tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57675077629976354172024-03-14T03:28:33.184+00:00A Girl Named SuI am a full-time photographer; part-time graphic designer; quarter-time knitter and hopeful seamstress to be; and the rest of time a wife to Billy, who puts up with everything else.Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-25245369611582958152015-01-15T19:32:00.000+00:002015-01-15T19:32:05.900+00:00So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>This is the end, beautiful friend</i><br />
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There are too many songs about saying adieu aren't there. Well this will be my last ever post on blogger. I have spent many a month fighting with the stupid cms to try and get my photos to look okay and you know there is only so much I can do before I start pulling my hair out.<br />
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So I've taken the step to transfer all my posts (five years worth!) over to my new blog on Wordpress. It is actually really simple to do this. It literally took minutes to get my posts up, but there is a lot of tweaking to be done to get the posts to look good. I've gone back through most of my posts (well back to 2013 at least) and I'm quite pleased with how its coming out.<br />
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If you are thinking of leaving blogger I can really recommend Wordpress. I use the content management system as a basis for my photography website and I find it so much easier to use for these reasons:<br />
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-The dashboard is easier to work with<br />
-It gives you more control over design<br />
-You can actually tag items<br />
-You can get some nice looking themes (for free!)<br />
-Photos are soooo much easier to resize<br />
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I do a bit of coding for my main website so I find it quite easy to fix little things here and there but if you don't know how, Wordpress is still pretty easy to use.<br />
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So anyways, my blog lives on here <a href="http://www.agirlnamedsu.com/">www.agirlnamedsu.com</a>.<br />
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Adios muchacho<br />
<br />Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-27919512964931738612015-01-06T21:55:00.000+00:002015-01-06T21:55:41.639+00:00Brussels<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So I haven't posted in earnest on this blog in awhile. Its been a mixture of being busy at work, dealing with unpleasant work-related stuff, it being the holidays and well I think I'll add a little general laziness into the mix.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But in the month in between my last post I've:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">-Gotten very ill with the flu (thank you darling husband for your lovely germs)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">-Gained five pounds (thank you Paris, Thanksgiving, co-workers with mince pies and candy, and of course waffles and chocolate!)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">-Gone to Brussels where I did the waffle and chocolate consuming (its Belgium! Its required)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">-Done something exciting, which I can't talk about for a whole month!! But I wanna!!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">-And gotten shortlisted as News Photographer of the Year for an East of England media award!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But this post is really just about Belgium. Billy and I headed to Brussels on the 20th for four days in the home of the European Union (which is really disappointing to see in person since it isn't very well labeled and we walked past it multiple times before giving up).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Billy's birthday is December 23rd and because of this he is usually jipped quite badly and therefore didn't (before he met me anyways) get to do anything special for his big day. So this was his birthday present along with awesome noise-cancelling Bose headphones from his awesome wife (that's me!)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">My luck, I started showing signs of sickness a few days before and despite a whole heck of a lot of vitamins and green drinks I woke up the day we were leaving with a super sore throat. Bleck.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It didn't stop our holiday though. We headed to St Pancras station and boarded the Eurostar. Again I was amazed at the ease of traveling by Eurostar. Security takes shear minutes and once inside there is usually enough seats for everyone (not like the last time we were in Stansted).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We got into Brussels around 4pm and after a few false starts trying to navigate the metro system (it is seriously the worst labelled metro in Europe) we made our way to our awesome hotel- 9Central. It was minimalist design and the bed was the most comfortable ever! I didn't want to leave.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We spent the next four days walking around the Grand Place, chocolate alley (that's what we called it anyways), and the amazing Christmas Market. It put the one in Edinburgh to shame.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I found the best waffles by the church that, at night, featured a light display show along with the Grand Place that was really festive. The Belgians really know their holiday stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">There isn't a lot of Belgian food per-se its really like London in that most of their restaurants are Italian, Japanese, Chinese and there was even a Tex-Mex. But the one place that was superb, which we really did visit every day for lunch, was this place called Exki.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcU1vxRELbdTrjAopvgvl8J-cDabcWWCva_VUtnVY58xLEUsPRFA12iVnKWuXa415RTdMw7ArDEmdEH5FzqUr65ssU2QuLRCVubAJuov5lzJZZByIL3f_eisuRA_o3WFronuA6HnetUio/s1600/Brussels+24.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcU1vxRELbdTrjAopvgvl8J-cDabcWWCva_VUtnVY58xLEUsPRFA12iVnKWuXa415RTdMw7ArDEmdEH5FzqUr65ssU2QuLRCVubAJuov5lzJZZByIL3f_eisuRA_o3WFronuA6HnetUio/s1600/Brussels+24.JPG" height="200" width="139" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It is a chain of healthy food that is fast buffet style but with take-away items similar to a Pret. There was a real leisurely attitude in there along with a wall full of magazines and 30 minutes free wi-fi so I didn't feel rushed despite the fastness of the food. We really need something like this over here.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">One of the pinnacle moments of the trip for me was, when walking down one of the streets back to our hotel, we passed a toy shop and in the corner of my eye I saw the most amazing thing ever. Visions of my childhood danced before my eyes as I beheld a Moncchichi!!! Hem-Hem... "Way up in da trees live the Moncchichis. Moncchichi- Moncchichis..."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Much to my husband chagrin I entered the shop and nabbed myself a small Moncchichi Christmas ornament showing serious restraint. There were large Moncchichis and ones dressed as Santa and snowmen!! Oh how I wanted all of them. I'm sorry that my husband didn't get to experience the Moncchichis in all their glory but I am pleased to know they live on in a shop in Belgium.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But despite my illness, and the one day where I had to go back to the hotel at 3pm to take a nap, we had a really nice trip. We kept saying over and over how much we preferred Brussels to Paris, but we also said that if it weren't Christmas time we don't think there would be that much to do. We will be heading back that way in April or May to take Billy's mum to Bruge for her birthday present.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Au revior mon ami.</span><br />
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Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-51881088029316424462014-12-31T23:00:00.000+00:002014-12-31T23:00:37.199+00:00Au Revoir 2014, Bonjour 20152014 was a pretty good year. I went home to Florida in April, went to Lisbon for my anniversary in September, Paris for my birthday in November and Brussels in December for my husbands birthday. I feel thoroughly spoiled. I am in the process of working up my Brussels photos and in the mean time here is my annual photo slideshow.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Oh Paris, how I dreamed of walking your
streets, eating your food and sucking up all the inherent coolness your people
seem to have. Well, I have to tell you Paris, your food was tres mal except of
course for your Crème Brulee and Macaroons. Your streets smelled quite bad and
your people were comme ci comme ça. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My husband and I travelled across the
channel on the Eurostar. It was my first time travelling to the continent by
train and it was wonderful. I didn’t have to faff about with liquids or the
