Time flies so fast. I keep putting off posting an entry about my sweet parents-in-laws' Thanksgiving dinners . This year, I don't want to repeat regreting about it. Even though it is three days late, hey, it still is better than not posting it at all, right? Let's take a look at what my hubby and I contributed to the starters. Yes, our husband-and-wife homemade pot stickers just got famous this year. Well, we are not very good on preparing food for people, so that those pot stickers really made us proud.
Spanish film Pan's Labyrinth is the saddest but most wonder DVD I have ever watched in many years.
(Carmen-Ofelia's mom showed Ofelia a pair of new shoes and was very excited to see her daughter wearing them)
Is it about time for me to know more about the surrounding area where I have resided for more than 5 years? For a very good while, my resistance of enjoying where I live had became very ridiculous; I have never tried a cup of coffee at the Bulldog Café across the street and never figured out what band occasionally performing over there on some holidays and Sundays. What is with me? Maybe, living oversea has already made me a distant, isolated and careless person.
The Broadway of downtown Oakland in California actually has its own charm. I remember there were some production crew filming around the corner of 19th Street and Broadway including Will Smith's film; my husband and I saw Will Smith was in our neighborhood filming probably three years ago but had no clue which film it could be. Despite of my fears of walking around by myself after sundown, there must be a lot to be learned about downtown Oakland. Why don’t I start with appreciating live Jazz music from Bulldog Café? I videotaped a live performance at our block on July 4th Wednesday afternoon and uploaded on YouTube. Unfortunately, I don’t know the band's name.
The following is a brief introduction of Bulldog Café:
Bulldog Cafe: Coffee and heavy metal never went so well together as they do at Bulldog Cafe. Occasionally, it's heavy opera. Originally a mainstay of what was known as Oaksterdam (a cluster of spots where medicinal marijuana could be obtained), now it's just fine for a hot cup of espresso or a nice cool Italian soda to rev you up for your tour of downtown Oakland. Sidewalk tables make it easy to watch this corner of the world go by. 1739 Broadway.
Don't get us wrong. We are not alcoholic!! Are we?! Oh, dear.
My husband and I have had great companions - bottles of wine these several days. I've never been good at wine tasting. Sorry, there are no fancy words or professional review from me on these three bottles. What I am trying to say is I got a great deal on purchasing them at one Longs Drug store near by; each bottle only cost $6.99. Three of Beringer's (Founders' Estate) are very tasty as far as I can tell. I regret for not buying several more bottles. Too bad, they are not on sale anymore.
The lighter red wine - Pinot Noir is my favorite one. Lovely smell and freshness. I am not sure if synthetic corks on Beringer's are environmental friendly comparing to the traditional wood cork. Some people think synthetic ones can avoid ruining the taste of wine, which makes sense to me; those tinny pieces of corks floating in our wine glasses would be nasty. Please drop me a line if you know more about synthetic corks. I am just going to enjoy our wine now. A toast to everyone!
I found this stuff through Seth's My Opera and tried it out with my own photos. Those pictures were taken during road trips my husband and I went in past June. That was a very special travel experience of ours; however, I haven't found a nice way to put my journals into words. Let's just view this slide show first.
Oh, we don't have to sign up an account withSlide for creating this kind of online slide shows. There are some fun styles with 3D animations(not my favors) and different music choices but no option of uploading music if an account is not signed up.
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