dim sum 2010

3rd year of a running family tradition-cooking with jim!  this year it was a dim sum extravaganza.  or as i explained to someone else... chinese tapas.

pearl rice balls before steaming-kind of creepy with that raw pork showing through..

clockwise: steamed beef meatballs, clementine centerpiece, kimchee, daikon, tea eggs.  please also notice the retro mustard yellow dish pattern.  its something no?

clockwise: spicy pork cutlets, pearl rice balls, chicken wings, korean pickle, free coke glass from last year's steak & shake trip

this shot is basically same as the previous..but it shows the delicious spare ribs

what a dim sum plate should look like.  plenty of recognizable meat with some spicy and dumplings.  no we didn't have duck feet or pickled fermented offal.  thank god.  because traditional or not, good luck and all, that shit is unhealthy and not something i prefer to eat. 

the mattress police

theyre coming!!

welp i know fuck-all about mattresses, but this tag came off the boxspring in the room im sleeping in here in florida.  seeing as it has a $.02 bedding inspection stamp on it... id say its about as old as the blanket its sitting on.  from the 70's.  at least.  the end.

thai watermelon

 seen in thailand sushi and steakhouse in sarasota

 

ornate hand-carved fruit art is usually a good omen of excellent food. 

also in the gulf gate drive shopping center: oriental food & gifts [korean-run], taste of europe [crepes and perogies], chocolate bark company [drool], and some kind of british imports store with meat pies! 

barnacles!!!

sooo im in florida and have successfully survived my first semester of grad school!  last night i was awoken by a nightmare.. i went to parking services to buy an evening parking permit for the admin garage, but was refused as i was no longer enrolled at stony brook due to my two D's.  i hope to god and buddha and allah and christ and anyone else who gives a rat's ass that this is not an omen...  i am still awaiting 3/4 grades.

barnacles on the underside of the dock at low tide

i got these pictures a bit precariously.. and am actually a bit terrified of barnacles and their inherent sharpness

the pelican swam by and looked back as if to say "wtf are you doing hanging halfway off the dock??"

pie and resewing

so as of somewhere around noon on saturday i will be officially done with my first semester of grad school!  this calls for celebration and ..the rest of the department agrees.  mostly cos theyre done too.  so there's a party!  and i baked an apple pie!

hopefully its good..

but atleast its seasonal and cute!

i also resized an old flannel shirt of my grandfather's in chicsteals style.  but i also had the benefit of a b oleyar curve thinger my mom bought ages ago for pattern making.  i dont have a vcr to watch the "how to" but its pretty self explanatory for refitting.  i used the curve that reads "front arm half".  in future sewing i may just cut the sleeves off and go from there instead of the whole seam ripping bull shit.  but until then, i have a tunic made from my poppa's shirt!

this was one of my first savers purchases...last summer.  probably the best thrift store ever-clean, well organized by both size and color, spacious, well lit, and did i mention clean?  you dont get that "oh gawd now i have lice and bedbugs and its dark and dingy so i cant really see what im holding right now but it feels like polyester" feeling.  anywho.  the purchase [among others] was a size 18 target skirt.  i assumed i could somehow resize the waistband for wearing. 

welp i finally got around to sewing it.  i ripped off the waistband entirely, removed the zipper and lining, sewed up the side again, and just added elastic.  simple.  and it still has the nice flowy pleats and took about an hour once i got down to it.  6 months later.  meehhh.

i made my 2nd savers run last week and introduced some friends to the best thrift store ever.  3 hours later...they are fully converted.  and an hour after returning home i already had all my new purchases in the washer, including this oversized sweater

• sweater: all american comfort [thrifted]
• sparkly seamed leggings: charlotte russe

sparkly leggings cos... i already set aside my regular black leggings to pack!  for florida!  on monday!  assuming it doesnt snow!  gak.  and yes the next outfit i wore a black shirt with brown pants.  and black and brown belts as well.  naysayers be damned.  

• scarf: h&m
• shirt: kohls
• dress: h&m
• belts: charlotte russe
• corduroys: gap
• blue suede shoes [booties]: zara