And there is the obligatory pic of Bella. She usually sits in the kitchen when we're cooking, right in the middle where we need to walk. Here she's waiting for food to drop from above. 
Happy New Year!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Year of the Tiger
Today is the Chinese Lunar New Year, and we've all entered the Year of the Tiger. We made our own batch of traditional Chinese dumplings (jiao zi) to celebrate. Jiao zi means "money" in Mandarin, and serving dumplings on New Year's day is symbolic of good fortune in the new year. Our dumplings were filled with roast chicken, shitake mushrooms, spinach, and other veggies. And there is the obligatory pic of Bella. She usually sits in the kitchen when we're cooking, right in the middle where we need to walk. Here she's waiting for food to drop from above.
And there is the obligatory pic of Bella. She usually sits in the kitchen when we're cooking, right in the middle where we need to walk. Here she's waiting for food to drop from above. 
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
And...More Snow...
Another snowstorm today in Philly -- the second in four days. We're now .4 inches away from the city's total snowfall record! (1996 record is 65.5", we're at 65.1") Rachel's office closed for the day, but, committed scientist that he is, Russ is at the lab working today. The city's buses will all stop running at 5:00, so let's hope he makes it home! All of the area highways have been closed as well. It's pretty when you don't have to drive in it or shovel it, right?
***UPDATE***
Note to self: when SEPTA says bus service shuts down at 5 pm, they mean wink, wink 3 pm.
It was a cold walk home in the snow, but Rachel was kind enough to place a fresh pair of clothes in the dryer to be pre-warm and had some water boiling for hot coco.
***UPDATE***
Note to self: when SEPTA says bus service shuts down at 5 pm, they mean wink, wink 3 pm.
It was a cold walk home in the snow, but Rachel was kind enough to place a fresh pair of clothes in the dryer to be pre-warm and had some water boiling for hot coco.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
February Snowstorm
Our second major snowstorm of the year hit this weekend. The city is blanketed with 28" of snow -- in the record books, that's the No. 2 snowstorm in the past 100 years. In the past 94 winters, less than that has fall in entire seasons.
So while that may not seem like much to our Midwestern readers, it's a lot of snow for Philly! We are thoroughly enjoying not owning a driveway or needing to shovel our walk. (Some of the only perks of renting.) We took Bella for a long walk last night; here are some pics of our neighborhood and Bella's frolics through the drifts.
So while that may not seem like much to our Midwestern readers, it's a lot of snow for Philly! We are thoroughly enjoying not owning a driveway or needing to shovel our walk. (Some of the only perks of renting.) We took Bella for a long walk last night; here are some pics of our neighborhood and Bella's frolics through the drifts.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Arizona
We met the rest of the Miller clan for a long weekend in Phoenix, Arizona, last week. Highlights included a trip to Sedona, about 2 miles north of Phoenix. Some pics of the drive are below.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
New Game
Ok, here is the new game I've been playing over the weekend. Go to this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Randompage
which will send you to a random wikipedia page. Click one of the links in the page to a new wikipedia page. Repeat until you get to the target page, in this case lets say Madison, WI, keeping track of the number of clicks required.
Who can get there the fastest? Put your best score and your random page in the comments.
I just got there in 8 from Votive Candle, which probably wasn't that good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Randompage
which will send you to a random wikipedia page. Click one of the links in the page to a new wikipedia page. Repeat until you get to the target page, in this case lets say Madison, WI, keeping track of the number of clicks required.
Who can get there the fastest? Put your best score and your random page in the comments.
I just got there in 8 from Votive Candle, which probably wasn't that good.
Friday, January 1, 2010
New Year's Day Tamales
To celebrate 2010, we cooked, assembled, and steamed a big batch of tamales today with friends. What a fantastic way to begin the new year! I have a feeling that a New Year's Day tradition has begun.
Here are our friends Carolina and Pieter.
And these are the tamales, in all their glory.
Here are our friends Carolina and Pieter.
And these are the tamales, in all their glory.Thursday, December 24, 2009
It's Almost Christmas!
It's almost Christmas and the Millers are ready.
Our pup's stocking is a new addition this year...
Our first Christmas tree!
And Christmas breads! Rachel has been attempting to duplicate her mother's breads for our Christmas morning. So far, she has a 50% success rate. (The loaf on the right didn't rise correctly.) But the successful loaf still equals 100% deliciousness.
And Christmas breads! Rachel has been attempting to duplicate her mother's breads for our Christmas morning. So far, she has a 50% success rate. (The loaf on the right didn't rise correctly.) But the successful loaf still equals 100% deliciousness.
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