weight of my luggage and security took five minutes. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was really great to get to Paris and to
not have to then travel into the city. We arrived smack dab in the middle at
Gare du Nord and only had a few metro stops to our hotel in the heart of
Montmartre just around the corner from the Moulin Rouge. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was also right around the corner from
the Amelie café where I had been in 2003 with my girl Jess and mistakenly
ordered Steak Tartar thinking it would be- well, cooked. We went once for
breakfast and had very bad service. The second time we went for afternoon
dessert. I had the crème brulee and Billy had the cheese. There were so many
tourists coming in and out the entire time. I went to use the bathroom, which
was engaged so I looked at a collection of props from the movie. Then I noticed
how disgusting the sink was and I decided to hold it and left.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We were only there for one full day and two
half days so we tried to fit in as much as possible. We took a boat ride down
the Seine and walked along it at the Ile de Cite. The only thing I insisted we
queue for was to buy Laduree macaroons. They are seriously the best macaroons-
ever! I had them for the first time at the Laduree in Miami’s South Beach
earlier this year. MMM. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Inside were gorgeous art deco designs and
the queue was out the door and around the block. I got frantic when it was
finally my turn and I ordered eight macaroons as they were rather pricey and I
knew they wouldn’t last to take back with me. I also bought a little box of
chocolate for someone’s Christmas present (I really hope the chocolate is still
good by then as it will have travelled to three countries!)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The best part of the trip was meeting the most
amazing bulldog Bellush who roamed a bar in Montmartre where her owner was the
bartender. Bellush was so sweet and kept coming up to us for a rub and then she
crashed out in a chair. The bar got super busy and everyone kept going to sit
in the chair and then realized it was already occupied. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This was my third time going to Paris and I
have to say that, though I loved my time there, it is not a great as it was ten
years ago. A man at Sacre Coeur who was trying to put his hand into my
husband’s pockets pushed me. I pushed him away then he pushed me back and boy
did I stare him down giving him the evil eye. I get crazy adrenaline in
situations like that and I probably could lift a car or something so he’s lucky
I didn’t go mental on his ass. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There were so many men selling cheap Eiffel
Towers EVERY WHERE!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made going
to the actual Eiffel Tower a bit annoying as these guys approached us every two
minutes. It was a nice trip, but I do think my love affair with Paris is over.
Ce la vie. </span></div>
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Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-79401451928160787272014-11-13T17:58:00.000+00:002014-11-13T17:58:13.716+00:00Throwback Thursday- Paris!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">My darling husband whisked me away to Paris
this past weekend to celebrate my birthday. It was my third time in the city
though the last time was eleven years ago. Its funny how different my life
changed between each visit.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My first time was in 2001. My mother and I
combined our tax returns and bought ourselves one week staying near the Opera.
It was a couple of years after my dad died and I just graduated from junior
college and had yet to receive my acceptance into Syracuse. I was very unsure
of my future and myself and it was pretty scary. My mom and I were just
beginning to travel and it was so incredibly exciting to be in Paris.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">My second trip was in 2003 towards the end
of my semester abroad in London. I went by myself during our November break and
met up with my girl Jess and two other girls from my photo class and we stayed
in a hostel in Montmartre. This time I was more confident about myself and I
was having the time of my life. I remember sitting on the banks of the Seine at
night smoking and thinking, “this is the life.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This photo was taken during this trip, as I
seem to remember my photo teacher giving us a challenge to take a “different”
kind of photo of the Eiffel Tower. My husband cannot look at it though because
it makes him nauseous. I still think its one of my favorite photos from that
time.</span></div>
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This time I am a very happily married woman
was a steady job in England. I am probably the most confident now than I ever
was in my early 20’s. I will put together a post of my photos from the trip
soon.</div>
Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-5238253340669919232014-10-30T19:39:00.000+00:002014-10-30T19:39:21.885+00:00My Favourite Halloween Movies<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am the biggest wuss when it comes to scary movies. Let me tell you
why. When I was six or seven I was laying on our pull out couch with my mom, my
sister and her best friend who was there for a sleepover. I can't remember what
we were watching, but it couldn't of been too scary because my mom is a bigger
wuss than me.<br />
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Anyways there we were watching a movie eating popcorn when the door to the
garage, which was next to the tv, slammed open and out came my father wearing a
scary Halloween mask as he started up his chainsaw. Yeah. I know. I think we
all peed our pants a little and to this day I get super jumpy if anyone sneaks
up on me. Even if someone just comes up behind me at work and if I don't hear
them I shriek. Thanks dad.<br />
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Needless to say, I'm so not in to scary movies. I spent months recovering from
seeing the Exorcist at a slumber party and It in my band class of all places
(but only the first half as too many parents complained- if I had seen that the
damned clown was only a spider than I probably would of been okay). I had to
walk in middle of the street when walking home from the bus stop because the
sewer drains scared the crap out of me.<br />
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Recently I decided to watch a scary movie called "Mama" by myself
because it had Jessica Chastain and Jaime from Game of Thrones. Bad news. I
couldn't shut stand in a room after shutting the lights of by myself for ages.<br />
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So when Halloween comes around, which is one of my favourite holidays, I opt
for family friendly movies instead. Here is a list of my favourite films to
watch at this time of year. There are some spoilers in there, but most of the
films are at least a decade old.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092239/?ref_=nv_sr_1" target="_blank">T<b>he Worst Witch (1986)</b></a></span>
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<!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember one Halloween I can home from school and was helping my mom
put candy into Halloween bags (these made it so all the kids got the same
amount so no one would complain- it was also my genius idea!). I kept waiting
for my favourite movie to come on tv. Finally it was 6pm and I turned on the
channel only to find it wasn't on! I was devastated (or as devastated a kid can
be when their expectations are blown).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I learned a hard lesson that day. TV shows in the late 80's and early 90's
would advertise their timings as 5pm/6pm. I found out that that meant the
programme was on at 5pm Eastern Standard Time and 6pm central standard time
that didn't apply to me in my family room in Florida. So I had missed the
bloody thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I always think of that when I watch The Worst Witch and I think the deprivation
may of caused it to become a favourite of mine. It really is a terrible 80's
film but in a way it makes it better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It stars Fairuza Balk (who went on to be the evil witch teen in The Craft) as
Mildred Hubble, Mrs Garrett from The Facts of Life times 2 (she plays twins-
one good, one evil) and best of all- Tim Curry as the Grand Wizard! Oh Tim
Curry is awesome in it and the song he sings is perfection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is another later version of this film, which is based on a book series of
the same name by Jill Murphy, but this one is by far the best. And even better,
the full movie is on youtube.</span></div>
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<!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've watched this a million times, but I always get it mixed up with the
