Dumplings

For Katie and Erin's shower we wanted food that held some luck and some sweetness and some spice as wishes of future joy and happiness in their marriage. Dumplings seemed like a good fit. Pockets of surprises. We made veggie dumplings: Cabbage chopped finely, grated carrots, ginger and garlic and hot pepper. Meat dumplings: ground pork, grated carrot, ginger, garlic, hot pepper. And Beet dumplings (something sweet): Boiled beets for 45 minutes, peeled, grated, mixed with zest of one orange, tarragon, and a fried onion. Fillings were carefully placed in wrappers and closed by hand.

Dan in Hawaii

Trout

Trout with lemon and cilantro.

We cooked this loving trout in the oven at ~350C, stuffed with cilantro and lemon for ~ 10 minutes. Trout was accompanied by a salad. (ps - this is an added post by Anna)

Anna Jumps

Wainapanapa Cabin
Bamboo Forest
Williamsburg Bridge

Art Shanties

One of the great Minnesota winter events is the art shanties. (http://www.artshantyprojects.org/). We visited the shanty colony and explored the installations on the ice.






One of the shanties was called the "dance shanty" the name explains what happened in it.

Leisure World

In January we visited Anna's grandmother in Leisure World (Orange County, CA).


We spent some time in the Sherman Gardens.
Grandma Fannie likes to keep up with the latest technology. She really enjoyed listening to Dan's ipod.

Square Dance!

This blog, at least in its early stages, may be temporally non-linear. A couple of months ago Dan played for a square dance at the Bedlam Theater with his friends Colin, Sarah, and Joe. Dan got some good pictures from the stage and Anna got some good ones of the dancers.

working ski vacation

Here are some pictures from our trip to Itasca. There was still plenty of snow, but it was disappearing rapidly with balmy 50 degree days. We took an evening ski to the headwaters of the Mississippi. We learned that the headwaters were actually moved in the 30's as part of a CCC project. It probably is more scenic to have the Mighty Miss start as some bubbling rapids rather than as a marsh.

verITAS CAput

At the headwaters of the Mississippi River, plotting our future adventures and getting some work done we thought we would start this blog to track our progress as we head down the "river" (i.e., life). We hope to post recipes so we can look back and remember what we made and how to make it again as well as to post pictures for friends & family to keep track of us.