My New Apartment

So this is to be my new apartment (unfurnished, of course) ...











Excited, scared ... yup!

The End of Something Great ...

Polaroids. From my childhood memories, I used a Polaroid camera a lot ... and I still refuse to part with my grey and pink (of course its pink) coolcam 600. Because who COULD? Even though film ranges from about $1.25 to $2.00 a picture, there is still something really special about the pictures that come out from a Polaroid camera.

Even that white edge around the film is really endearing. Some ways of framing your Polaroid involve cutting of some of the bottom edge to make the picture a perfect square, but I refuse. I love these Polaroids because they aren't in high definition 10 billion megapixel formats.

Do you remember grabbing the Polaroid as it came out of the camera ... shaking the picture even though that does absolutely nothing?

I might be trying to relive my childhood memories by buying all the film I can get my hands on (that won't empty my bank account), but I'm devastated at Polaroid's decision to stop making their film.

What's next? Polaroid is developing a high resolution printer (with sticky-back film slightly smaller than the size of a playing deck! iZod came before ipod!) that can connect via bluetooth or USB to your camera or cell phone. Its still not the same.

If Polaroid won't make the film - black market copycats ... where are you?

Its not just a toy, its a generation.

so xiao and i attempted to make sangria! with my leftover red wine.
too bad we forgot to take pictures during, but we have the final product!

ingredients:
1/2 bottle red wine
2c lemonade
1 lemon
1 fuji apple
2 tangerines
1/2 grapefruit
strawberries & raspberries (as much as you want)
2 tbs rum

this is how xiao added grapefruits:



red wine sangria:



and we also had french toast:

ingredients:
1 loaf of bread
4 eggs
1/2 cup milk
4tbs cinnammon
nutella or syrup



and we had some desserts from the french tart: