Francophile in the West

I have cooked SO MUCH this weekend, it's been awesome!! Last night, I spent literally two and a half hours in the kitchen. Cooking is so zen, I really needed that. I made a delicious risotto with farmers market-fresh carrots and snow peas. That was the first time I've made risotto, and I'm now totally hooked. It takes a while, but it's really easy to do and super tasty. For dessert, I cooked up a rich and quite yummy chocolate souffle! That was my first time cooking souffle, too. All in all, a very successful night in the kitchen! The best part? Both were recipes from my French cookbook! Great success! Tonight, I went over to my friend Andrew's and we threw together a vegetable and beef stew. It was the same recipe I perfected whilst in Nantes. We also made a bruchetta with tatziki sauce and smoked salmon, which turned out pretty well. It was nice to make a good meal and have great people with which to share it. Anyway, it's been a good weekend. Another week of ...

It was a beautiful day and I finally went on a photo adventure! I headed over to Gasworks Park, and here are a few of the images that ensued:

I'm officially a senior in college! What a crazy feeling! Actually, it doesn't feel very different, but I'm excited nonetheless. Things have been fine and dandy recently. I finished up my finals yesterday morning and otherwise have been working, hanging out with friends, reading, and being lazy! This weekend my folks are coming up to Seattle to help move me out of the dorms (FOREVER! YAY!!!) and into my summer living spot at the AXiD sorority. I know, you're laughing, but hey, it's summer, it's a cheap place to live, and it's right next to campus. Hard to do much better than that. I lived there last summer and it was pretty fun, so I'm hoping it'll be fun again this year. Ummmm... I finished Jitterbug Perfume last night; good book! I read it on a recommendation from Kris and I wound up liking it quite a bit. It's an interesting combination of love story, immortality search, and giant rip on politics, religion, money, etc. I went on another epic ...