This recipe is an adaptation of a recipe given to me by my friend Heidi. It is super easy for even the non-cooking type, quick, and vegetarian friendly. Cranberry Almond Brown Rice Yields: 4 servings 9 oz brown rice 2 oz almonds pieces 5.5 oz orange flavored dried cranberries 1 small bunch of mint leaves [...]
Continue reading...5 December 2011
Yesterday was CupcakeCamp Atlanta! I love baking. I adore Earl Grey tea and it’s subtle bergamot flavor. I’ve been obsessed with the combination of Earl Grey and lavender together since falling in love with Mariage Frères‘s Earl Grey Impérial. I have seen plenty of Earl Grey cupcake recipes before but typically with a lemon buttercream [...]
Continue reading...25 September 2011
When I draft my blog posts from the road, I save them by date so I can attempt to post them chronologically when I have internet available. It felt very strange to date this September 26 when I arrived at the Atlanta airport for my departure on September 24. Recap of where I’ve traveled already [...]
Continue reading...12 September 2011
Of course I was so anxious to get home that I forgot that my so diligently written and stamped postcards are still in my carry-on and not mailed in Amsterdam as they should have been. Well, damn. I guess it had to happen at some point. I’m on my flight home. My last flight from [...]
Continue reading...10 August 2011
Five days in Bergen flew. It helped that I was hung over for an entire one of those days. I’m sitting in the airport now waiting for my flight to Copenhagen (locally referred to as Kobenhavn). Watching the closed circuit televisions in the airport, it starkly reminds I didn’t pick the right continent for “let’s [...]
Continue reading...5 August 2011
It’s 9am in middle of Norway. 3am back home in Atlanta. I’m on a train from Oslo to Bergen listening to Kings of Convenience, one of my favorite artists who happens to be native to Norway. The train is pretty high up the cliffs and we are looking down on a breathtaking river and another [...]
Continue reading...3 August 2011
I’m sitting on a dock on Bjorvika staring across the water teeming with ducks and boats and Hovedoya, an island across from the main coast. I rented a bicycle courtesy of my Couchsurfing host through their public bike sharing program, Oslo Bysykkel (Clear Channel), and am exploring my final day in Oslo as far as [...]
Continue reading...3 August 2011
Today I’m using my host’s bicycle sharing card to ride around Oslo and explore.
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10 February 2012
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