Archive for January, 2009

Mermaid

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

I’m hearing rumors about the possible Oscar nomination for this little known, sweet film directed by Anna Melikyan. Two years ago, while flipping channels in my hotel room in Saigon, I stumbled onto a Russian channel. It was a program about contemporary female Russian film directors, and Русалка (Mermaid) was among one of the films [...]

Weekend

Monday, January 12th, 2009

+ Brunch at Elite Cafe with a few friends. The menu offered a feast of pumpkin pancakes, pomegranate mimosas, house biscuits with Bechamel sauce and strawberry butter, deviled eggs, and pillowy beignets smothered in powdered sugar.

Beignet = epitome of “things that are good”

Peppery Bloody Mary

Pumpkin pancakes!
+ In the evening, J. took me on a lovely [...]

Onward and upwards

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Oh, I am most certainly behind on updates. The month of December was a busy, busy time. With holidays, birthdays, visitors and work deadlines, I haven’t had the time I really wanted to devote to keeping a chronicle of my little joys.
This month involved fantastic dinner party – Sarah’s annual Vodka-Latka feast; a Medieval-themed Winter [...]