Christmas special in my head. But needless to say, it’s not Halloween without “It's
the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.” I think my favourite is Snoopy as the World
War I flying ace battling the Red Barron. Here are the first couple of minutes.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay I'm going to admit that this is one of my favourite films- ever! I
remember I went to the cinema to see it with my mom when it came out and boy
did I have a crush on the kid that (spoilers) becomes the cat. That same kid is
now a chubby cast member of NCIS and that crush is no more.</span></div>
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The movie stars Omri Katz from Eerie, Indiana fame (see the Eerie entry down
below) as a city kid who moves to Salem Massachusetts just in time for
Halloween. He sneaks into the house of witches, who cursed the town when they
were hung in the 1700's, with his cute love interest and unknowingly unleashes
the witches. Little Thora Burch adds the comic element (she's also in one of my
favourite Christmas films ever) along with Kathy Najimi as the clumsy witch
sister.</span><br />
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I think the worst part of the movie is when Carrie Bradshaw sings a song to
lure out all the children. She totally needs to stick to dating Mr Big and away
from Broadway like her husband. But seriously if you've never seen Hocus Pocus
watch it now! Unfortunately I could only find the trailer on youtube.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Casper is the last movie I remember watching with my father. I don't
know why we watched it, my dad wasn't really into films, but we had a nice
father daughter moment. I always love seeing the young character's rooms the
most and I can remember Christina Ricci's room in the haunted mansion being
pretty awesome. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is just a cute film to watch that does have a Halloween
seen towards the end when (*spoilers*) Casper comes down as a super hot kid
that totally didn't match his personality at all. I found the whole movie but
there are annoying subs.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the only scary movie on my list. And when you watch it to the end its actually not as scary as it seemed. Its kind of more like a thriller instead staring Lucas Haas as a kid who (*spoilers*) gets locked inside a closet in his school on Halloween when he sees the ghost of a little girl and then gets attacked by the girl's real life murderer. I remember watching this by myself when I was 11 or 12 and being a bit scared, but not too much so you should watch it if you want a good ghost story. And best of all the whole movie is on youtube.</span></div>
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This movie is bad. It really is, but I think it came at a time when I wanted
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to watch it every couple of years. There were several sequels to this movie,
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093560/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl" target="_blank">The Monster Squad (1987)</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike the other movies in my list, this one isn't about Halloween. But it does contain all of the characters to make the ultimate monster movie. Dracula leads this rag tag gang of monsters like the mummy, Frankenstein's monster and the swamp thing that terrorises this small town. Luckily there is another rag tag group of misfit Tweens chock-a-block full of monster facts that are the only ones who see whats going and fight to take back their town.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The heart warming turn by Frankenstein's monster will warm your heart just long enough for the creepy as hell Dracula to tear it out of you. This movie is the perfect amount of scary for a 13 year-old kid and has loads of 80's nostalgia for us 30-somethings. Here's the full movie:</span></div>
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<b><i><br /></i></b><b><i>HALLOWEEN TV SHOWS</i></b></div>
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<!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eerie, Indiana was one of my favourite tv shows. I'm pretty sure it was
on Saturday mornings, once Saturday started being less about cartoons (I really
mourned the loss of Saturday morning cartoons). In this episode Marshall Teller
and his best friend, and the only other normal person in town, Simon are
heading out to hunt monsters when Marshall's mother tells them to watch Simon's
little brother as she has to go rescue Mr Teller who's car broke down.<br />
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While watching a monster programme on tv Simon's brother gets sucked into the
show and if he's in there, where did the mummy go? I loved this show and was
really bummed it only lasted a couple of seasons.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Joan Hart starred as two of my favourite 90's tv characters-
Clarissa Darling from Clarissa Explains it All (my ultimate style icon) and
Sabrina from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The latter is a perfect addition to my
list. The show was on for years taking Sabrina from High School to the College
years, which are never as good. So I picked the Halloween episode from the
first season where Sabrina is fawning over Harvey much to Libby's chagrin.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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<!--StartFragment--><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh Recess. This is where everyone finds out what a nerd I really am.
Recess came out years after my prime cartoon watching age, but that didn't stop
me from watching it every week. When it was in its hey day I was the manager of
a fireworks store and when its the middle of March there really wasn't much to
do on the Saturday morning so I would switch on the old tv in my office that
got two channels and watch Recess along with the other awesome shows that were
on at that time like Pepper Ann (that was the best). So I can't really exclude
the Recess Halloween show that follows TJ and the gang through three tales of
terror.</span></span><!--EndFragment-->
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I love this tv show so much and I'm super bummed it got cancelled. This is a great Halloween episode where Tessa and the gang dress up as Scooby Doo characters. Me and my friend Meg did that our senior year of uni- I was Velma- so it makes me nostalgic. I can't find the whole episode on youtube, but its totally worth downloading all the episodes and have a binge.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US">My adventures in vegan cooking continued
last night with a concoction from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cookbook-100-Best-Recipes/dp/1848991045/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410974821&sr=1-4&keywords=vegan+cookbooks" target="_blank">The Vegan Cookbook by Adele McConnell</a>. This
is the third recipe I’ve tried from this book. The last one was the ill-fated <a href="http://agirlnamedsu.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/tofu-udon-noodle-bowl.html" target="_blank">TofuUdon Bowl</a>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I made Chilli Peanut and Coconut Soup featuring
tempeh (pronounced tem-pay), which is a fermented soya product. It’s really
nothing like tofu as it was really textured and the flavor was overwhelming. I
have to admit, even though I was really excited to try it, I wasn’t a fan. I
didn’t like the taste, which despite soaking in soy sauce with chilli flakes,
wasn’t good. My husband really liked it though.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I spent about an hour shelling peanuts when
I got home from work, as I couldn’t find shelled roasted and unsalted peanuts
anywhere. Doing so made me really crazy hot boiled peanuts, a southern roadside
delicacy, so that may be on my blog in the near future. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The soup itself was goodish. I really
thought it was going to taste more Thai as the smells emanating from the wok
smelled like a Thai curry. Instead it was coconut infused soup that was a bit
too bland. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The seasoning really came from the tempeh
and even though I used a hand blender to whaz it all up, the peanut were still
there giving it a nice crunch and with raw spring onions, purple mange tout and
coriander leaves there was a lovely crispness to the soup.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This recipe wasn’t an epic fail but I don’t
think it will be making it again. I am a bit disappointed that my tempeh hopes
have been dashed. Oh well.</span></div>
Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-91932664764924873452014-10-16T20:57:00.000+01:002014-10-16T20:57:08.027+01:00Throwback Thursday- Zombie Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">A few years ago when I lived in Edinburgh,
Billy and I were heading up to the Royal Mile to meet some of his co-workers.
