Hey guys…I’m still on a blogging break, but wanted to share that Alice in Designland has featured the Regal Beagle on her series of House Tours…click here to see the post. Thanks Dia!
In My Absence
Things will be spotty for awhile, but in the meantime, you can always check out what I’m digging over on my Pinterest. After doing the gift guide this year, I kept pinning and have these great “visual bookmarks” as I like to think of them.
This miserable winter has me REALLY wanting to do the master bathroom because I miss hot baths…A LOT. You can see the yearning here.
Year of the Rabbit
Today is Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rabbit…. Gong Xi Fa Cai or Gong Hei Fat Choi!
This year, we are postponing our big celebration until the weekend. Of course we’ll Americanize the whole thing and make my fortune cookies to enjoy after our Dim Sunday meal. Wait, what is Dim Sunday, you ask?
Dim Sunday was born out of a soul crushingly bad experience at the ONLY restaurant we know of that serves dim sum in the Nashville area. If you’ve ever lived anywhere with even half way decent dim sum, you know it’s addictive power.  Going without those delicious morsels of goodness is a sad, sad state of affairs. I don’t recommend it.
We’d had enough disappointment and deprivation, so it was time to take matters into our own hands. Schedules permitting, we now make a heap of dim sum on Sunday afternoons for the family. This weekend we’ll try and add some some traditional CNY fare like noodles, etc.. We try to keep it exciting for the Things by surprising them with what’s on the menu….and yes, (nerd alert!) we make a menu. Here’s one from a couple of weeks ago we still had laying around.
You like Thing One’s ploy for candy? When we bring an order to the table, we let them stamp it for us – just like in the restaurants. They love it. Now I need to find a cool vintage bar cart to wheel to the table and we are O. fficial! (Aalto anyone?)
I’ll confess that the BBQ pork bun is frozen as I have not attempted to make that puffy white dough yet…I’m kinda skeered of royally screwing it up, but I will be trying it soon as it’s Thing One’s fave. Everything else is made by us. I’ve found egg rolls are a great way to sneak in veggies they normally don’t go for. One item we are excited to try and make is soup dumplings, or xiaolongbao. They key is a good homemade stock made with lots of bones to create the gelatin. We’ve been stashing chicken carcasses in the freezer in anticipation. Wish us luck!
We’ll go to the Lion Dance and drummers show on Saturday at K & S to get in the spirit…and pick up ingredients! For glimpses of our past Chinese New Year geekiness…go here.
For a great local post about CNY from someone who is actually Chinese, therefore knows what the hell she’s talking about, check out Tabitha’s post about her family traditions.
The CC NEEDS your Help!
Desperate times call for desperate measures my friends.
The CC wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t IMPORTANT. The first game of the Six Nations Rugby tournament (England v. Wales) is Friday and he can’t find anyone broadcasting it in the US. The second game will be shown here on BBC America, but in a bizarre battle of broadcast rights etc.. he can’t get live streaming online for the first game. If you have any clue about how he can watch this game, please put the poor man out of his misery. He is miserable. We will make it up to you…trust.
photo via Daily Mail
To be honest, if I get to see him play (although he’s not starting this game) it would be favor to me too.
Hiding in Plain Sight
I’ve started posting photos every other week for the Downtown Antique Mall’s Facebook page. This is the latest offering…..again, not the best shots, we were rushing a bit today.
Shiny kick-ass boots…gimme.
I may not be a poodle fan, but these are quite something…..plus the pigs in the purse..HA!!!!
Ugh, I have a touch of coulrophobia, but these things sure get other people excited….*shudder*
This Italian lamp is sooooo beautiful….
To view all 49 photos…go here.
Really?
Wow…I just saw that some of you nice readers nominated me for a Homie award from Apartment Therapy! It was quite a surprise to see little old ModFruGal on that nomination list, so thank you! We didn’t make the finals, but my personal vote is for Door Sixteen. I think Anna manages to hit the right balance, and make it seem effortless all the while. Plus, she’s got awesome taste and handy skills! I’m obviously a big fan. Thanks again for thinking I was even remotely in that league!
If you haven’t voted..go here.