Daily Archives: August 19, 2008

Favorite Things Swap!!!

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I sooo wanted to do one of these swaps – I kept hearing about it and seeing the pictures and thinking, “Oh I want to play!” and now The Pink Potpourri is hosting one and I signed up!

My Favorite Things Swap (Hosted By The Pink Potpourri) - Click here to join!

See? So if you have favorite things (and I know you do!) you should definitely click the pretty pink button or this link and sign up, too! Maybe we can be swap partners and sing songs from the ‘Sound of Music’ together and it’ll be awesome! aka Be there or be squarely left out of the fun. You have until August 25 to sign up!

You’re Making Me Hungry

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Totally just stole this meme from Fond of Snape, who stole it from Faith who stole it from Andrew, who created this list of 100 things that I think every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. He says:

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here linking to your results.

1. Venison: Was tricked into it by my grandpa it wasn’t bad but I didn’t love it.
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare: I barely like red meat, nevermind raw – and especially not horse.
5. Crocodile: Sorry, not happening
6. Black pudding: all set with eating blood, thanks
7. Cheese fondue: Chocolate fondue is so much better though.
8. Carp: I may have had this, but I’m not sure and I won’t lie to you.
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush: Love the name. Can’t stop saying it…
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich: I’m such a good omnivore, I eat this almost every day.
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart: In Germany no less.
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes: I’ve had every flavor Arbor Mist makes… haha
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans: I love me some Mexican Food and this part is a must
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper I’m not a fan of the spicy, despite liking Mexican Food, I know…
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters: I like mussels better
29. Baklava: Love baklava – had it on my wedding cheesecake
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas: By accident. Ouch.
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl: You haven’t lived until you have…
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut: Did I mention I went to Germany? It’s hard to avoid there…
35. Root beer float: I make them myself at home.
36. Cognac with a fat cigar: No thank you.
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O: You mean a jello shot? Hello.
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk: Get back to me next week…
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu: One, you eat it raw – two, if it’s [edit]cut[/edit] wrong, you can die. Or so I learned on Harvest Moon.
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut: Yes, but I can’t believe this is on the list. Seriously? Right after eel and before sea urchin is a krispy kreme doughnut? ::shakes head::
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal: Yes but I’m not a fan
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine: No, but I want to try it!
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores: I wasn’t born yesterday.
62. Sweetbreads Again, no thank you.
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake: oh yes
68. Haggis: No thank you.
69. Fried plantain: Yes but I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would.
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho: Not a fan though
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill: Um…no and no and hell no! [I second that]
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie: Hey if you’re really pressed for cash but need pie…
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor (Contrary to what my grandmother will tell you, I don’t like lobster – but I won’t tell her that)
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

And I’m guessing there are others I wouldn’t eat on this list, if I’d taken the time to google search, but the boy is up and I’m pressing publish already! But, for the record, I’ve had 26 out of 100 on the list and I’m thinking that’s not too bad…

Teaser Tuesday: Pride and Prejudice

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Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:

  • Grab your current read.
  • Let the book fall open to a random page.
  • Share with us 2 sentences from that page.
  • You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
  • Please avoid spoilers!

Today’s Teaser:

Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror, oppressed her. She wished to discred it entirely, repeatedly exclaiming, “This must be false! This cannot be! This must be the grossest falsehood!” – and when she had gone through the whole letter, though scarcely knowing anything of the last page or two, put it hastily away, protesting that she would not regard it, that she would never look in it again.

- from page 149 of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Top 5 Tuesday: The Sound of Movies

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This week’s Top 5 Tuesday at Supernanny Where Are You? is all about movie soundtracks – you know when you are watching a movie thinking, “My gosh this music is incredible?” I know I do this all the time – so here are the 5 movies off the top of my head that have the greatest soundtracks:

  1. Phantom of the Opera – I think the music in this movie is better than the movie itself, at least the recent one by Andrew Lloyd Webber – it’s one of mine and dh’s favorite movies, and we always end up getting the music stuck in our heads for weeks afterwards…
  2. Garden State – I actually listen to the Garden State soundtrack all the time and love it – it’s very indie rock / folky and all the different artists are so good. I think my favorite is probably ‘Only Living Boy in New York’ by Simon and Garfunkle but the whole thing is excellent.
  3. Juno – The only thing better than the movie Juno, was the soundtrack. I especially love that song, “We sure are cute for two ugly people…” – oh the song is called ‘Anyone Else But You’ and it’s by the Moldy Peaches but I like Ellen Page and Michael Cera singing it even better. And again, I always get that soundtrack stuck in my head.
  4. Chicago – Cell Block Tango, All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle – the music IS the movie and both are so, so good! A lot like Phantom of the Opera I guess in that it kind of started with the musical and was turned into a movie later so obviously the music is great, but yeah there you go…
  5. Across the Universe – Being born in the 80′s, I can say I love the Beatles, but you know I can only love them so much, having never seen them in their hayday, but this movie made the music come alive for me in an awesomely unreal kind of way. And now I love the Beatles in a whole new amazing way. And yeah of course the soundtrack is amazing – how could it not be?

So what are you’re Top 5 Movie Soundtracks?

(chocolate + Hawaii) = sweetest book giveaway ever

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So, the BookRoomReview and auther Mia King are giving away this awesome little bundle:

Valued at over $80, our “Life is Sweet” Hawaiian gift basket includes:

  • one small gold box of Chocolate Dipped Original Shortbread Cookies

  • one gold box of Kohala Brownie Assortment

  • one petite box of Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Rocky Road

  • one petite box of Combination (Dark and Milk) Chocolate Covered Macadamia Nuts

  • three Dark Chocolate Dipped Original Shortbread cookies

  • one Original Biscotti with Milk Chocolate waves

  • one Original Biscotti with Dark Chocolate Waves

  • one signed copy of GOOD THINGS

  • one signed copy of SWEET LIFE

  • an assortment of temporary hibiscus tattoos, tropical key chains, monogrammed GOOD THINGS and SWEET LIFE pens, inspiring quote cards (you know I love quotes!), bookmarks, and more!

All of this comes in a lovely keepsake woven basket for you to store your favorite Mia King books.

And you know I’d love to win this, so of course I’m posting, but here’s the sweetest part – for every 50 people who enter this contest, Mia King is going to give away ANOTHER prize package – so everyone reading this, if you like Chocolate, Hawaii and books, you so need to enter this giveaway. You can read a review of Sweet Life here, it sounds like just the right sort of book to curl up to with a nice pound of chocolate or two. :) And of course, right about now, that’s exactly what I’d like to be doing!