All Things Chill

When life hands you leftover dumplings, make dumpling-ade dumpling soup! I took the frozen leftover dumplings (as well as a little plum wine) that I made with Anna on Chinese New Year and put them in chicken broth with crushed garlic, minced ginger, a touch of soy sauce and the stalks and leaves of [...]

Search Terms For January 2006
01. naruto
02. double windsor
03. technics // 1200’s baby!
04. naruto vs sasuke
05. hinata and naruto
06. in the beginning there was jack
07. shikamaru temari // lots of anime!
08. trumpet
09. ????????????? // wtf does that mean?
10. takeshi [...]

After almost eight months TO THE DAY since I first wrote about it, I finally got a chance to watch Memoirs of a Geisha a couple of days ago. I waited for Jacs to finish the book, and the wait was well worth it.
I read it back in college, so I didn’t remember a [...]

5AM. Just uploaded our cover of Juan Luis Guerra – Senales de Humous (Smoke Signals) with some old pictures of the band and a couple clips of Jorge playing the guitar. Again, video made with the celly, Apple’s Garage Band and iMovie HD.
Push play and enjoy the ride.
Much love,
~Herschell

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Tomorrow! My year is done, but there are still a lot of things to look forward to in the year of the Dog. If this is your year, good fortune will come your way, so shoot for the moon, ’cause even if you miss, you’ll still be [...]

Sit back, relax and push play. Runtime: 1 minute 56 seconds.
Camera: Sony Ericsson K700i (my phone)
Paring knife: Cutco baby!
Cutting board: IKEA – 2 for $1.99
Track Sample: Gorillaz – Rock the house
Computer: Apple pBook
Software: iMovie HD and Audacity
It’s already in the crockpot. MWMWAHAHAHAHAHA!
HUNGRY!
~Spec

I’m in love with polenta. Essentially, it’s cornmeal with liquid added to create a thick porridge-like consistency. It’s technically the same thing as grits (as they’re both milled corn), but with a smoother, richer texture. Think of it as corn’s bad ass response to mashed potatoes. They’re just as versatile as [...]

I found a track circlin’ around the Internets yesterday that I seriously cannot stop playing over and over. Its a crazy mashup of the semi-new and very old skool… and it sounds really f*cking good. It’ll take you back. Way back. How far back?!?!? Take a look see:
Music from: Super [...]

I had a huge craving for bratwurst, but when I checked the pantry, nothing even remotely close to bread was available. If I had some buns, I’d crack open a can of sauerkraut and go to town with some grainy mustard… but alas, my dinner dreams were incomplete. So what did I do?
Since [...]

YES OH YES. Prefab construction and modular living. A love shack to call my own. Isn’t it adorable? The floor-to-ceiling glass walls make it decadent. A slice of personal living space for whatever your heart desires. The possibilities are endless. More deets from Inhabitat:
Avid readers of ReadyMade magazine [...]

All this talk about my poor fish trapped inside its vacuum-sealed vessel reminded me of some seafood that I cooked a couple days ago. It’s not very prevalent in the mid-west, but its hella popular in SoCal. Hella.
Originally found on Mexico’s Baja region or to sunny San Diego, the fish taco is a [...]

Haiku:
A friend cooked dinner.
Sadly, He used the wrong lid.
Now, the food is stuck.
THERE’S $$$BLING$$$ HALIBUT INSIDE!!! Help me get it out!!! Click here for the Flickr album, start @ the first picture and read the titles for my story. I’m going to drop the bottom in boiling water (to expand the air) [...]

The Postal Service has a new classy site redesign. They have mp3 promos, desktop wallpapers as well as some music videos for download. Standard fan-service fodder. I’m a fixin’ to pickup one of their t-shirts (zebra-piano!!!) and one of their wallets once I convince myself that I’ll wait until Spring to use [...]