The Royal Mile is the mega touristy spot usually filled buskers, street
performers and well, tourists as it is the main road leading to Edinburgh
Castle. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But in the middle of the week in October it
was totally dead. I mean it was empty at first and then it quickly filled with
the dead. Billy and I had unknowingly came upon a Zombie Walk.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">It was crazy seeing the Royal Mile with
some of the Scotland’s oldest architecture fill with the undead as bus drivers
where waylaid by fairly convincing zombies. I luckily had my camera as we were
going to see the Beltane Fire Festival, which also took place on the Royal Mile
and is a Gaelic festival that has fire breathers and crazy puppeteering by
dred-locked guys.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">When the zombies attacked I got in front of
a zombie nun trying to frame the cathedral into the shot and then the zombie
got really close and actually freaked me out!</span></div>
Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-61277847620793826162014-10-11T17:16:00.000+01:002014-10-11T17:16:31.675+01:00My Pick of Podcasts<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Eighty percent of my workday is spent
driving my car around sleepy English towns through winding country roads. Yes,
I know it sounds quaint and if you love Jane Austen novels you would find this
place captivating. I felt this too but after three years the English
countryside has lost most of its charm.</span></div>
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assignments I listen to podcasts. I used to only listen to music but after
awhile I just needed some human interaction and I exhausted all the audio books
at my library that weren’t Nora Roberts novels. I have a few podcast standards
that I listen to regularly and there are a lot that I’ve vetoed for one reason
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<span lang="EN-US">I have loved listening to dramatisations on
tape when I was a kid. My uber religious grandmother gave me a book of tapes
called “<a href="http://www.aiowiki.com/wiki/Adventures_in_Odyssey" target="_blank">Adventures in Odyssey</a>” that were set in the fictional town called
Odyssey and the stories are about the residents with a Christian theme.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I remember laying on my waterbed (whatever
happened to waterbeds?) on my stomach and getting lost in the stories. I
remember being surprised that I liked it, as I was such a TV kid.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://answermethis.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>Answer Me This!</b></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Answer Me This! is a comedy podcast that
comes out fortnightly. The hosts are Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann. They are
both thirty-something Oxford grads working in broadcasting in London. The third
co-host is Martin Austwick aka Martin the Sound Man who is married to Helen. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The show, which they record in Helen and
Martin’s Crystal Palace flat, has Helen and Olly answering questions from
listeners that range from sweet (How can I ask my friend out?) to mundane (Why
are juice glasses at buffets so small?) to just crazy/gross (Do vegans spit or
swallow?). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Whatever the question you can be sure the
answer will be a) witty b) informative c) thought provoking d) snort out loud
funny. I love this podcast and I was really bummed when it went to fortnightly
instead of weekly when Olly got a job at London’s LBC radio in the 1am -4am
time slot.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The show really benefits from really catchy
bumpers thanks to Martin who, besides being a physicist, is a musician that
utilizes his skills to make jingles in the styles of The Pixies, Elliot Smith
and Bob Dylan to name a few.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I highly recommend this podcast and lucky
for you there is a huge back catalog to keep you busy for months (the really
old stuff isn’t free). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>BEST BITS-</b> Helen and Olly have such good
chemistry that when they get on a roll (which is basically all the time) it can
be hilarious.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WORST BITS-</b> It’s only put out every two
weeks now (even though it is longer than the weekly shows, it’s just not
enough).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b><a href="http://www.goodjobbrain.com/" target="_blank">Good Job Brain!</a></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Trivia Podcast</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Good Job Brain calls themselves an “offbeat
trivia podcast” where the host Karen quizzes the players/other hosts Colin,
Dana and Chris each week. They start out with general trivia round “Pop Quiz
Hot Shot” where Karen uses a Trivial Pursuit card.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The rest of show has the players taking
turns to quiz each other on whatever that week’s theme is. Every fifth show is
an “All Quiz Bonanza” where the players come up with random quizzes without an
unifying theme. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have learned loads of fun trivia from
this show despite the host’s obsessions with poo. I love when they tell fun
stories while giving background to their quizzes. I remember one story about
Prince using NBA player Carlos Boozer’s house for a music video. Prince, among
many other alterations, painted Boozer’s house purple and is now being sued.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The show was a Kickstarter initiative in
2011 and has been rather successful in its first few years. The group met doing
pub quizzes together in San Francisco and they work really well off each other
with their own specialist subjects (aka Colin is the sports guy, Chris is the
video game nerd…). They are around the same age as me so luckily I get their
cultural references but younger listeners might not.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There are a few regular-ish features – “Brad
Pitt or Lasers,” “Belgium or not Belgium,” “Umm Actually” and the Carmen San
Diego parody “Where in the World is Carmen San Mateo.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">If you want funny and often useful trivia
this is the podcast for you. It is pretty clean so therefore it is child
friendly, except for all the poo talk.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>BEST BITS-</b> It is really entertaining and I
learn loads of funny and interesting facts.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WORST BITS-</b> They don’t always publish
regularly on the same day- it went from Tuesdays to Thursdays; Karen annoyingly
makes lots of “Ooooh” and “Ohhhh” noises throughout; The ‘fun size” episodes
are really annoying short minisodes. It would be much better if they just
recorded two shows at once when they know they can’t do a full-length show.</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/" target="_blank">Stuff You Should Know</a></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Culture & Knowledge</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I tell my husband often “Josh and Chuck
say…” or “Did you know… Yeah Josh and Chuck told me.” Needless to say my
husband is sick of hearing about Josh and Chuck. The duo are the hosts of
Discovery’s Stuff You Should Know podcast. The third, silent member of the team
in Jeri, the producer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The podcast has been around for years and
is part of How Stuff Works, which puts out several other podcasts. Basically
the writers and editors from How Stuff Works teamed up and started podcasts
about a bunch of different subjects. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Stuff You Should Know started out with Josh
and some other co-hosts but it didn’t actually pick up traction until Chuck
joined the team. Josh and Chuck have amazing chemistry together and I think
that is the real reason why the podcast has been so successful.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The dynamic duo have hundreds of episodes
and they put out two podcasts a week about varied topics from ‘How the sun
works’ to ‘How marijuana works.’ Recurring elements include “The Way Back
Machine,” “Grabster,” “Hippie Rob,” and “Lou Vega selling ice cream or working
at a petrol station.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">One of the best episodes I remember is when
they dramatized the experiences of victims from the 1916 Jersey Shore shark
attacks.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>BEST BITS-</b> A varied choice of topics each
week.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WORST BITS- </b>They have to do adverts in the
middle of podcasts for businesses like Graze boxes and –the worst- Stamps.com.
