4 day weeks are nice. February 28, 2008

i had the biggest craving for galbi (korean short ribs) and decided to make them! aside from the fact that they would have been much better on the grill (i pan-fried), they came out better than i expected. the flavor was authentic and the meat was tender. and easy to make! here’s the link to the recipe. the only thing i did differently was i marinated overnight.

another pretty successful cooking experiment is the brownie recipe from the joy of cooking (love!!) oh, and do chocolate covered strawberries count?

for some reason i’ve tapped into this asian/pseudo asian food-making-obsession..i’m looking into ordering some molds from somewhere to make some spam musubi and salmon onigiri..maybe highly inspired by this site.

 let’s see..what else, oh i’ve been obsessing over two websites with outdoorsy/snow gear called steepandcheap and whiskeymilitia. the deal is they put up one thing at a time for a ridiculously cheap price until the deal sells out or until a certain amount of time passes. i’ve already bought a pair of oakley riddle shades for $50..i think they normally go for $130. it’s terribly addicting. the internet is so distracting..i’ve been looking at new snowboards (this and this) but i’ve made myself promise that i won’t buy anymore snowboarding gear unless it’s incredibly old and damaged. which isn’t the case for most of my stuff hehe.

i’ve been trying to be better about money now that i’m back from my trip..putting my tax returns into savings, maximize my contribution to my roth ira this year, don’t buy anything that i really don’t need, eat in more, be nicer to the gas pedal and increase gas mileage.

happy weekend, today is my friday cause i’ll be in tahoe come tomorrow morning =) hopefully i learn something more this time.