Macarons!

My first successful attempt at making Macarons (not to be confused with Macaroons ;-) ) !!  

Paul and I fell in love with these in Singapore and now I can get them at my local Japanese Grocery Store.  But, I wanted to try and bake them myself - very interesting process, but worth it! 

The cookie part is flavored with orange zest and then I made a butter cream (buttery spread - vegan) flavored with fresh orange juice and Double Bergamot Earl Grey Tea - yum!

Happy Birthday Baby!

We celebrated P's birthday recently & we were so lucky to have some of our friends join us the other night.  Everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves - it was an absolutely lovely evening with good food and drink.  This time of year makes you appreciate your family and friends.  Thank you for coming!!  

What a Treat!

Paul and I were treated to an amazing meal on Sunday night!  Our new friends, Yoko & Hisashi invited us over for dinner and she cooked traditional Japanese dishes.  We were just in awe of the food and it was truly fabulous!  Thank you!

Yoko also made Japanese-style potato salad and the roast beef, to the right, was chilled to perfection!

We talked about the roast beef (top right) - we told them that Americans have a very similar dish.  But, there was a purple potato that I'd never had - really good.

Paul and I brought wine and dessert and were able to introduce them to sparkling wine - Schramsburg Blanc de Blancs, Napa Valley.  Also, we took a Cabernet from Long Meadow Ranch.  We also took some Japanese desserts but I didn't get a picture of those.  They are truly delectable!  They come from a local Japanese supermarket and are shipped from Japan - Mochi Cream and the others are something we were introduced to in Japan, Macarons.  Not Macaroons... :-)  

Here are a couple of pictures of us enjoying the evening!

Before we went over to Y & H's apartment, we saw the most beautiful sunset - we knew that there was a great evening ahead!

Dreamliner leaving San Jose Airport!

Paul and I were running errands today, totally unaware that the Dreamliner was taken it's "maiden" flight from San Jose today at 1:05pm!  Luckily, we saw people milling around and wondered if it was a special arrival but after a quick look-up found out the story.  This would have been too hard to see from Denver.

So, we quickly found a spot and got this video below!  Enjoy!

Le Reve - Part II (More Pictures!)

Hi All,
More pictures of the show last night.