hook by a Chinese court, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.

The man confessed to breaking into the woman's home five times, including once while she was sleeping, though he had fled as soon as she woke up, Xinhua said.

Police caught him red-handed in November walking out of the neighbor's apartment with a key to her door, a bra, two photographs and her MP3 player, the report on Xinhua's English Web site, www.chinaview.cn, said.

But the court in Harbin, capital of northeastern Heilongjiang province, dismissed harassment charges against the burglar. It heard that on the times he entered the woman's apartment while she was out, he had washed her dishes, done her laundry, left her snacks and even fixed her computer.

"(The man) said he loved her secretly, but couldn't muster up enough courage to speak to her. He placed a bet with his roommate that he would win her heart," Xinhua said, citing a report in the Shenzhen Daily. It did not say when the charges were dismissed.

He once planted a note in the apartment reading: "Don't panic. I hope you can understand my feelings for you."

He told the court he swiped the woman's MP3 player because it was in need of repair, but admitted he "took her bra and photos out of love for her."

Copyright 2005 All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Chocolate bar anyone?

Hey all,

Brady/Eva/Manish/Neha going to Chocolate Bar Friday night at 9 pm. Anyone interested? It's at the Peninsula hotel, all you can eat/drink chocolate stuff!!

URL: http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/dining/44268,0,622228.venue

There must be a catch

For more go here link

Build-A-Dog

Okay, this is the funniest damn thing I've seen in a long time. You have to try it out yourself. Click Here.

For Carolyn's Entertainment

"Ancient Chinese Proverbs"

Virginity like bubble, one prick, all gone.

Man who run in front of car get tired.

Man who run behind car get exhausted.

Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day.

Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.

Man who walk through airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.

Man with one chopstick go hungry.

Man who scratch ass should not bite fingernails.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

Baseball is wrong: man with four balls cannot walk.

Panties not best thing on earth but next to best thing on earth.

War does not determine who is right, war determine who is left.

Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cat house.

Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.

It take many nails to build crib, but one screw to fill it.

Man who drive like hell, bound to get there.

Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.

Man who live in glass house should change clothes in basement.

Man who fish in other man's well often catch crabs.

Man who fart in church sit in own pew.

Crowded elevator smell different to midget

Ungh.

I am so tired and bored. Post something to amuse me!

Chicago traffic map at 5:40 pm on December 8 2005

Chicago traffic map at 5:40 pm on December 8 2005
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

*hugs* - Be safe.

I've gone blind

Manish is lit

Studman in Chicago

Hey, that's not your car!

Overachieving Neighbors

You have to see this. Christmas lights synchronized to music that is broadcast over an FM signal. But really. It's just SO much more than that. Have your speakers on.

Chrisnuka????

Subject: Major Merger

Continuing the current trend of large-scale mergers and acquisitions, it was announced today at a press conference that Christmas and Chanukah will merge. An industry source said that the deal had been in the works for about 1300 years.

While details were not available at press time, it is believed that the overhead cost of having twelve days of Christmas and eight days of Chanukah was becoming prohibitive for both sides. By combining forces, we're told, the world will be able to enjoy consistently high-quality service during the 15 Days of Chrisnukah, as the new holiday is being called.

Massive layoffs are expected, with lords a-leaping and maids a-milking being the hardest hit. As part of the conditions of the agreement, the letters on the dreydl, currently in Hebrew, will be replaced by Latin, thus becoming unintelligible to a wider audience.

Also, instead of translating to A great miracle happened there, the message on the dreydl will be the more generic Miraculous stuff happens. In exchange, it is believed that Jews will be allowed to use Santa Claus and his vast merchandising resources for buying and delivering their gifts. In fact, one of the sticking points holding up the agreement for at least three hundred years was the question of whether Jewish children could leave milk and cookies for Santa, even after having eaten meat for dinner. A breakthrough came last year when Oreos were finally declared to be kosher. All sides appeared happy about this development except for Santa's dentist. He then closed the press conference by leading all present in a rousing rendition of Oy, Come all Ye Faithful

Dave.

Differences between Christmas and Hannukah

http://www.humormatters.com/holidays/Christmas/xmaschanuka.htm

Latke Party - Not Sure What Is Going On

Latke Party - Not Sure What Is Going On
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Carolyn!!!!! What are you doing with my tree topper?????? YOU DIRTY DIRTY GIRL!!!!!

Latke Party Pictures All Up on Flickr!

