First of all, Amanda and I are doing the near impossible: cooking. I have figured out the stove/oven. Yes, we have advanced past the microwave. Amanda refuses to be in the kitchen with me when I light it because you stick a match into this tiny hole at the bottom of the oven (all the while the gas is ON).. so I'm poised to run at any point in time should it decide to explode. I really don't like fire. Learning to cook has not been without it's injuries.. Case in point, the chebu-legumes of death. I tried one day to cook rice and veggies on the stove like the local people.. only to learn the hard way that pouring water in hot oil doesn't work well. We lost a pan lid in the explosion as well as burning my left hand. Luckily, the local remedy seemed to clear it up just fine: toothpaste. Amanda turned the gas off before even worse damage could be done. All that to sum up, we have mastered: french toast, pancakes, eggs and cookies. Diet of champions. One day, we'll attempt an actual meal. If you have any supererty duper easy recipes, send 'em our way!
I don't think I took a picture of the final product but our homemade sugar cookies were delish! As I made them a second time, I chuckled as I thought to myself that in America, homemade cookies wouldn't have even crossed my mind.. as in, why in the world would you do that? The only way to make cookies it to buy already made dough! :)
Next up on this random blog post: African clothing. There will be a blog post in the future about the fact that we went a little bit crazy buying fabric and getting outfits made. I only have a few pictures for you to see for now.
The internet is an absolutely marvelous thing. We were able to take Christmas pictures this year. I wanted to do a completely ironic card (as in, the desert) but when I saw that these people had put so much effort into decorating this street corner, I couldn't resist taking pictures here. The cards were expensive so we didn't send too many out but basically, it's about 90 degrees the day we took these pictures. As you can see, the decor is pretty extravagent. We were like a freak show and random people stood around us to watch, some of which you can see in the pictures. At first, they weren't going to let us on the sleigh because "the corner wasn't finished" but we just stood there talking long enough that eventually they let us in :)
This one didn't make it to the card but is an honorable mention! :)
Here's the winner!
We went to the MOST amazing restaurant here: The Thailand Garden. I felt like I had been transported to Asia which made me super happy. As Becky and I are discussing how delicious the food was on the ride home, I'm concerned that I'm turning into Becky (who's always gushing after she's eaten something good). Amanda's response? "I'm just thinking about the fact that I just dropped fourteen dollars and it doesn't even phase me." Yep. It's expensive. But worth every penny.
It's like a rainforest-y Asian decor heaven in there :)
Fried rice with chicken... not as good as Bali's but still delicious! :)
Last but not least, the internet can only entertain for so long and who in the world wants to learn Wolof?? (kidding) Thanks to a new friend in the city, we are stocked up on movies to watch for a while. Neither Amanda nor I are huge movie buffs and in the states neither one of us watch very many. But here? Why, yes, thank you. I'll watch anything. We're going to get caught up on all these "classics" that neither of us has ever seen.
First up on our check off list. I now understand the quote "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."
Our ingenious home theater!
Gearing up for the movie! Amanda has joined my league of Wolof notecards on the wall.
Hard to even imagine that blankets are needed! This blanket is from Morocco.. lol... bought it at the international fair that was just held here.
That's all for now folks!
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