I don't even want to know when I last blogged. I just know it's been a long time. We've been busy, you know, traveling to Canada, celebrating Christmas and New Years, meeting friends' babies, then getting over jet lag and dealing with snow and life here in Paris.

I can't remember how I ever had time to blog more regularly.

And since we've been so busy since we got back, busy doing things that aren't particularly interesting (anyone want to hear about the fun that was my two-day BodyStep training last weekend? It started at 8am on Sunday. Good times), I'll thought I'd share with you two pictures of what we seem to do best. Or at least consistently.

Eat.


Oyako-don (Chicken and egg on rice)

This is a Japanese dish that we always enjoy in Japan, and that I tried to make very unsuccessfully once at home. Luckily Erik has a Japanese colleague at the lab, and he and his wife made a video for us on how to make this simple dish, complete with a shot of the all important timer that tells you just how long to let the egg cook before it's time to eat.

It was so oishii that we made it twice that week, and is now one of Erik's specialties. (A list that also includes risotto and fajitas so delicious they rival Sneaky Dees).


A hero sized sandwich

Next up is the sandwich Erik made for breakfast/lunch today. This kind of sandwich is his weekend specialty, best enjoyed after a weekend workout. Today's sandwich featured three kinds of meat--leftover roast chicken, sausage and duck pate. Plus cheese and condiments. And it was enjoyed while watching the Wire, a show that my brother got us hooked on, and anyone who hasn't seen it should absolutely check it out. It's great.

Other exciting things that have happened to us involve the purchase of a new tv stand/buffet, that we carried home ourselves from Ikea. The fun part about going to that store is trying to decide if what you're buying is worth spending 50euros on delivery for. Bed, yes. Tv stand, we didn't think so. Lets just say that manoevering 50lbs of Ikea cabinetry on a bus, train and then finally metro is a feat that makes 50euros seem like a steal.

So there you go. Life here in Paris is as glamorous as ever, the snow has melted and we are now dealing with a typical Parisian winter involving rain and gloom. Epiphany was celebrated in a shower of galettes, and my lucky husband found the feve in all three pies that he sampled. People are fleeing the city for ski holidays, and we're counting down the weeks (3) until our next holiday weekend in Berlin.