I really hate the Stamps.com adverts as they are annoying and as I don’t live
in the US they are completely moot for me. </span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.missedinhistory.com/" target="_blank">Stuff You Missed in History Class</a></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Stuff You Missed in History Class is
another podcast from the How Stuff Works people. Its been going since 2008 and
has gone through a series of different hosts (one of the first hosts was Josh
from SYSK). I have listened to every single podcast they have done in the last
six years.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The current hosts are Holly and Tracey and
they podcast about historical subjects- there really isn’t much more to
describe what they do. The hosts that I thought worked the best were Katie and
Sarah, but they both moved on to other jobs. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I think this is a problem when companies
rather than individuals produce podcasts because they don’t seem passionate
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<span lang="EN-US">Holly and Tracey have zero chemistry and
are seriously dull and monotone. This is really disappointing because I love
the premise of this show. Tracey (who is the boss at How Stuff Works) has a
really bad case of vocal frys that really does my head in. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I have probably just put you off listening
to this podcast but I highly recommend listening to the older podcasts with
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>BEST BITS-</b> The podcast covers some really
interesting subjects and a lot that I had never heard of. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WORST BITS-</b> They have really annoying
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<b><a href="http://www.simplysyndicated.com/shows/atw9k/" target="_blank">Atomic Trivia War 9000</a></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Atomic Trivia War 9000 isn’t a great
podcast really. It’s a trivia podcast hosted by Jason Hawk, a reporter in Ohio
with a gaggle of kids, and the players are Kevin, the Canadian father figure of
the group, Rochelle, the only other American and the only female, and Omar, the
Costa Rican obsessed with breasts. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Jason puts together questions from a slew
of nerdy topics like gaming, comics, movies etc. The others answer the
questions and Jason keeps score- sometimes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The sound quality is meh and the structure
isn’t well thought out. So why do I listen to it? I’m not quite sure myself. I
try out every trivia podcast that comes out and I had it on my iphone. I ran
out of my usuals and put ATW9K on and thought it was crap, but then I listened
to the next one, then the next and now its one of my usual podcasts. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Obviously there is something to the podcast
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>BEST BITS-</b> The end theme is really catchy
and I find myself singing it often.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WORST BITS-</b> They don’t publish podcasts on
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<span lang="EN-US">The Archers target audience are old age
pensioners, farmers and me. This is actually a show on BBC Radio 4 that airs 15
minute-long shows six days a week. It follows the residents of Ambridge, a
fictional English town, where farming is the main industry. It’s been on the
air since the 50’s.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">At first this was a programme that I
listened to occasionally on Radio 4 when I had run out of podcasts. Then I
decided to try out the podcast and now I am thoroughly hooked. Even now I went
on their website fact checking and spent half an hour looking at the
character’s bios. I like it because they use the real people behind the voices
as the characters. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">There are a lot of issues that I completely
disagree with when it comes to farming and the culling of animals. But I think
the personal relationships are what keep me listening.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>BEST BITS-</b> Really good characters with plot
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WORST BITS-</b> Susan, the village shop worker
and gossip monger who I really want to get her comeuppance, Jolene, the landlord
of The Bull pub who really gets on my nerves, Rob, Helen, Lynda and Edd… I must
like the show if I get so angry at the characters.</span></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/" target="_blank">This American Life</a></b></div>
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to while you fall secretly in love with Ira Glass.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This American Life is the combination of
every good element in a radio drama, a documentary and a quirky, off beat
programme. I love TAL so much that I gladly re-listen to episodes that are
re-aired when someone goes on holiday.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Each week they pick a theme and do
different stories in three acts about the theme. Sometimes the stories
relevancy to the theme is a bit tenuous, but the stories are almost always
compelling. I could listen to TAL everyday. </span></div>
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one story like the episode about Dr Gilmer taking over a murderer’s practice.
This murderer is also a Dr Gilmer and surprisingly they are not related. The
episode is so interesting with twists and turns and a surprise ending. Have I
enticed you? Good.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>BEST BITS-</b> Compelling stories and
interesting characters</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><b>WORST BITS-</b> When they repeat shows that
they aired within the last year. I also don’t like when they use fiction during
a theme- I prefer real stories instead.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Serial is new. It’s a spin-off of This
American Life that takes a typical story they’d cover and get stuck in airing
an episode each week about the story. The story is about a murder in 1999 where
a high school senior is charge with the murder of his ex-girlfriend. Here’s the
premise:</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“It's Baltimore, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a
popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later
detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder.
He says he's innocent - though he can't exactly remember what he was doing on
that January afternoon. But someone can. A classmate at Woodlawn High School
says she knows where Adnan was. The trouble is, she’s nowhere to be found.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I just listened to the third episode today
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<span lang="EN-US">What I am sure about is that I am eager to
hear the next episode. But I knew that if this podcast was by the team behind
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<span lang="EN-US">I listened to the Galapagos episode today
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200,000 goats being murdered in cold blood by snipers in helicopters. This was
done with full knowledge and at the behest of the naturalists in Galapagos. </span></div>
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of scientific exploration of the Galapagos thanks to the Harbor Branch Oceanographic
Institution in Fort Pierce, FL- my hometown. Harbor Branch made many
expeditions to the islands and we’d go to the institute on field trips. </span></div>
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Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-41576624077134514952014-10-09T19:50:00.000+01:002014-10-09T19:50:11.399+01:00Throwback Thursday- Graduation Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">I love this photo. It’s my graduation day in
2005. I had been through two ceremonies the day before for Newhouse, where I
got my photoj degree, and arts and science, for my anthropology degree. This
day was the graduation ceremony with the entire graduating class and our
speaker began by speaking in chimpanzee. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yep, it’s the awesome Jane Goodall. When
she looked down on the sea of cap and gowns she would have seen inflatable apes
being tossed around and monkeys hanging from nearly every student’s mortarboard.
My biological anthropology professor must have been going mental since neither
or those are Chimpanzees!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After the ceremony I took my family (my
mom, sister and my niece and nephew) to our photo studio to take a family
portrait and then we headed over to the Schine Student Centre (I totally had to
Google that because I couldn’t remember the name) and we queued up to have
books signed by Goodall. </span></div>
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have a photo taken with her and she agreed. You can see how thrilled she is to
have her photo taken with me! I still love this photo because it was the first
time I’d met someone famous who I actually admired and I had just spent the
last four years studying her work.</span></div>
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but you have to fast forward through the rest of the ceremony so it may not be
worth it unless you really have an interest in Syracuse University’s graduating
class of 2005.</div>
Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-22366914256787020752014-10-09T19:34:00.000+01:002014-10-09T19:43:03.890+01:00My Favourite Things: Veggi Wash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I am not a clean freak. When I clean my house I make sure I get under every piece of furniture, but I don’t need to hoover everyday. But I am a bit of a germophobe. When I worked in forensics I’d be at murder scenes where blood was splattered everywhere and I’d come back and have to take multiple showers.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I wore work clothes and a white zip-up forensic suit but I’d still launder my home clothes several times because they were on me after I’d been at a scene. I handled objects that had been at scenes everyday and they encouraged you to use hand sanitizer, which I did- constantly. I wore a bottle hooked on my belt loop.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">This fostered a need for clean hands constantly and now I also need to have clean food. I wash every bit of food I eat, even if it has skin that you pull off before eating.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">There are certain products that make my life easier and there are other products that I love because they make my life better. Veggi Wash falls in the latter category.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Veggi Wash is an amazing product that cleans all the dirt and pesticides off my fruit and veg. The best is when I clean a bag of spinach. You pour a capful of the wash into a bowl of water and after soaking the spinach for a while I pick it out the water leaving a bunch of dirt at the bottom of the bowl! Its rewarding knowing you have really cleaned your food.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I get the wash at my local health food shop and one bottle lasts for ages. It comes in real handy when I’m juicing. When you’re doing so well to get the healthiest food in your body you don’t want to be drinking pesticides (even organic fruit and veg can have yucky stuff on it).</span></div>
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Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-57163222112512446722014-10-02T20:13:00.000+01:002014-10-02T20:13:05.837+01:00Throwback Thursday- Renaissance Festival <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US">Hazzah! My friend Arielle (pronounced
r-e-l) and I had one of our first friend dates at the Atlanta Renaissance
Festival in 2007. I think we were both afraid to let our nerd-dom out in case
we scared the other off. Luckily we have the same level of nerdiness so it all
worked out good. We have so much fun when we’re together that it’s a shame we
live so far apart.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We had spent the day walking around the
venue where swash-buckling pirates performed, knights in shining armour battled
for a maiden’s love, and horses paraded and danced around an arena. It was
brilliant. We both wanted some memento of the day and we found the perfect
items. We both got clay formations strung on a thin rope- mine was a pair of
cat ears and Rel’s was little horns. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">They blended into our hair and Rel’s were
so subtle that they almost looked real! We wore them the rest of the day (which
did end up hurting after awhile) even when we went to Rel’s friends house where
her entire Indian family was having a meal and thought us silly. Oh, and my cat ears also matched my actual cat's ears. </span></div>
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I think that day was the real start of our
friendship, so it will always be special to me. Hazzah!!</div>
Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-58585249643576825962014-10-02T19:43:00.000+01:002014-10-02T20:16:23.194+01:00Lisbon<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">My husband and I went to Lisbon last week
to celebrate our sixth anniversary. I can’t tell you how amazing the city was.
