rewind!

I've been feeling a little sad recently about my lack of proper blogging because the days go by so fast! and when I look back and wonder "what was I doing in March & April?" I can't remember because, well, I didn't blog about it. And believe me when I say my memory is just not as good as it used to be.

I guess the only way to prevent this nostalgia over lost days/months is to blog about stuff more regularly. I can go back and look through my flickr pics to jog my memory some, but who brings their camera everywhere? Pas moi.

Most of early March + late April seems unrecorded. Lost to time. At the end of March I went to Taipei for 10 days to visit my grandmother. She's still mostly the same. FYI, it rained for 7 of the 10 days I was there. Uncharacteristic for Taipei at this time of year, icky all-day-downpour rain. Sigh.

The one really hot, sunny day was the one we were outside all day for tombsweeping. One week ahead of the actual Qingming festival, supposedly to avoid the really bad traffic. I kept asking all my relatives if it was ok to take pictures, and they all said, "Not if you're not superstitious about it." Which I guess I'm not, and none of them seemed to be either...
LOTS more pictures from Taiwan, many--okay, most--are of food: here.

In May, we went North to our first wedding of the season. On the way there, we stopped in Portland to visit our friends W & J. Old friends but new roommates, they moved into a condo upstairs from one of our favorite jewelry + glass artists -- Stephanie! Quel coincidence!

This is Gus, J's dog. We like him. He is jumpy but small, and cannot knock you over.Ask me about what happened to W when he was alone one night watching Gus and his own dog, Lola. Warning: this story is not for the faint-hearted.

The wedding was lovely! Very quirky but perfectly suited to the bride & groom, who are a unique pair. The dinner was very over the top: salmon AND filet mignon. We cut our filets with BUTTER knives. I kid you not. It was DELICIOUS but we didn't actually get to eat it until after 9:30 pm.There was lots of pink (bride's favorite color) and ocean-themed decor (it is coastal Maine). The cake was gorgeous but there was a lot of fighting over all the different flavors inside. The servers couldn't even get the plates out to the dessert table, guests were mobbing them as soon as they exited the kitchen. Scary! Since we'd arrived in Boothbay Harbor a bit behind schedule (typical, I know) so only had a few moments to look around our room at the Topside Inn. It was very cute.
Look at the size of the shower!! D is 5'9". He is not slouching. To be fair, they warn you about this in the room description. (Scroll down, it's room #5.) And when we got a better look at everything in the morning, we were definitely kicking ourselves for not staying in town longer!That's the view from the front porch, and that's supposed to be the ship from Pirates & some other movie too. And check out breakfast:Fresh fruit, homemade granola, and lemon blueberry pancakes with sausage made to order. We're going back! Next post: more wedding, more food, and BK.