Call Me Amaesing A Niche of Tasks and Inspiration

I decided that over break that I would learn some new things in the kitchen. So I learned how to make sushi (after some inspiration from Food of Love's tempura and sushi making night). But first I had to make some cookies.

Here comes the sushi part! I went to the store cuz we didn't have avacados, imitation crab, and also a nice cucumber. At home, I was happy to have short grain rice, carrots, rice wine, and some nori.

I also learned how to make congee (juk in Chinese, or rice soup) with preserved duck eggs and thinly sliced pork.

topped with scallions

So this blog is semi unrelated to "all things crafty" but I felt the need to post things of my adventurous weekend. Trevor hall played on Friday in Urbana at the Canopy Club, and then again at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago on Saturday. Of course, we went to both shows as crazy fans.

While on this tour, Trevor had begun a contest of who could decorate the van in each city stop the best. [click][click again]. It's usually people who drew things in the dust of his van.

Me and some people decided to take it several notches higher. We grabbed window paint, made origami cranes [click], and just went all out.











This is what Trevor had to say in his next show:



But we couldn't leave it at that. Then came caution tape in Chicago. Trev thinks we're nuts. But he did say we're on top of the contest! woot.

[He put our origami cranes on the rear-view mirror]