365/365 The Dome
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Reluctantly saw Avatar, and yeah, inconsistencies, plot holes and the potpourri of tropes and cliches, was still kinda awesome. Damn.
In other news, that's a Project 365 wrap. Worthwhile, but kinda glad to be done.
Off to the next project which will get rolling once we get back to Massachusetts.
364/365 Soupy San Ji Bao
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
We usually expect our xiao long bao to have a bit of broth, but even the guo tieh and san ji bao (shen jian bao?) dumplings at "Shanghai Restaurant" in San Gabriel are soupy enough to squirt on your shirt, into your teacup or up your nose without proper eating technique. All dericious, but our favs were definitely the pan-fried guo tieh.
362/365 Not Your Average Joe's
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LA Balboa Night at Great American Joe's Bar and Grill in Burbank, CA. (not to be confused with the New England "Not Your Average Joe's" regional chain or the national and thoroughly average Joe's American Bar & Grill franchise.) Live band, no cover (2-drink min, donations accepted by band), great dancing.
361/365 Dancing at the Cicada Club
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Finally got to one of the dance venues in Los Angeles.
356/365 Actually, I had them all cut...
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10...
Yes, I still make this joke all the time.
355/365 This Blows
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Blow test before the blow-in cellulose insulation installation. Actually, it's pretty awesome -- the house was noticeably warmer when the work was completed.
10 days to go...
354/365 Here we go again
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
Third snowfall, but first serious storm this winter -- probably about 16" and about 2 hours of shoveling.
352/365 A Silly Wine
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In 1996, I worked on a project with a Camelot theme -- and at its completion, all the members received a bottle of this wine. I was never much of a wine guy to start with and lost my taste for chardonnays shortly after college, and it was too dorky a brand to be regifted. (seriously, Camelot wine?) We finally opened it up as a lark at a friend's birthday gathering -- a 16-year-old poorly-stored, no-name chardonnay. It was... interesting -- kinda weak and flat with some dried fruitiness you'd associate more with a port or brandy, I guess. I think I found more entertainment in it than anybody else who tried it, of the few who did.
People really didn't want to go there -- because after all, it is a silly place.
351/365 Too Many Cheesey Choices
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Picking out cheese and cured meats at Formaggio Kitchen in Huron Village for a birthday meal. Really, it's more difficult to go wrong than it is to get carried away.
350/365 Candying Oranges
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UPDATE: The dried oranges were actually more photogenic, but you take what you can get on a given day.
349/365 Portrait Day
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Finally got a decent close up of the scaredy-kitteh, needed for another project.
348/365 The burden
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17 days left.
I'm kind of ready to be done with this project.
347/365 Hem Stitch
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finally redid the hem on some pants myself (with the help of a friend's sewing machine) after the one done (and redone) at the shop came out a second time.
346/365 Aftermath
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from our holiday cocktail party, citing the it's-still-the-same-day-if-I'm-still-awake rule.
345/365 Bad Nuts
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Yes, apparently I AM f'ing nuts as I'm at it again. While still excruciatingly time-consuming (1 hour to shell 100 nuts, before even dealing with removing the skins), overall the process has been slightly less frustrating due to better nut selection, despite having to pick out a few bad ones like those shown above.
Probably won't get to the finished product until next weekend, but I'll post something when all is said and done.
343/365 No Charge
Originally uploaded by tallasiandude.
...for fish frames. It's hard to say no to free, especially when you can make delicious fish soup with it.
342/365 The Last of the Geraniums
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still going, but we had to dump it before the pot froze and cracked. Kind of sad, really.
And, just for the record, I was having a heck of a time trying to decided on which picture to use for the day, because I thought this one captured part of the whole post-snowfall garden cleanup in the cold, but how can you resist ... KITTEH!
341/365 Reflected Towers
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We always see these towers on our drive into Harvard Square along Mem Drive. Not quite the picture I was shooting for, but still pretty happy with the result.
339/365 Snow after dark
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We actually missed the first snowfall back in October because we were out in California at the time, but I think this was the first actual accumulation for this season.
338/365 Melvern and his Meltones
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Melvern Taylor opening for Miss Tess at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA.
337/365 NOEL?
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Y'know, trying to get into the holiday spirit and all.
336/365 Residual Evidence
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Clearly, this is no longer my bag.
It's his bed.
335/365 Tasty Star Cluster
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I may or may not have made a (sadly inadequate) late lunch entirely of these cookies today.
