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Star Trek Movie Date at Tanforan

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Ron and I had a movie date to see Star Trek. We had some time to kill beforehand so went to get a little snack at Wetzel’s Pretzels. These are cheese sticks, it cost about $4.

The powdered cheese was kind of stinky. I was a bit disappointed, especially since I know how easy it is to make pretzels… but it was a good snack.

The movie was great. A bit corny but believable in how they portrayed all the classic characters.

Afterwards we picked up dinner at Saigon Cuisine inside the mall. I tried their Bun Bo Hue (the spicy broth with pork blood). It was good in most respects, the noodles were the correct thick rice noodles, there was actually pork blood in it, and lots of yummy vegetables. I would only complain that it could have been a tad bit spicier but it’s the closest thing I have found to the one I used to eat in Stockton.

Parisian Macaroons Take 2

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Click here for Take 1.

So this is my second attempt. On the left, lavender honey buttercream and on the right, apricot.

To make the lavender flavor, add 1 tsp of crushed edible lavender flowers to the almond flour. Add some food coloring to make the egg white/almond mixture to make it purple. To the buttercream, add honey to taste.

For the apricot, just apricot preserves but some food coloring to make it orange.

Enemies in bed together

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Not sure what’s going on with the kitties but Maxwell and Misu usually do not get along but recently we’ve found them sleeping together.

I wonder if Maxwell is just really cold or Misu has finally calmed down so that Maxwell tolerates him.

Cat vs Bag

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So silly Misu got himself tangled up with a paper bag. I was already in bed and Ron had fallen asleep on the couch until he heard some rustling. He awoke to find Misu had somehow gotten the handle of a small brown paper bag around his body. He had probably been sniffing in the bag then perhaps got startled and jerked his head up and ripped off the handle… but we couldn’t figure out how he ended up getting it around his body and not just around his neck…

Then Ron helped him get move it back to his neck so he could shake it off.

I woke up to find the ripped paper bag on my desk and the camera with these photos.