Elves!
When we got closer, we saw the reason for all the ears. A local pop-boy band who apparently have an elf-motif going on. I’d call them Vulcans,...
The Crowds
XiMen-Ding on a Sunday afternoon from the window of Starbucks at it’s center. Connie and I spent a few hours here reading and watching the crowds. It...
A Taste of Russia in Taipei
Since coming to Taiwan I have definitely picked up the Taiwanese love of good food. Part of that has been making a point of trying new restaurants...
Dessert!
For dessert, Connie and I decided to order one of the house specialities. Shortly after that a chef pushed a cart up to our table with a...
Chocolate Flambe!
The chef pours alcohol (Vodka, I believe) onto the chocolate bubble and lights it on fire!
Boiling Point
The Chocolate liquifies under the heat from the burning alcohol and collapses onto what turns out to be three scoops of ice cream hidden under the chocolate,...
Voila!
Add a few walnuts and voila! A hard-chocolate sundae, with scoops of rum-raisin, chocolate fudge and coffee ice cream. I couldn’t wait to dig in!
The Finished Product!
Connie: “I can tell you’re really full, so don’t worry about eating this. Just leave it to me, dear. I’ll take care of it and you don’t...
Samurai and Tanks!
I was walking by the local movie theatre and saw this poster for an upcoming film that looks to be a time-travel story involving tanks, apache gunship...
ShiLin Writing Class II
(back row, the guys) David, William, Michael, Sean, Rob and Andy(front row, the beauties) Elaine, Vivian and Emily(missing) Jenny Yesterday (Friday) my second session of my writing...