Latke Party - Michelle Presenting A Plate of Latkes
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Hi gang. Yes, its good to be back flying. On the flight I had time to finish editing all the Latke party pictures.

Latkes!

Are these presents I see under the tree????

I wonder who they belong to????

:-)

Coming through the rye

Funny Sandwich

Nominate a food blog!

Brady, thought this might interest you?

Kate Hopkins of The Accidental Hedonist has opened the 2005 Food Blog Awards for nominations. Nominate your favorite food blogs in several categories - best writing, best photography, best recipes, best humor, etc.
Click Here

What I was diagnosed with.....

Complex Partial Seizure

Accessory Navicular whozzitwhat?

Looks like I have an extra bone in my foot that was causing all the aggravation, so now I'm on prescription anti-inflammatories and physical therapy for a month. :( No running. ARGH. But! The good news is that there's more of me to love than the average person! :)

Suxors. :(

Latke Party - Carolyn and Michelle

Latka Party - Carolyn and Michelle Looking Up
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Happy Latke Day! Ok, I just made that up. Thanks to Michelle for a great party!

Eva Smiling At Her Birthday Strawberry Shortcake

Eva Smiling At Her Birthday Strawberry Shortcake
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Happy Birthday, Eva! Dinner was at Carnivale in Chicago.

More pictures at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/17554153@N00/sets/1520994/

This is it!!

So I've been doing some research on the best California sparkling wines and this is what I've come up with, so if you're all good with choice, I will purchase 7 bottles of this one at $15.99 each in Binny's:


ROEDERER ESTATE ANDERSON VALLEY BRUT NV builds on the 200-year winemaking tradition established by Champagne Louis Roederer in France. The first California sparkling wine produced by Roederer, the Anderson Valley Brut has established a reputation as one of California's premier sparklers. Equally comfortable with candlelight dinners and summer picnics, the Anderson Valley Brut is not just for toasting! It's also wonderful with egg dishes (think brunch), sushi, spicy Asian food, fish and white meats with creamy sauces.

Tasting Notes This crisply elegant multi-vintage wine dazzles with complex pear, spice and hazelnut flavors. Fresh and lightly fruity, with great finesse and depth of flavor.

Grapes 100% estate grown: 70% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir.

P.S. I will also purchase four 1.5 liter bottles of the Renee Junot red table wine I had for latke fest. That one seemed to go over well with you all and is super reasonable as well. If there is any desire for white wine, please let me know...

Need Favor: looking for good DVD copies of the following:

Kill Bill
Hero
House of Flying daggers
Gangs of NY
Episodes 1-3

I promised my uncle in NY copies of my films, but unfortunately, lots of the ones I have are either scratched or they're on a format that won't be copied by the burner...if you guys have these titles and can burn them for me or lend them to me to burn it'll be greatly appreciated...I have lots of blank DVD-RW's if you'd rather do them at home. Thanks!!

Acceleweb

WOW. I'm betting Manish is going to be the first incorporated urban triber. Congrats on getting Acceleweb launched, we're all proud of you. :)

My new cousin nephew

Matsumoto - Darn good But Pricey

Matsumoto - Course 09 - Nigri
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Matsumoto
3800 W. Lawrence Ave.
773-267-1555

Matsumoto, which is named to honor executive chef Seijiro Matsumoto, comes from the husband-and-wife team of Chiyo and Isao Tozuka, who also own Chicago Kalbi Restaurant. Matsumoto is unlike any other eatery in Chicago, featuring highly seasonal sequential meals called kaiseki (pronounced kah-e-seh-ke ). (Chicago Tribune)

Dinner was 10 courses. I think Eva was full by the fourth course! They are now also offering ala carte dinners. If you have never had kaiseki before, the set menu is a good thing to try. Otherwise this is pretty good but the strengths of the dinner was in the quality of the sashimi and nigri courses, which you can do ala carte easily. The cho toro was clearly the best I've had in the United States. Its Japan good!

Follow the link to see pictures of all 10 courses.

Pre-holiday tapas???

So I was just talking to Neha and it turns out she's never been to Cafe Iberico!! So in the interest of introducing her to more restaurants where she and Manish can eat more than one dish from each category, I suggest we have dinner there this Thursday. So what do you all think? up for it???

Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel Concert in Chicago 2005

Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel Concert in Chicago 2005
Originally uploaded by brady frequent traveler and eater.

Woohoo! Great concert. Lots of old songs intermixed with some new ones. Thanks go to Manish!