Bracklinn Falls and laundry hangs.
I caught my first Scottish cold! Which really isn’t that great of an accomplishment at all, especially when it happened right as FunkyPlaid and I left for our weekend away with friends in Glencoe. On the way there, we stopped for gluten-free fish and chips. I’ll let that sink in a moment. Gluten-free fish and chips. And they were good. (Stop by the Real Food Café in Tyndrum! Well, not for the next few months, since they’ll be closed.) As we were enjoying our meal while watching the birds at the many bird-feeders outside the restaurant, a local sat down next to us. At first, he kept pointing to his bill and exclaiming that it was so dee, so very dee. In my cold-muddled state, I could not extrapolate what he was saying until he very carefully did...
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via youtube.com I have been struggling to meet a number of deadlines this week, so the silliness in this video was especially welcomed. (Thanks, Hawk.)
Read MoreVisiting St Andrews.
Due to an international banking error — those are fun, let me tell you — we do not have a car yet. FunkyPlaid wanted to show Mike around outside the city, so he rented a car and the three of us sped off to St Andrews. I hate being the little old lady in the front seat, clutching her purse, but there I was, incredibly nerve-wracked by the seemingly arbitrary rules of the road. I loosened up a bit with the M90‘s standard highway-ness. Still, it is embarrassing and disappointing to be so thrown by UK driving. Our visit was entirely worth the stress, of course. Not only did we get to show Mike around, but we ran into another friend from the store who is a first-year at the university. Small world, indeed. We all...
Read MoreFirst home-cooked meal in Edinburgh.
These “firsts” will dwindle after a while, I promise. Tonight I riffed a bit on this warm quinoa salad recipe. It was my first home-cooked meal in the new flat — and my first ever with a convection oven — so I was a bit skeptical about what I could do without any of my usual utensils and pans. Despite my concern, it was delicious. We did not find quinoa at the market, so I substituted risotto, and I added fresh prawns from the fishmonger’s to turn it into a dinner salad for three. (We have our very first house-guest already!) The beets roasted in record time. I am going to love this convection...
Read MoreWhere the year went.
One whole year of marriage already? How can this be possible? You’d think we had spent the last twelve months planning a transcontinental move or something. Post-move, time seems to be slowing down a bit, which I appreciate because I want to savor each moment with my husband. (Will referring to FunkyPlaid as “my husband” ever get less thrilling to type?) I had this great idea to finally post our wedding photos as a first anniversary gift. Due to some technical issues and my own rampant obsessiveness, this gift took a little longer to deliver than I would have hoped, but it is now finished. Please click the image above to enjoy our gallery of photos taken by Weddings with...
Read MoreRainy view from the kitchen.
Not much to report today, at least not yet. I am about to get properly soaked, though, because we have to go out in the rain and of course I packed my sturdiest gear in the bin that hasn’t passed customs yet. Ah, paperwork!
Read MoreFirst day in Edinburgh.
FunkyPlaid and I ran some errands today, then met friends for lunch at the Basement and then a nice walk to Calton Hill. See the full gallery on Posterous Waking up this morning was surreal. Ah, vacation, I thought, and then: why are the cats here? When making an appointment for next week, I was startled by the emptiness of my calendar. I said, “whenever is best for you,” and sincerely meant it. Without 3G, I am a little untethered from the datastreams, which leaves me a little antsy. While walking around today, I wished for Google Maps on my iPhone a hundred times. At least I have really knowledgeable and patient guides. I planned to write about my travel day(s), but truly they were as standard as they get, aside from the cats, but all my...
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