I know it's been forever since I blogged, and there are many pictures coming this weekend! For now, please forgive me, but I'm going to post a shameless plug. I've been drowning in school work as of late, and part of the reason is because for our online journalism class we've launched a blog about infographics related to environment and development.
If any of you lovely readers care to see some cool infographics, please visit http://developmentwatchuk.wordpress.com
You can also follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/devwatchUK
Thanks all! We could really use any followers/page hits we can get!
Hope everyone is happy and well!
Love,
Jess
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Bah!
Hey all,
Profuse apologies to my colleagues Niall and Zayn. They asked me to make a guest appearance on their podcast last week to talk about the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. I was supposed to spread the word and in all my excitement about haggis below I completely forgot! If you're into sports or funny people (that should cover just about everyone), please check out their podcast, Timeout. Just another example of the talented people I get to work with here at City!
Happy Friday!
Love,
Jess
Profuse apologies to my colleagues Niall and Zayn. They asked me to make a guest appearance on their podcast last week to talk about the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. I was supposed to spread the word and in all my excitement about haggis below I completely forgot! If you're into sports or funny people (that should cover just about everyone), please check out their podcast, Timeout. Just another example of the talented people I get to work with here at City!
Happy Friday!
Love,
Jess
Thursday, February 3, 2011
The gift of the haggii
That was supposed to be a riff on the short story by O.Henry but I'm not sure if it works.
Isn't O. Henry a cool name? Sounds like an exasperation.
Last week, before I started drowning in coursework and regular work and lovely London people, I was invited to a Burns supper. This is an annual Scottish tradition celebrated on or around the birthday of national poet/megastar Robert Burns.
The main ingredients of this dinner are as follows:
--Haggis (explanation to follow)
--Poetry
--Scottish accents
--Scotch (to assist affectation of aforementioned accent) (alliteration!)
--Karaoke
That last one is optional, but luckily the wonderful people at this dinner were musically and poetically inclined! Check out the festivities:
The feast, including haggis, tatties (potatoes) and scotch.
Glamour shot of the haggis. Haggis, according to the great Wikipedia, is "a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach."
Obviously eager to try this delicacy, I took a heaping portion.
The first bite. In case my poker face is too convincing, I am feeling a mixture of uncertainty and terror. Do I like haggis?
I do! Truly though, haggis is good stuff. Granted, the one we had was a slightly classed-up version from supermarket/sanctuary Waitrose and not in an actual sheep's stomach, but it was definitely not awful.
Tipsy laird, a delicious trifle that was the perfect boozy finale to a great night of lovely people, tasty food and fantastic poetry. This may have been my first Burns supper but I hope it's not the last!
Hope everyone's having a good week!
Love,
Jess
Isn't O. Henry a cool name? Sounds like an exasperation.
Last week, before I started drowning in coursework and regular work and lovely London people, I was invited to a Burns supper. This is an annual Scottish tradition celebrated on or around the birthday of national poet/megastar Robert Burns.
The main ingredients of this dinner are as follows:
--Haggis (explanation to follow)
--Poetry
--Scottish accents
--Scotch (to assist affectation of aforementioned accent) (alliteration!)
--Karaoke
That last one is optional, but luckily the wonderful people at this dinner were musically and poetically inclined! Check out the festivities:
The feast, including haggis, tatties (potatoes) and scotch.
Glamour shot of the haggis. Haggis, according to the great Wikipedia, is "a dish containing sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally simmered in the animal's stomach for approximately three hours. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach."
Obviously eager to try this delicacy, I took a heaping portion.
The first bite. In case my poker face is too convincing, I am feeling a mixture of uncertainty and terror. Do I like haggis?
I do! Truly though, haggis is good stuff. Granted, the one we had was a slightly classed-up version from supermarket/sanctuary Waitrose and not in an actual sheep's stomach, but it was definitely not awful.
Tipsy laird, a delicious trifle that was the perfect boozy finale to a great night of lovely people, tasty food and fantastic poetry. This may have been my first Burns supper but I hope it's not the last!
Hope everyone's having a good week!
Love,
Jess
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