When the weather outside is frightful, we like to stay in and play games. The latest one we bought this week was San Juan.
We played it a little in Taiwan and because this one can be a two to four player game, we decided it was good to have for just the two of us. Also, it’s basically a card game so it’s very compact and portable. I even played a four player round myself once. It’s quite a simple game to pick up and much faster than something like Settlers of Catan. It’s a neat little game we enjoy muy mucho!
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Gaming
Posted by Leaf on January 8, 2012
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Business as usual
Posted by Leaf on December 9, 2011
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Game Night!
Posted by Leaf on November 20, 2011
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Saturday, we hosted another game night with the cousins. It was 7 Wonders and Catan until 4 AM this time!! Fun times. I was so fritzed out by the end of it though, I don’t think I could even see straight. This was after drinking coffee throughout the evening. After a while, caffeine just doesn’t do a thing. I’m still a bit out of sorts today.
I got to learn some new names though. “Luck box” – someone who is lucky. That’s all I can remember.
The next day, our cousin treated us to Tachibana. It was delicious. I got the rice bowl which was filled with egg, onion, and chicken. It was kind of sweet and very tasty. Next time, I want to try their ramen.
Non-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Dinner!
Posted by Leaf on November 14, 2011
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We celebrated this Thanksgiving a week early at a cousin’s house this past Sunday. There was turkey, smoked and roasted, vegetables, dressing, trifle. Food galore! I went in like I usually do, in my battle gear, stretchy jeans. If I was really serious though, I would’ve worn sweatpants. I wanted to reserve a little dignity though. Or try.
I loved meeting cousin’s 2 English bulldogs and cat. All three such sweet furballs of softness. The dogs were so loveable with their ugly smooshed noses, tongue too big for the mouth so it rested between its underbite jaw, right between the 2 canines, and funny butt wiggling gait. I need one!! NEEED!!
After dinner we watched some football and then were sent home with leftovers. I had it all over again for lunch today. Delish! Smoked turkey is awesome. Anyway, I think I like this method of celebrating Thanksgiving, doing it on another weekend. There was no traffic whatsoever, and I bet the grocery stores weren’t as crazy.
Did I mention the flappy jowls!?!
Salad Spinner of of 200 Days
Posted by Leaf on November 12, 2011
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Welp, it never fails. I head into the kitchen and something is bound to break. A few weeks ago it was the glass butter holder in the fridge. Yesterday, it was the trusty salad spinner. Or the lid at least, which is basically the spinner part of it. I left it on the stove top when baking the fish. There must be something wrong with our range oven because when the oven is on, the heat comes out over the top until the stove top gets very hot.
Apparently hot enough to melt plastic. Our whole house gets super hot too. I bet this makes us use more gas to heat the oven.
We got a new spinner today. I was considering the stainless steel one but turns out the lid is still plastic so what’s the point. Maybe I can find just the replacement lid online.
Game Night
Posted by Leaf on November 6, 2011
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Yesterday we had another game night with cousins and a couple of their college friends. That was when we went to BGR and watched them, amazed, scarf down 2 burgers a piece. A reminder of how we once were and how much we’ve slowed down. I remember wolfing down steak and cheeses and fries and washing it all down with a gimongo Mountain Dew. Nowadays I am struggling with finishing one burger.
We played Settlers of Catan and 7 Wonders. I don’t like playing with the college kids. They actually know what they’re doing and kick our butts round after round. Grr… I’m already looking forward to our next game night.
The epitome of fine dining
Posted by Leaf on November 5, 2011
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Pizza and burgers are conceptually such simple foods, and yet so hard to do well at home. At least for me.
For over 2 long weeks, I have been hankering for a pizza loaded with anchovies. One whole pizza all for myself, with super salty little fish. Pupatella’s is probably the best Neapolitan-style pizza I’ve had locally. Which okay, I’ve only had it from maybe 3 or 4 other places but it is good and we’ve gone back many times.
For dinner, we went to BGR. Our new favorite burger joint. I mean, for the most part, the local restaurants all make decent burgers but BGR just makes it a little better. A bit bigger, a bit juicier, lots of flavor, and so decadent.
My purpose in life is to enjoy delicious foods and this is one of them.
SNOW!!
Posted by Leaf on October 30, 2011
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It snowed yesterday!! Not like your little bitty snow, but big flakes with accumulation in some parts. Of course it all melted by the time it stopped, but still, the weather turned frosty for that moment. First snow of the season.
We had dinner with the family last night and played more 7 Wonders. The nerds conspired and plotted while I kept noshing on cupcakes, fruit, and pita chips. The food just kept coming. Ah gluttony. Delicious.
Weekends should always be this fun
Posted by Leaf on October 23, 2011
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For many months, we’d been kinda’ happily hermiting on the weekends. Even in the peak of the glorious summer days, we preferred staying in doing nada. But a few weeks ago, we went to a house party and had so much fun, we started feeling like we wanted to hang out with people. So we started scheduling lunches and dinners on weekends with friends and family. Something to look forward to every weekend. This weekend, we went to a comedy show starring Dave Attell. Comedy shows are so fun. I mean 2 hours of laughter, what more do you need? Oh right, greasy bar food. The fries were too delicious. Saturday, we had cousins come over for dinner and one of them introduced us to the game, 7 Wonders. We were all thoroughly confused at first but we slowly picked it up as we started playing. Good times, I was sad when we had to stop playing. And Sunday, more cousins came over for dinner and we caught up with them over some food and wine. I like these kinds of weekends!
DMV Hell
Posted by Leaf on October 1, 2011
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We spent nearly 3 hours waiting at the DMV today. I forgot to bring a book to read so I sat at the front row watching the employees work. The slow and stupid, and the fast, and the rude. It was like watching reality tv. One female employee seemed to make it her purpose in life to live up to the blonde stereotype. She could not get anything done without help from somebody. The poor guy next to her had to constantly interrupt his cases, trying to help her. And she always needed to flirt and banter with the customers and waste time. Then there was the condescendingly rude employee, who, as the guy next to me described, “would be on fire if he flamed any harder.” I mean, he even flirted with one customer’s boyfriend. Aside from his rudeness, to foreigners especially, he was at least efficient if the case was straightforward. And lucky me, I wound up one of the last customers who got the disgruntled angry lady with a bad case of PMS. In that time I witnessed a girl leave, crying (no joke), telling her lover that she refused to ever be a resident of this godawful state. I hear ya!
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