It was our first time in Portugal and I don’t think it will be our last. The
people were friendly, the food was great and the views were spectacular. It
hadn’t been my choice of destination, but I can highly recommend it.</span><br />
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I am doing a series of posts on <a href="http://www.suanderson.com/blog/" target="_blank">my photoblog</a> with images from our trip broken up into themes. Here a few of my
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<span lang="EN-US">I’m off today, with my lovely husband, to
spend five days in Portugal to celebrate our sixth anniversary. Six years! I
honestly can’t believe it’s only been six years- and I mean that in a good way.
I feel like we’ve been together forever.</span><br />
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Six years ago, on the 27<sup>th</sup>, we
got our friends from Washington DC, NYC, Atlanta, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow
together to help us celebrate our big day. It was a perfect day considering we
were in the middle of a tropical depression. Two days before the wedding the water
from the Indian River was lapping over the sides of the at the place where we
had rented four old Key West style fishermen cottages and the grass where the
marquis was being erected was soaked.</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But by the Saturday, the wind had stopped,
the ground dried and the weather was perfect. Not too hot and wonderfully
sunny. Pretty soon after the ceremony, which took place under an arch erected
right by the edge of the river, we jumped into my friend Meg’s rental car and
jetted across the bridge to Jensen Beach where we caught the last bits of
sunset.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Then we headed back and dug in to my
favorite bbq from Dales that was catering the event. Mmm, I know I don’t eat
meat, but I still love their special sauce and baked beans! Then we went for
the cake. I didn’t really want a cake, but my mom convinced me. Instead of the cheesy
cake toppers I bought little groom and bride cut-out thingies at Michaels
(which is where I got most of the stuff for the wedding) and I pasted our funny
faces on and they still make me laugh when I see these photos.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">We are going to attempt to have a wedding
reunion for our tenth anniversary and invite everyone (well, mostly everyone-
one of the couples have split and a friend married another one of my guests so
I don’t think her old bf would come) to stay in the cottages again. Its very
rare for me to see my friends in the states and it would be incredible to all
be in one place again.</span></div>
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covered a day shift last week as a co-worker is on holiday. It was quite nice
because my other co-worker Lucy and I got to have a little jaunt into town
between assignments.</span></div>
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to see each other. There’s one of my co-workers that I haven’t seen in six
months. So this was a luxury. We are both interested in cooking and baking healthy
food and we’re both veggies so we went in search of tofu for both of us and
nutritional yeast for Lucy. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I ended up in a green grocer/health food/Asian
food store that was brilliant and I was able to get everything on my list for
our tea (that’s what dinner is called over here). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I made a dish from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vegan-Cookbook-100-Best-Recipes/dp/1848991045/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1410974821&sr=1-4&keywords=vegan+cookbooks" target="_blank">The Vegan Cookbook</a> by
Adele McConnell. The Udon Noodle Bowl was full of well udon noodles and pak choi, mushrooms and tofu.</span></div>
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best part of the dish. The flavours were really good while I was working on it but
the recipe called for four cups of water. I only put two and a half in but it was enough to completely drown out the flavours. I don’t think I’ll try this recipe again, but if I did
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book- like the artichoke pasta, which I’ve adapted by adding butter beans and
is now a weekday staple for us- so I won’t let this one put me off making more.
She has several recipes using tempeh, which is really hard to find around here. </span></div>
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For my photo blog this week I spent hours scouring my image archives digging out photos from Scotland. I lived there with my husband the first three and a half years of our married life and had visited many times before when he and I were long-distance so there were a ton of photographs to choose from.<br />
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So in honour of Scottish referendum I am putting up a whole slideshow worth of Throwback Thursdays. I do sincerely love Scotland. Whenever I go back and see how beautiful it is I have this feeling that if I didn't have any ties there, if it was uncertain that I would ever be back, that would be devastated. But knowing that I will have a connection with the country for the rest of my life makes leaving it a little easier.<br />
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My husband is a highlander. But no body calls it the Highlands except for Americans. In Scotland its just called the North or up north. Thurso is as far north as you can get without getting on ferry and taking it to Orkney or Shetland. And north of that is Norway! Thurso is right where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea and therefore was home to an international surfing competition. (Billy's step-dad who sadly passed away this time last year used to say "Bondi Beach, Thurso!" comparing the surfing beaches).<br />
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Whenever I go up north I am always freezing. My mother-in-law (who was born in Glasgow but moved up there when she was 13) always has the windows open- even in the winter!! She opens the window in the bathroom after a shower and then I go to take a shower and my teeth are chattering. I always gravitate towards chunky fisherman sweaters when I'm there. I want to be warm and cozy. The sweaters/jumpers are called ganseys and they were different in each village so that if a fisherman was killed at sea whoever found him could find out where he was from by looking a the pattern knitted on his jumper.<br />
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See its these little things that make Scotland so special. If you want to know more about my opinion you can see my blog post on <a href="http://www.suanderson.com/scotland/" target="_blank">my photo blog</a> though I tried to stay neutral.Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-8097425366894897502014-09-11T20:48:00.000+01:002014-10-02T20:13:29.330+01:00Throwback Thursday- Front Page News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This photo was taken
in 2006 when I was working for the Southbend Tribune in Southbend, Indiana. It
was a seven month-long internship and it was the second internship I had worked
after graduating.</div>
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I feel I learned more practical knowledge with those two internships than I did
in my four years at uni. I loved working at the Tribune because it had a huge
photo department and all the photographers there were great. They were so nice
and helpful and one of the photographers, Chago, is still my buddy to this day.
