Monday, March 16, 2009

Yeah. This is Great.

Seattle. I'm here. It's just about as much fun as I imagined it (which is to say its not that great. I've spent the last day and all those prior squatting at my brother Septimus's house, listening to John and him chat about everything, and endured the most uneventful, probably worst trip to Vancouver that I would have ever expected. Anyways, I'll write more later. Tomorrow I'm being traded off to my other brother's home to stay . . . and at some point will be throwing in a trip to see dear old dad (cough, yeah, I still haven't visited him yet). For now, I've put on some The Boy Least Likely To, and am trying to enjoy myself. 

6 comments:

Andy Rayner said...

Hi Eve
Back home.
See you enjoyed Western Canada - in between mooching off your family :-).
We still have 2-4 feet of snow in our yard. It's been -4to -8 C for 2 weeks steady. We are ready to see naked earth again.
Thought I would check your blog again today, while shifting between preparing fishing gear, and office work. Can't say as I fully understand your Blogging mind :-) But keeps me reading. You certainly read different stuff than I do. I need to figure out how to put that music "thinky" on my blog. Will help numb peoples pain as they read it :-)
Have fun with the family.
Have a great day.

Andy Rayner said...

Just wanted to say that the food you cook looks so amazing. I left your blog up on the broser screen today when I ran out. When I came back from the harbour this afternoon I came back to the office to see one of the deserts on the screen and I honestly think I started drooling over one desert - Forget which one. I’m not classy enough to pull those kinds of “Pretty” foods off. I’m limited to steak, potatoes, homemade beef soup, fish Chowders, and baked fish. Anyway, hats off to you for the Elegance in fine cuisine.

Eve said...

Hello! You're back from Africa already? How was it? Enjoyable? Here, I must say, I am kind of missing the snow. I enjoy the cold much more than I should, I suppose. Anyways, I'm in Seattle now, where the air is chilly and there seems to be this constant drizzle of rainfall.

Glad you enjoy the looks of my foodstuffs. They tasted about as good as the look . . . generally. What I never take photos of and post are the dishes that don't turn out so well, and end up tasting, well . . . awful. I'm trying to expand my tastebuds, and it works most of the time. You should try it, you might meet unexpected results.

mgi said...

all the guys in Seattle have beards - don´t they?

Andy Rayner said...

HI Eve
Burkina & Cote D'Iviore went well. It was 42C in the shade in Burkina. Anyway we got the 33 irrigation kits in, and my Son had his eyes re-opened to Africa. He forgot what it was like as it has been 8 years since we lived there now. Anyway, he was really glad to get home. Had a pig f a trip up through northern Ivory COast into Burkina. It took us over 24 hrs to overland,in a small 18 passenger mini buses, (we traversed the border region with 14 of us jammed in a Peugeot Station wagon))and the rebels in the north (there is suppose to be a coalition Government now - Ya Right!, Is all I can say.) were impossible. Anyway, talk about money grubbing crooks. Punks with AK 47's, no brains, lots of attitude, Some on Drugs,.... need a good kick in the you know what. In 13 years of African work I have never encountered this kind of stuff - not even during the coup attempt. Anyway, we saw and experienced enough grueling stuff to vow to not go through the region again for some time. Anyway, Ted got to see Africa a it worst in those 24 hours. He was ready to call it quits. But he came around, and Burkina turned out to be so much more laid back. Really Delightful compared to Ivory Coast. No one bothers you. I found Mali generally that way as well. Anyway, still love Ivory Coast, but it's certainly harder to work there. Will run

Eve said...

MGI: Yes, it seems most of the men about the city sported these gnarly beards, my brothers included. Wonder why?

Andy: Sounds like an adventure. I would love to go back to Africa, and really SEE it rather than just Morocco . . . maybe over the summer while I'm in France I'll pop down for a bit. I'm a co-chair on a committee/group here on campus to help raise funds/awareness to support Ugandan/Dafur/child soliders violence. I suppose thinking about it makes me feel better about myself, but really if I could actually donate my time and go over to help out, like you have, I would. But naturally, I'm selfish and can't.