Happy New Year from Paris

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2009.

Stay tuned for more recipes soon...

Seafair impressions...

This past week end I had the opportunity to witness one of Seattle's tradition, the Seafair, a display of power, audacity and technical prowess, by this I specifically talk about the pilots of the airplanes (Blue Angels, Harrier and others) doing all sorts of aerobatics, one more impressive than the next and the drivers of the hydroplanes.

I also met with the Seafair Pirates "sailing"on their Moby Duck (they are a group of currently 52 men appearing at festivals over the US, Canada and the Cayman islands and raising money for charity), the pirate I interviewed was telling me about his best day being last Friday taking a child from the Make a wish foundation on a crabing tour. Here you can see them giving a hard time to a youngster who was minding his own business and reading a book.

If you happen to be in Seattle around this time of year it's a fun event to attend.

Giverny - Monet Gardens and House

Being a perfect tourists while in France I took the opportunity to go to Giverny to visit Monet gardens and house, it had been on my to do list for a long time and what better time than spring to go there! So off we went, what a wonder, everywhere you look there is one beautiful sight after another, as you can imagine my camera got quite some use on that visit, it was hot at the end of the day!
Here is a very small sample.
Enjoy and I wish you to discover this enchanting and inspiring place some day.

Yours truly :-)

The Emerald isle...

6 days into June and no post! What is going on? Well in 4 words: I'm enjoying Europe!

I have been here for a month now and still have a week to go, I wish it was another 2 or 3! But I have to go back to the PNW where home is for now.

So over the past month my adventures took me to Ireland, more specifically to Cork city and West Cork (South West of Ireland). I was blessed with relatively good weather (in Ireland that means no rain, with some sunshine too). I was able to take some (read: lots of) photos and would like to share just a few here.

Enjoy

France

For the past week and a half I have been in Europe, I did some cooking but mostly took lots of photos and I wanted to share a few of them here.

Enjoy these views of a French garden...

New York, New York

After the eventful trip over (rain storm, diversion...) I finally made it to the Big Apple and was blessed today by an amazing weather (OK it was bitter cold but still sunshine and blue sky!), so a very good first impression so far.
Here are a few pics to illustrate.
Enjoy