Monthly Archives: April, 2016
Lily’s Birthday Cake
My niece, Lily, is into rainbows this year, so I made her a rainbow birthday cake for her 3rd birthday. Royal icing flowers in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet (yes I left out indigo). Multi-color batter for the layers (I had just put the blue layer in the oven). Assembling the cake did not …
Cherry blossoms and frost in April
My weeping cherry tree had buds in February. I was worried that it was going to bloom too early. The first few blossoms appeared last week and persevered through some chilly mornings.
Post NYC Weekend
I received this beautiful gift of Japanese tea from a friend. It’s packaged in such a lovely way, I almost don’t want to use it. Last weekend I took the kids out to Sake in Portsmouth. The twins ate rice and beef kushiyaki (meat on a stick). The kushiyaki had sauce and sesame seeds on …
Two weekends in NYC
I registered for a 20 hour Japanese Intensive Conversation class at the Japan Society in NYC. I took the C&J bus to Port Authority on the Friday before the first session. My cousin Elisa, who was out of town, was kind enough to let me stay at her apartment right near the Canal St subway …
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