He, incidentally, is now the photo editor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was Chago who took
this photo of me on my big day. I had had a frontpage photo before, but it was
still exciting when it happened. The way the Tribune worked was that the Sunday
paper was a big seller and they would keep it in the newspaper rack all week
until the next Sunday paper came out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I came to work and stopped on the street outside where I saw my photo not just
on one of the papers, but on both. I did a little happy dance right there
despite the looks from the guys in the security booth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of how far I’ve come as a photographer. And it reminds me of how far phone
technology has come! Seriously, look at that flip phone. Thank god
for iPhones. </div>
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Its funny how we have certain roles when it comes to food. I am the Katsu Curry, chilli (we debate about this one), falafel and baked goods maker and Billy is in charge of lasagne (his is the best), pizza, calzones, bread and Sunday roasts. We make lots of other things together like Indian dishes but we definitely have our specialities. </div>
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Friday nights have long been Pizza Fridays in the Sully (Su + Billy = Sully) household. But lately we've been feeling a bit bored of the usual pie. So last Friday I opted to make one of Billy's recipes- his Spicy Bean Burgers. I made these once before in Florida when Billy was busy making meat burgers and I had to fend for myself. </div>
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These are really great veggie numbers that are pretty healthy as they are full of, well, beans. As I was in charge of making these guys I decided to make them vegan by using the flaxseed "egg" as a binding agent. I am again in awe of this method as I think it actually worked better than an egg. I was able to get perfectly formed little patties and I got to nibble on the mix while I chopped up the sweet potato wedges. </div>
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Your eyes are not deceiving you, those are sweet potatoes! Every once in a while we'll get a few sweet potatoes that are white and it is always a bit odd eating them because they look like normal potatoes but with all the yumminess of the sweet variety.</div>
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Though I love these burgers I still want to try some other recipes. <a href="http://www.giraffe.net/classic/menu/mains" target="_blank">Giraffe</a> has a super tasty falafel, burger with hummus, beetroot, rocket, tzatziki, harissa and best of all halloumi. I make pretty good falafel and tzatziki already so this should be pretty easy.<br />
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You can find the burger recipe <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2iFaQmzNOIbdVd6ZGY0REhBT3c/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. It uses my simple salsa which can be found <a href="http://agirlnamedsu.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/its-salsa-time.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The sweet potato wedges are super easy. You just chop a sweet potato into the wedge shape and mix in a large bowl with a tablespoon Grey Poupon mustard, olive oil, some cayenne pepper and sea salt and pepper. I bake them with a little bit of oil and they are super tasty. Bon Appétit!<br />
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I love Mexican food. I love nachos, tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, burritos, chimichangas, empanadas and tamales. I'm getting hungry just thinking about it. But you can't have good Mexican food without salsa.<br />
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Now salsa is a staple in our house. We use it in veggie burgers (see my next post), as a side with steak (when I ate meat) and of course with Mexican food. The great thing about my recipe, which I developed over years of trial and error, is that if you add avocados, then presto, you have guacamole! </div>
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I've spent the past few days going through old photographs and videos on my computer in an effort to free up my scratch-disk so I can actually do some proper work. Its crazy the photos I've found that I completely forgot about, both professional shots and just-for-fun friend shots. I also came across a ton of 'selfies' from when my husband and I were long-distance dating. We didn't have webcams back then so we relied on photos to remind each other what we looked like!<br />
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I've decided to do some 'Throwback Thursday' postings with old shots on my professional website to highlight work that has aged out of my portfolio (you don't want a bunch of old work in your portfolio because people will think you haven't done anything new). I figured it would be a good idea to do it on this blog too. Hopefully I won't embarrass my husband/friends with all of our youthful dalliances. I don't care if I embarrass my family cos lord knows they embarrassed me enough growing up!</div>
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This photo is of my dear friends Jess (Larsen) Jukelevich and Meg (Vincent) MacKay at the Colosseum in Rome from December 2003. We were at the end of our semester abroad in London and about to head back to the states. We all look like babies in our early twenties!</div>
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Meg and I were mooning over the Scottish boys we had met a few days before when all three of us had gone to an indie club in London. Fast-forward to present day and Meg and I are married to those Scottish boys and Jess is married to her boy who was at the club that night. </div>
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If it hadn't been for Jess neither of us would have met the lads. Jess dragged me out on the dance floor and literally pushed me into the arms of my future husband and we proceeded to dance to the Clash and play some mean air guitar.</div>
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Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-3910003518088578952014-08-28T21:51:00.000+01:002014-08-28T21:51:14.176+01:00Vegan Tofu Quiche<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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wigged me out. Maybe I intrinsically knew how gross eggs are. Quiche therefore
wasn’t even an option for me and I hated my mom’s potato salad for the same
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blonde wig for my Marilyn Monroe costume) out of nowhere I said “I want mom’s
potato salad.” This was a dish I had dodged for years at barbeques, family
picnics and holidays. It was full of potatoes (duh), pickles, onions and yes
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(my mom is happy to adapt it for individual needs). After this revelation I became
open to other egg-related dishes and when I was 19 I tried quiche for the first
time. Honestly it was full of things I love: broccoli, cheese and pastry goodness.
