Anyone Game? Its my Sep 2013 Blog! I'm home; with a TR link in #1189, 10/14
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PrincessInOz said:
Yeah, we had 8 hours to plow, so the roads were clear by morning. If it snowed midnight to 8AM that much, might have been delays. One foot isn't really a big storm for Buffalonians. Now two might make us blink.
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Except for the stuffing, I agree. I've served a similar menu for the last 2 years now. I need to tweak the stuffing a little. I think it needs something else...maybe a little natural sweetener. So I'm going to add some sultanas to it next year.
That looks like a nice relaxing Christmas meal! I would love to be invited!
Alison - Would you and Fran like to come to Christmas lunch at my place? Just let me know which year....standing open invitation!
Sounds like you guys take it all in your stride. Enjoy the fluffly white stuff.
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About Christmas Catch-Ups and yet more Food Porn
It may come as no surprise to some of you that I call this time of year the Silly Season. Afterall, for 48 weeks of the year, we will carry on with our daily lives with no more than a casual thought of our extended friends wishing we could find time to see them. And then November rolls round and we set about feverishly contacting them all with promises of catching up with them before Christmas.
I don't know about you......but every year, I set out determined to do better on the friendship stakes........and with all good intentions of catching up with everyone more DURING the rest of the 48 weeks.
As Christmas 2012 has passed, I think I have every right to claim a start on my good intentions for Christmas 2013. Either that.....or Silly Season 2012 has a very long tail!
So, I've started Christmas 2013 with a bang!
We have some rather dear friends that live in Sydney. These friends are actually DH's friends and we've known them for quite a few years now. Sydney is roughly about 900 km from Melbourne; roughly the distance of LA to San Francisco, so face time with these friends has been somewhat difficult over the last 7 years.
They came down to Melbourne to spend Christmas with their loved ones. And we managed to fit in a catch-up in amongst all the family get-togethers.
Naturally, we caught up over food.
Here's some of what we had to eat.
It was an Italian restaurant and we got bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar on the table. What was surprising was that the balsamic vinegar was of a 'fine-aged' quality. It had that sweetly treacle taste and texture to it that was a dead give-away that it was at least 10 years old!
We all opted not to have any starters and the main courses came out reasonably quickly.
Although DH did order off the starter menu - decided he wanted the salmon salad plate, which they upsized to a main.
By contrast, our friend had the proper salmon main. The difference is really that creamy potato mash.
His wife went with the veal and mushroom sauce. She asked for roast potato instead of the mash. It was line-ball as to which was better.
DS decided on gnocchi with napoli sauce to go with his parmesan chesse. I was actually surprised at how restrained he was with the cheese!
No order envy for me tonight! I decided on the rib eye.
Done medium rare! And it was perfectly done to my satisfaction.
The reason no one wanted any starters was because we all checked out the dessert menu first. Afterall, if there are great desserts on the menu, we need to make space for it, right?
Our friend went with the Tira Misu option.
His wife settled on the creme brulee.
DS choose the crepes with ice cream.
DH and I were in perfect agreement. Never pass up on Chocolate Souffle if it is on the menu. The 20 minute wait seemed much less and this souffle was delicious!
It had been a great catch-up with our friends; and a perfect start to the 2013 Silly Season!
It may come as no surprise to some of you that I call this time of year the Silly Season. Afterall, for 48 weeks of the year, we will carry on with our daily lives with no more than a casual thought of our extended friends wishing we could find time to see them. And then November rolls round and we set about feverishly contacting them all with promises of catching up with them before Christmas.
I don't know about you......but every year, I set out determined to do better on the friendship stakes........and with all good intentions of catching up with everyone more DURING the rest of the 48 weeks.
As Christmas 2012 has passed, I think I have every right to claim a start on my good intentions for Christmas 2013. Either that.....or Silly Season 2012 has a very long tail!
So, I've started Christmas 2013 with a bang!
We have some rather dear friends that live in Sydney. These friends are actually DH's friends and we've known them for quite a few years now. Sydney is roughly about 900 km from Melbourne; roughly the distance of LA to San Francisco, so face time with these friends has been somewhat difficult over the last 7 years.
They came down to Melbourne to spend Christmas with their loved ones. And we managed to fit in a catch-up in amongst all the family get-togethers.
