rhett and link have a clever stop animation t-shirt war!
rhett and link also produced a funny facebook song several years ago, and the cornhole theme song!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
the food of chiang mai, thailand
i've decided to dedicate a whole post to photos and stories of the food that i encountered in chiang mai, thailand. as anyone who knows me or has traveled with me knows very well: i enjoy a good meal. my uncle once commented that i have "a healthy appetite" after i stayed with their family for a week, so you get the idea: i'm a fan of food. and chiang mai has been a culinary highlight of my travels!
i was mesmerized by the choice of ingredients...
... that she pounded together inside the big tree trunk for a spicy salad. everything is spicy hot.
corn and red beans in your yogurt?
most apartments around the city lack kitchens, so people either create makeshift stoves on their balconies, or eat from the plentiful street carts. the food is cheap, tasty, unidentifiable (mostly), and always available!
frog's legs ready for frying....
mango sticky rice - YUM!
smoothie me!
night markets occur most nights all over the city and of course offer lots of variety of food too! how many ways can one attempt to spell "sausage"?
she yelled at me for taking her picture... continuously... until i bought some of her tiny fried eggs.
i'll try anything wrapped up in such a leaf!
i spent one long, food-full day at a lovely cooking class!
the specialty of the day was learning to make curry paste. no matter how much you think you can take, always add WAY LESS chili than they suggest! also, remember to wash your hands several times after chopping chilis. i forgot once and i couldnt feel my nose for 30 minutes after i accidentally touched it. painful!!
we sat in little classrooms for lessons before attempting to create the tasty dishes.
best dish of the day!
the dessert was good too, though!
KFC appeals to the thai clientele by adding a nice layer of green worms to their sundaes...?
liquor counts as food, right? cheers!
i was mesmerized by the choice of ingredients...
... that she pounded together inside the big tree trunk for a spicy salad. everything is spicy hot.
corn and red beans in your yogurt?
most apartments around the city lack kitchens, so people either create makeshift stoves on their balconies, or eat from the plentiful street carts. the food is cheap, tasty, unidentifiable (mostly), and always available!
frog's legs ready for frying....
mango sticky rice - YUM!
smoothie me!
night markets occur most nights all over the city and of course offer lots of variety of food too! how many ways can one attempt to spell "sausage"?
she yelled at me for taking her picture... continuously... until i bought some of her tiny fried eggs.
i'll try anything wrapped up in such a leaf!
i spent one long, food-full day at a lovely cooking class!
the specialty of the day was learning to make curry paste. no matter how much you think you can take, always add WAY LESS chili than they suggest! also, remember to wash your hands several times after chopping chilis. i forgot once and i couldnt feel my nose for 30 minutes after i accidentally touched it. painful!!
we sat in little classrooms for lessons before attempting to create the tasty dishes.
best dish of the day!
the dessert was good too, though!
KFC appeals to the thai clientele by adding a nice layer of green worms to their sundaes...?
liquor counts as food, right? cheers!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
a different kind of spam
another hilarious comic from abstruse goose.
here's a little preview...
click below for the full comic!
here's a little preview...
click below for the full comic!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
rare photos of famous people
a blog called something beautiful has a great collection of rarely seen photographs of famous people. it took me quite a while to get through the whole collection, but it was worth the journey! here are my favorites:
melanie griffith and don johnson
bob marley
salvador dali
pablo picasso
miss marilyn.
charles bukowski and mickey rourke, back when rourke was so cute.
alfred hitchcock with his children
i couldnt even tell who this was at first...
sean connery! ha!
george clooney and his teeth
melanie griffith and don johnson
bob marley
salvador dali
pablo picasso
miss marilyn.
charles bukowski and mickey rourke, back when rourke was so cute.
alfred hitchcock with his children
i couldnt even tell who this was at first...
sean connery! ha!
george clooney and his teeth
Saturday, February 6, 2010
chiang mai, thailand
in april, 2009, i shared the story of traveling for 38 hours to get across thailand. here is the (much delayed) continuation of that story.
once the bus from koh chang ("best waterfight ever") dropped me off in bangkok, i took a tuk-tuk to the train station...
... where i saw huge (decades old) images of the king everywhere.
after 17 hours on the train for a trip that was advertised to take 14 hours, i made it to chiang mai, in the northwestern region of thailand.
some parts of the ancient wall still surround the square-shaped old part of the city.
a canal/moat system also surrounds the old city.
the region is known for wooden carvings and stone/gem inlays.
i wasnt disappointed!
there are markets open all over the city selling food and goods all day, and almost all night!
this group sat right in the middle of the the pedestrian path at a night market. all the musicians were blind and their music sounded amazing!
a beautiful place to visit is the flower market.
these are necklaces or bracelets for your buddha statues!
people present impressive offerings at all the many temples throughout the city. this one includes cigar(ette)s in the style of the hill tribes. i found some at a little hidden shop and tried one out of curiosity. yuck!!
this is the view from inside the little hidden shop:
this man sat with his collection on a completely empty road and seemed very pleased when i asked if i could take his photo.
this was a page inside a beginner's thai language book. so the important scenarios to understand: old people yelling at kids, mustached-men beating snakes, life in prison, and liquor...?
i visited an orphanage one afternoon and played with a lot of active two-year-olds.
i'm working on an entire post dedicated to the food i encountered in chiang mai... coming soon!
once the bus from koh chang ("best waterfight ever") dropped me off in bangkok, i took a tuk-tuk to the train station...
... where i saw huge (decades old) images of the king everywhere.
after 17 hours on the train for a trip that was advertised to take 14 hours, i made it to chiang mai, in the northwestern region of thailand.
some parts of the ancient wall still surround the square-shaped old part of the city.
a canal/moat system also surrounds the old city.
the region is known for wooden carvings and stone/gem inlays.
i wasnt disappointed!
there are markets open all over the city selling food and goods all day, and almost all night!
this group sat right in the middle of the the pedestrian path at a night market. all the musicians were blind and their music sounded amazing!
a beautiful place to visit is the flower market.
these are necklaces or bracelets for your buddha statues!
people present impressive offerings at all the many temples throughout the city. this one includes cigar(ette)s in the style of the hill tribes. i found some at a little hidden shop and tried one out of curiosity. yuck!!
this is the view from inside the little hidden shop:
this man sat with his collection on a completely empty road and seemed very pleased when i asked if i could take his photo.
this was a page inside a beginner's thai language book. so the important scenarios to understand: old people yelling at kids, mustached-men beating snakes, life in prison, and liquor...?
i visited an orphanage one afternoon and played with a lot of active two-year-olds.
i'm working on an entire post dedicated to the food i encountered in chiang mai... coming soon!
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