Welcome Asher
After exactly 42 weeks (and 32 hours of labor) Asher decided to finally join the family. I wonder what we ever did without him.
Asher William Piercy
July 22, 2009
8:05am
8lb7oz
21 in
5 comments July 24th, 2009
Archive for July, 2009
Dim Sum and Doughnuts
Last week our friend Chana came over for dinner and talked and talked about this awesome dim sum in Chinatown. Now Chana knows her obscure food finds. She and her sister Becca always know where to eat the most random stuff, seriously. So when Chana says this is the best dim sum she’s ever had we believe her, and when she tells Matthew about the delicious peking duck that’s not even on the regular menu we solidify plans for later that week.
I don’t know if I really like dim sum. I don’t like food that are too mysterious or surprising. Like wraps, I cannot eat a wrap. What the hell do they put in there?? I like to see what I’m eating. So dumplings are kind of the same. But I trusted Chana and she of course came through.
The place is called Mandarin Court and its smack in the middle of Chinatown. We went on a Friday so it wasn’t too crowded. I would be scared to show up at this place on a Sunday.
I do like the part of dim sum where you are barely sitting down and the ladies with the food are already knocking each other down to get over to you with their delicacies.
We didn’t bother waiting for Chana to take some of the delicious looking items off their hands
The green ones are veggie dumplings, the white ones are scallop, the brown ones with Matthew’s chopsticks are some kind of beef meat thing.
Then Chana came and made us try things…
Left side - the long white noodley thing is something with veggies and sauce and the thing below it is chicken. The other long noodley thing on the top right is the same and the veg but with shrimp – it was my fave.
I mostly stuck to veggie and fish and man, everything was really delicious. Matthew gave the beef meatball things pretty high marks as well.
Then came the duck
So the thing about the duck is this, and the reason Chana rocks is that she knows things. She knows that when they bring you the duck it’s just a small plate of sliced meat so she asked the guy to bring the bones as well.
He came out and made little duck sandwiches on that thick pancake pictured below.
It consisted of duck, sauce, and scallions.
I really dislike duck so I just kept chowing on my veggie dumplings but these two went to TOWN on that carcass. They were passing the platter of nasty back and forth and enjoying themselves beyond belief. It was definitely enough for 3 or maybe 4 if you get some more dim sum. We had tons left over that Chana happily took home to share.
But first!
Before we left Chana ordered 3 steamed pork buns. Because THATS HOW YOU DO. Its a slightly sweet bun with a yummy pork center and it completes the meal.
Ok so now I love dim sum.
Surprisingly the pork bun didn’t really do it for me so I made Matthew stop at Doughnut Plant on the way home. While I have had Doughnut Plant doughnuts before I have never been to their store (plant?) and gotten a super fresh one directly from the oven. We were practically driving by so it made total sense to stop. I was pretty full but c’mon. After the baby comes who knows when I will be able to eat a doughnut again!!!
We tried a few. The pink one is blueberry (made with real blueberries, that’s like their thing) The brown is banana pecan.
But the most exciting one of all…Raspberry Jelly
Holy moly, these are so much better fresh from the oven.
5 comments July 18th, 2009
Spacebags are space saver-y
We are pretty much unpacked and settling in at the new place. Since we ended up with a bit more time on our hands than we thought we’d have we started looking for ways to make this tiny apartment more functional and efficient. (AHEM, busy work)
We previously had 2 huge bins of guest blankets and pillows that took up a large amount of room in my closet so I decided to buy one of those spacebags for $20 to try it out. Wouldn’t you know, OMFG they work. Not only do they work, they are awesome and took about 2 minutes to use from opening the package until we had the stuff stored again.
Before:
With Matthew’s head for scale purposes.
During:
After!
The new storage system takes up about 1/3 of the old one. We bought a 2nd spacebag for the rest of it and now all of it sits in a spot smaller than one of the bins. A-MA-ZING. Highly recommend this product. A+++
I bought mine on amazon but I think they sell them everywhere. I think we will invest in more to store baby stuff…and maybe my winter clothes…and who knows what else.
Add comment July 18th, 2009
timbits for everyone!
Oh what fun news for the Canadian living in my household:
We may need to hunt one down tomorrow.
Add comment July 13th, 2009
Just a little push (ha, pregnancy humor)
Everyone go read Dooce
I am so glad Heather wrote this because now I don’t have to. And also because she is 100x more interesting and funny than I am. Read it if you want to understand my thoughts and decisions because she pulled this directly from my brain.
It also succeeded in giving me a much needed “YOU CAN DO THIS” so thanks Heather!
I love the interwebs.
PS: I CAN DO THIS!
1 comment July 13th, 2009
I just thought it was pretty
Apparently my comforter set is considered “Twilight inspired” even though I got it 2 years ago.
How do I continue being so accidentally cool?
If only I was 16.
{via bliss living}
Add comment July 13th, 2009
Overdone
Dear Baby,
Wednesday was the day you were due, but instead of welcoming you we:
- Went to the midwife appointment
- Ate some pizza
- Saw Star Trek AND Up
Thursday was the day after you were due, but instead of welcoming you we:
- Finally picked up your stroller
- Ate Chinese food
- Installed new track lighting in the living room
Friday was 2 days after you were due, but instead of welcoming you we:
- Had acupuncture to encourage your entrance
- Did a bunch of laundry
- Walked around the mall for hours
Hurry up and get here already!
to be continued…
2 comments July 11th, 2009
Haircut
President Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President’s haircut felt like his own. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
via Boston.com
Thanks Jon
Add comment July 6th, 2009
39 weeks
39 weeks is something else. Today I’m 39w4d and I can finally say if I went into labor today it would be ok. We have 4 boxes left to unpack, only 4! Out of almost 100. Its pretty exciting because even though it took us 6 weeks to get here every single thing has a place. We spent alot of time and money making sure everything we ended up keeping had a home and it is so worth it. Considering we moved unopened boxes from the last time we moved I am pretty impressed that we got this far, especially since we have to squeeze a lot more into this apt. Our new roommate has a ton of crap, who knew.
Tonight we have to head to Lowe’s yet again to swap out some hinges for cabinets in the baby’s room and then besides hanging the art and choosing window coverings that room is done. YAY!
In the meantime we’ve been living it up as much as possible at the movies, dinners out and having friends over. I can’t really go anywhere fun that necessitates an extreme amount of walking but I do accompany Matthew on almost every errand to force myself to walk as much as I can handle. So I don’t get out much but I can tell you that the bathrooms at Ikea are really nice, Lowe’s are OK, Target is good and conveniently placed, supermarket I just will not attempt. Baby stores have the most disgusting ones sadly, but what can ya do.
Sit tight peeps, I can be in it for the long haul and may not have this baby until July 22. (WT$#@^&%Q!!!)
3 comments July 5th, 2009