I worked today, but at least some other stuff happened.
My mother locked herself out of her house. She called me from a neighbor's and I drove over to let her in. She also took the opportunity to redeem a Christmas gift (a homemade origami coupon "Good for a gift certificate at a retailer of your choice") that I gave her back in 2001. She was so excited about it ("Do you remember this? Did I ever redeem this?") that I could barely get her to tell me what retailer.
Oz and I had dim sum for lunch. We drove by our usual Saturday place, but we when we saw that the line was out the door, we just headed over to the Full Kee. They had turnip cakes (Our Favorite) today. When Oz asked for oyster sauce to go with them, the waitress gave him a hard time. "What you want? No. No oyster sauce. What you want that for? We have plum sauce for turnip cakes. You want I get you some plum sauce?"
I tried my hand at jewelry photography today and was not successful, or else I'd have a picture to post. It's harder than you'd think. You can't just drop your bracelet on some black velvet and snap away. Even with the tripod, the remote (so I wouldn't jiggle the camera by pressing the button), and natural light, it came out overexposed. I'm going to have to mess with it some more, and brush the cat hair off my black velvet scarf, before I can show off my little silver elephants.
Yam pudding. TV Japan had a "show off your favorite American recipe" feature on their TV Japan Club show today. And they picked the sweet potato casserole that everybody, just about, makes for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The one with the mashed sweet potatoes, eggs, butter, sugar, cream, liquor (they used brandy, but I usually use bourbon), and topping of pecans, brown sugar, and more butter. I can't blame them for featuring this recipe, because it's really good and something that a Japanese person living in the US would only find out about if they had a holiday meal at someone's home. Still, I'm not used to seeing stuff that I make showcased on TV. I didn't start laughing out loud until they explained "and you can enjoy it hot or even cold!" They neglected to mention how it can also be eaten straight from the refrigerator.
412 words | September 24, 2005 07:05 PM | Real true story