Category Archives: HOME

EATS: Independence Parfait

When I picked Plumster up from summer camp today, she declared that she was making a surprise for me.  “I will make a surprise for you too!” I replied enthusiastically as we climbed into my car. Dinner tonight consisted of … Continue reading

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Wedding Vows

We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary last night! Monkey King made a fabulously festive meal of seared tuna steak, risotto, and salad.  After our congratulatory toast, and just as we were about to dive in to our feast, Plumster declared, “you should get married … Continue reading

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EATS: Japanese sea bass with ginger

I’ve always have trouble making whole fish.  This problem is especially evident when Lunar New Year rolls around, where hopeful Asians prepare various delicacies as an invitation for fortunes to come.  I like eating whole fish because they have less … Continue reading

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Dads

Just saw “The Place Beyond the Pines” starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes on our date night.  It has been reviewed as a crime drama about how the sins of a father affect his son.  On a more … Continue reading

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EATS: Easy Breezy Lunch at Home

Taiwan is a small island with history of colonization dated back to the 1600’s.  This beautiful island was occupied by the Dutch, Spanish, and Japanese.  As such, one can often find global culinary influence in Taiwanese cuisine.  We eat a … Continue reading

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Tightrope in Spring

Post-op Day 16: I had an avian visitor today! While sitting on the couch working on my next research grant, I heard a chirp chirp noise coming from INSIDE the house.  Our puppy of course got super excited and ran … Continue reading

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Today’s secret ingredient is… BANANA!

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Our didactic physics lecture started at 7am, for which I was an hour late because our human alarm clock, aka Plumster, has decided to be a good sleeper last night that she slept through the night until 7:30am!  I guess … Continue reading

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