Finally, a major trophy! It has only been 24 years!!! The last major tournament victory for India was the 60-overs-a-side Prudential World Cup in 1983!
The cricket-crazed nation is pretty much beside itself with joy right now. Such a thrilling win too. A 5 run win over arch-rival Pakistan - couldn't ask for more than that!
Sweet!
Monday, September 24, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Pic of the day
From the Virginia Inn restroom:
Yes, typo. But it got us thinking - how many words really exist that have a "eech" syllable other than "speech"? Not that many, but more than we realized: beech, breech, leech, screech ...? A lot less than the number of words with "each": beach, reach, teach, impeach, breach, bleach ... we could go on!
Now, all we need is some "speach" on that wall!
Yes, typo. But it got us thinking - how many words really exist that have a "eech" syllable other than "speech"? Not that many, but more than we realized: beech, breech, leech, screech ...? A lot less than the number of words with "each": beach, reach, teach, impeach, breach, bleach ... we could go on!
Now, all we need is some "speach" on that wall!
Cute lil Amelia!
I've been helping with babysitting this incredible cute puppy - Amelia is from a litter of 6 puppies that Stephanie and Shawn have been fostering for the last 12 weeks. And she's a doll. I'd forgotten how insanely cute and insanely (?) insane puppies can be!
This one does it all: chases her tail, rolls around on the ground, sleeps on her back, whines in excitement for just about anything and mesmerizes all with her cute puppy eyes. She has a fabulous temperament to boot - she's ok running around with big dogs and is completely taken with Vodka (who doesn't quite care for her yet!) It makes for serious entertainment when she climbs all over him and licks his face when perched atop his back! I'm still trying to get a picture of that :)
This one does it all: chases her tail, rolls around on the ground, sleeps on her back, whines in excitement for just about anything and mesmerizes all with her cute puppy eyes. She has a fabulous temperament to boot - she's ok running around with big dogs and is completely taken with Vodka (who doesn't quite care for her yet!) It makes for serious entertainment when she climbs all over him and licks his face when perched atop his back! I'm still trying to get a picture of that :)
!!!... India enters the semis!
Sweet. Two well-played matches in a row. That's always a good thing (and often a rarity!)
India won the toss and elected to bat on what seemed like a really green bowler's pitch. And to make it tougher, Yuvi was out for this match (tendonitis). We made a seemingly modest score of 153 for 6 with Rohit Sharma scoring the high of 50. But we totally ruled when South Africa came in to bat! RP Singh made a killing with 4 wickets and Sreesanth chipped in 2. Pretty sweet!
More here.
India won the toss and elected to bat on what seemed like a really green bowler's pitch. And to make it tougher, Yuvi was out for this match (tendonitis). We made a seemingly modest score of 153 for 6 with Rohit Sharma scoring the high of 50. But we totally ruled when South Africa came in to bat! RP Singh made a killing with 4 wickets and Sreesanth chipped in 2. Pretty sweet!
More here.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Woooo!!! Yuvraj goes ballistic!
Six sixes in an over! We haven't seen that in a while! Well, we haven't seen India play truly spirited cricket in a while (but I'll save that rant for another day)!
Yuvi rocked. And India won. Awesome.
Yuvi rocked. And India won. Awesome.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Behold a(nother) food blog!
I finally got tired of everybody giving me crap about how my blog is really just a food blog :)
So, now there is a real food blog. And this one is just going to talk about everything else ... hmm ... is there anything else to talk about? :)
So, now there is a real food blog. And this one is just going to talk about everything else ... hmm ... is there anything else to talk about? :)
21 Acres
Ok, back after a long long hiatus! The last several weeks have been crazy busy, but now everything that I might've wanted to write about is so yesterday! :)
But it is never too late to make a plug for 21 Acres - a center that promotes local, sustainable food. We went to a community dinner there a couple of weekends ago and it was simply fabulous. It was a perfect summer evening, and we even got to watch the hot air balloons take off over Woodinville.
Before dinner, we got a chance to walk around the farmlands and check out the model of the new buildings and the living roof. And, for the first time ever, we saw a hop plant - didn't smell hoppy at all.
The menu was really simple - a variety of salad greens (including some spicy arugula, yum!) tossed with a light vinaigrette, a slew of roasted vegetables, pizzas topped with veggies from the farm - they brought in a giant portable brick oven for firing these - *so* good!
And then, it got even better! Dessert was the biggest and juiciest blackberries and blueberries we've ever come across. Yum!
But it is never too late to make a plug for 21 Acres - a center that promotes local, sustainable food. We went to a community dinner there a couple of weekends ago and it was simply fabulous. It was a perfect summer evening, and we even got to watch the hot air balloons take off over Woodinville.
Before dinner, we got a chance to walk around the farmlands and check out the model of the new buildings and the living roof. And, for the first time ever, we saw a hop plant - didn't smell hoppy at all.
The menu was really simple - a variety of salad greens (including some spicy arugula, yum!) tossed with a light vinaigrette, a slew of roasted vegetables, pizzas topped with veggies from the farm - they brought in a giant portable brick oven for firing these - *so* good!
And then, it got even better! Dessert was the biggest and juiciest blackberries and blueberries we've ever come across. Yum!
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