Naturally, we caught up over food.
Here's some of what we had to eat.
It was an Italian restaurant and we got bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar on the table. What was surprising was that the balsamic vinegar was of a 'fine-aged' quality. It had that sweetly treacle taste and texture to it that was a dead give-away that it was at least 10 years old!
We all opted not to have any starters and the main courses came out reasonably quickly.
Although DH did order off the starter menu - decided he wanted the salmon salad plate, which they upsized to a main.
By contrast, our friend had the proper salmon main. The difference is really that creamy potato mash.
His wife went with the veal and mushroom sauce. She asked for roast potato instead of the mash. It was line-ball as to which was better.
DS decided on gnocchi with napoli sauce to go with his parmesan chesse. I was actually surprised at how restrained he was with the cheese!
No order envy for me tonight! I decided on the rib eye.
Done medium rare! And it was perfectly done to my satisfaction.
The reason no one wanted any starters was because we all checked out the dessert menu first. Afterall, if there are great desserts on the menu, we need to make space for it, right?
Our friend went with the Tira Misu option.
His wife settled on the creme brulee.
DS choose the crepes with ice cream.
DH and I were in perfect agreement. Never pass up on Chocolate Souffle if it is on the menu. The 20 minute wait seemed much less and this souffle was delicious!
It had been a great catch-up with our friends; and a perfect start to the 2013 Silly Season!
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That restaurant looks awesome PIO - so much yummyness! Where is it?
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Yummy
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I thought the entire meal was great. We'll definitely be heading back here.
Fiorelli's in Camberwell. There are a couple of restaurants opposite the Rivoli cinema. We haven't been to Fiorelli's until this night. But most of the others are good as well.
Did you enjoy it?
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New Year 2013 and fun with the Firework Gods
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that 2012 has been a great year for you all and may 2013 be filled with love, fun, family and more Disney planning.
DH and I have been heading into the city to enjoy the fireworks the last couple of years -- but this year, DH wanted a change of location.
So, last night, I saw in the New Year with my younger brother. We had a quiet night at his place, eating, drinking and catching up with the sort of news that families share.
It really was a great night. Because....when we got close to midnight, we headed out to a nearby park with great views of the Melbourne skyline.
Admittedly, it wasn't the sort of close encounters I had been wanting; but it worked as a compromise location for DH and myself.
And I've always wondered about how this particular location would work out as a fireworks shoot location. Now I know!
We really were further out than I liked; but some of the shots did work out reasonably well.
In the wash-up, DH has agreed that the city centre is really the spot to be for close encounters with the Firework Gods. At least we won't be having a similar discussion next year!
Happy New Year to you and yours. Here's to a Disney filled year!
Happy New Year everyone! I hope that 2012 has been a great year for you all and may 2013 be filled with love, fun, family and more Disney planning.
DH and I have been heading into the city to enjoy the fireworks the last couple of years -- but this year, DH wanted a change of location.
So, last night, I saw in the New Year with my younger brother. We had a quiet night at his place, eating, drinking and catching up with the sort of news that families share.
It really was a great night. Because....when we got close to midnight, we headed out to a nearby park with great views of the Melbourne skyline.
Admittedly, it wasn't the sort of close encounters I had been wanting; but it worked as a compromise location for DH and myself.
And I've always wondered about how this particular location would work out as a fireworks shoot location. Now I know!
We really were further out than I liked; but some of the shots did work out reasonably well.
In the wash-up, DH has agreed that the city centre is really the spot to be for close encounters with the Firework Gods. At least we won't be having a similar discussion next year!
Happy New Year to you and yours. Here's to a Disney filled year!
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beautiful pictures... Thanks for sharing.
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I like your up close and personal fireworks shots too, but it's a nice change to get a wider perspective on things
We had a relaxing night at home playing Nintendo 64
We had a relaxing night at home playing Nintendo 64
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My city looks so beautiful. Love St Paul's in the foreground. These shots are a great way to start 2013. Happy new year PIO to you and your family.
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I'm being ditzy on New Year's day and posting my California TR in here. Don't mind me and the next couple of posts!
D'OH!
D'OH!
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Just a little cleaning up. Keep moving along!
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Yes....it was a relatively simple mistake to make!
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I'm pretty sure that this is a mistake I'm likely to make again!
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