Sometimes there’s nothing better on a Saturday night than pizza, red wine, and old episodes of “House”. (Tonight we’re taking a break from “House”, which we’ve been watching pretty much non-stop since the beginning of the year, to have a movie night and watch “The Wizard of Oz”. J has NEVER seen it, so I’m [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Quiet Saturday night
Posted in Something to Eat, tagged pizza, Vapiano, wine on Sunday, 23 January, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Quick look at some British treats
Posted in Something to Eat, tagged British, dessert, mince pie, pudding on Sunday, 16 January, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Remember that big bag of treats my friend Siret gave us at the end November? We’re still working our way through it, but here’s some of the stuff we’ve tried. Various British chocolate candies. I let J have the Malteser since I don’t think malt candies are popular in Finland and I wanted him to [...]
Wintry drinks
Posted in It's Drink O'Clock, tagged beer, christmas, cider, winter on Tuesday, 11 January, 2011 | 3 Comments »
While my favorite cold-weather drink is obviously glögg, I also like trying the special winter brews many Estonian breweries come out with in December. Many of these seasonal brews have the word jõulud or Christmas in the name, but they’re usually available through February or so. Here’s a look at some of the ones we’ve [...]
This year
Posted in Blog Stuff, I Like to Write, tagged cookbook, resolutions, restaurant, table, vegan on Friday, 7 January, 2011 | 8 Comments »
After ringing in the new year last Friday — attending a party full of friends and going out at midnight to pop champagne in front of the Estonia Opera House, where Estonia’s official 2011 kick-off celebration was taking place — we took the rest of the week easy. No jumping into exercise routines or making [...]