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products I am trying to find new recipes for my old favourites. I have been
perusing the vegan blog “<a href="http://ohsheglows.com/" target="_blank">Oh She Glows</a>” for months bookmarking yummy dishes and
having very good intentions of making them. </span></div>
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tofu. I’ve cooked with it but creaming tofu was a new experience. I’m not a
huge fan of mushrooms but when I had all the ingredients simmering in the wok I
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filling was even without the “nutritional yeast,” which I couldn’t find in the
shop. I’ve never had it before and I had to Google it when I saw it in the
recipe. It evidently adds a cheesy flavour to sauces but I can tell you the
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it). My husband really liked it and proceeded to have the leftovers for lunch
and again for dinner. Oh She Glows is a really inspiring blog for a new
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We headed to West Sussex on Sunday after a late-night at Vinopolis in London. So slightly hungover I drove the two-hours and we got in at 2pm. We followed our fearless leader Matt who was very adept at getting us around the town.<br />
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I was really surprised by Brighton. I expected it to be a quaint, posh seaside town like Aldeburgh or Southwold, but it was very run-down in parts and had a large homeless population. I liked that it was a bit grittier than Aldeburgh and I fell in love with all the veggie/vegan restaurants and food stores. There is even a vegetarian shoe store!<br />
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Brighton also has a large gay community and we wandered into a block of flats and shops lined with rainbow flags. We stopped down this road at The Black Dove for an afternoon cocktail (I had the Paloma). The decor was so dark and eclectic but I felt it would have been more at home in Tennessee. It just had that Appalachian feel. The downstairs had a room (which was really creepy when I was the only one in there) where I imagined a Nina Simone-esque singer croning through the thick cigarette smoke.<br />
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We then made our way to the sea where Matt decided to take off his shoes to dip his feet in the water and then preceded to get soaked by a large wave. Up on the pier Matt spent a large amount of 10p coins trying to win Minions (all the call machines seemed to have the Despicable Me characters). I tried once then gave up in frustration. Instead I opted to spend £3 for 5 minutes on a trampoline. Two minutes in I was exhausted- seriously it was hard work. I could spend hours jumping when I was a kid.<br />
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After another round of cocktails at Laines Brewery we headed to The Blue Man for North African Tapas and <i>a lot</i> of wine. The food was pretty good. I had most of the veggie tapas to myself and I think their tortilla was the best I've ever had. The hummus however was a bit bland. After my husband was hit on by the barman (he wanted him to move to Brighton!) we left after a few hours.<br />
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We stayed at the Best Western on the main seaside road. It was acceptable but by no means nice. My prerequisite was my own bathroom and a bed so I can't really complain. It was cheap. We left the next morning after a very hungover breakfast of toast.<br />
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I would definitely go back to Brighton. I'd like more time to explore- especially the shops and the restaurants. Maybe next time someone will hit on me!Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-54259060017385805042014-08-11T10:43:00.000+01:002014-08-11T10:43:55.924+01:00Butternut Squash Katsu Curry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For over a decade now my signature dish has been Chicken Katsu Curry. When I was a student in London in 2003 Wagamamas was the restaurant du jour for poor students and the CKC was by far my favourite. When I went back to uni in New York I craved katsu curry like nothing else. So after a few trial and errors I found a way to make it (and I think its better than the original, but I may be biased).<br />
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Since I've stopped eating meat this dish has been off the menu, much to my husband's disappointment. A month or so ago we went to a street food market in london called Kerb and I got Pumpkin Katsu Curry. I was really surprised, not by how good it was because I have long loved pumpkin, but by how well the pumpkin held its structure.<br />
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So for the past few weeks I've been scouring the internet for recipes for pumpkin curry. There are loads out there but in the end I decided I'd make it exactly the way I make Chicken Katsu Curry but with one difference- I used 'vegan eggs' aka flaxseeds as the binding agent. I again am amazed at the powers of the flaxseed. I think it binded better than eggs.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3EFkwJ00x-qiew6t59NO3DoA5f4bvPyXbR30-pRXrI31tSZP-J7-a1zKwueixcpHihEzLH2efGxeCkQKCxQIRkcOnHRUWhMDCKYekNEL7UQtuY44ylq4alXiLgPgLVeevrE-UFsw7M4/s1600/Katsu+Curry07.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3EFkwJ00x-qiew6t59NO3DoA5f4bvPyXbR30-pRXrI31tSZP-J7-a1zKwueixcpHihEzLH2efGxeCkQKCxQIRkcOnHRUWhMDCKYekNEL7UQtuY44ylq4alXiLgPgLVeevrE-UFsw7M4/s1600/Katsu+Curry07.JPG" height="171" width="320" /></a>Now I should say that I am of the mind that anything that comes packaged is bad and there is probably a way to make it better (and more healthily) yourself. This includes things from fajita and chilli mix (seriously this just takes about 6-10 spices that you probably already have in your spice rack) to cake and brownie mixes (I grew up using these but now everything bake is from scratch and therefore much better. It is so ingrained in my family that the last time I was home and I made my brownies- which are amazing if I do say so myself- and my sister asked what box mix I used! Pah!!).<br />
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That being said I have never found a way to make the golden curry sauce that is as good as this one. I will endeavour to find a good recipe one day but until then I will go to the Asian food store and use this one. Honestly when I open the package it fills the entire room with magic curry aromas that if you're not careful to fully clean-up after cooking will continue to fill the room the next day when curry smells may not be as welcomed.<br />
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Seeing as how it is August there was nary a pumpkin to be found and instead I used butternut squash. As every good southern girl knows, the secret to good fried chicken is coating it with seasoned flour before putting it in the egg mixture. After I cut the squash I dipped it in wholemeal flour then into the flaxseed and water mixture then into the Panko (Japanese bread crumbs that are a must for this recipe). I was really chuffed with how well the Panko stuck to the squash (which I par-boiled for five minutes but will probably not do the next time as the squash was a little too soft).<br />
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Then I baked the squash until the Panko was golden brown. We paired it with brown rice, golden curry sauce, and the all important edamame (soy beans- mmm).<br />
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I was really happy that I was able to adapt my recipe to be vegetarian- well I guess it was actually vegan. I think the squash was probably a little too sweet and I needed to slice it thinner but it was still good. I definitely want to try again when the pumpkin comes into season.Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-41829787917608614292014-08-08T18:16:00.000+01:002014-08-08T18:16:20.333+01:00Egg-less Banana French Toast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I woke up at a friend's house on Sunday morning very hungover, tired and hungry. All I wanted was French toast or American style pancakes. Unfortunately not every cafe sells such breakfasty goodness and instead I settled for a croissant.<br />
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But I couldn't shake the craving. I was able to make an egg-less French toast using a banana, flaxseeds, vanilla bean extract, cinnamon and skim milk (<a href="http://minimalistbaker.com/5-ingredient-vegan-banana-french-toast/" target="_blank">the recipe</a> was actually for vegan French toast but I was out of unsweetened almond milk and used lactose-free skim milk instead).<br />
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The result was tasty and French toast-esque. I used multi-seeded bread that I think was too thin and long because I had trouble getting it well cooked in the centre. I used coconut oil because I think its far better than olive oil when making sweet things, though I do use it on savouries too. The edges of the bread were pretty good though. The banana caramelised and helped the firming up of the bread. And I topped it off with a little pure maple syrup (I don't use Aunt Jemima or any other syrup that uses high-fructose corn syrup- yuck).<br />
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I would totally make these again but I'd like to try the vegan version. I'm starting to think that I could give up eggs altogether, which I'm pretty excited about. Now if only I could work on my cheese addiction.Suhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06000862412919493632noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767507762997635417.post-67708639283542888242014-08-04T13:20:00.000+01:002014-08-04T13:20:36.215+01:00Felt Up at the CornershopBilly and I spent the weekend with friends in London and our only prerequisite was to see some culture. There wasn't anything more specific. Usually that means a visit to the Tate Modern or the Barbican but this time we headed to Bethnal Green.<br />
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Artist Lucy Sparrow used kickstarter to fund some of the project that turned an abandoned cornershop into, well, a cornershop. Instead of cardboard and plastic packaging, the shop was instead filled literally with polyfill covered with felt. Felted crisps, cigarettes, condoms, newspapers etc. It had the same feel as a cornershop so the artist obviously did a lot of research or like most of us, she probably made many last minute trips to pick up things left off the grocery list or for a late-night sugar craving.<br />
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It was an interesting installation, but I found it hard to decide if it was 'art' or if it was 'craft.' I could totally have made anything in the shop (isn't that what most people say of art in galleries though regardless of artistic ability) and I probably did make similar items in elementary school. Not to dis the artist but I did leave wondering whether it was cool or weird, regardless though if you're in Bethnal Green its worth a look.<br />
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