Well, four months in Reykjavik has left me out of shape. I rode a bicycle for the first time since I left for Iceland and boy…those hills are, um, distinctive. I had a voice lesson with Sue today, and its been about three months since I sang anything harder than Happy Birthday. My voice was […]
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While I was in Iceland, I told Rob not to bother getting a tree since there would be so little time to enjoy it. (He’s not into all the trappings of Christmas except the exterior houselights.) Anyway, after I recovered from jetlag, I realized that was a mistake, but couldn’t justify the expense of a
What are you doing today? Rob and I were going to brunch this morning. Last night we went to David and Eve’s to for pizza-&-a-movie night, but we picked up food from My Cahn. This was the restaurant that I missed most while I was in Iceland. Mmm-mmm good. We watched Decasia which I was
Rob and I had been trying to sell our mini-van for over a year and he managed to do it while I was away. We want to be a one car household, so today I ventured forth, car-free. I ran errands on Tuesday with the help of a Flexcar, but the close cars are booked
Well, it’s certainly easy to get up in the morning. What’s with getting light so early? I’m having a bowl of cereal and have some things to add to my list of things that I miss about Iceland. I miss ab-mjolk, skyr, and müsli.
I’m trying to stay up until nine tonight, but I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle. I’ve been very industrious today. I got up with Aaron and MaryClaire to see them off, and then spent the rest of today doing housecleaning. I did dishes and then began sorting things in the guest room. I
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The party was a grand success, but I didn’t even think about bringing the camera out. Eve contributed a lovely salmon, part of which I’m going to make into an omlette this morning. Sue brought hummus, olives, smoked oysters and… there was something else yummy on that plate, but I can’t remember what it was.
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I’ve brought home a few Icelandic treats for folks to try. See you tonight.
Don’t forget the Party tonight. Read More »
After Rob picked me up last night, we came home relaxed for a bit and then went to see Hero at the Laurelhurst. I’ve been wanting to see it for months, but the subtitles would have been in Icelandic had I gone while I was in Reykjavik. Not so helpful. The film is extremely good,
Our flight out of Iceland was delayed and we missed our connection in the States. Jodi and I are staying in Baltimore overnight. I would tell you when we are arriving back in Portland, but the nice man at Iceland Air booked us to Los Angeles. We did not notice till we got to the
I’ll leave my apartment at 1:30 today to start the trip home. At this point I only have to take the garbage out to be ready to do. I guess I’d better go do that now. I’m meeting Bernd and his wife for a quick bite before Sarah picks me up and we head for
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I was on set today doing live hands for the mayor and shooting the breeze with Toti (one of our puppet wranglers) between shots. He asked if it snowed a lot in Portland. I said “no”. He said, “So it’s about like here, only once a month or so.” I looked at him in complete
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I keep going on about skyr and finally found a website that explains the national dish of Icelanders.
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Steve came to Iceland to chop vegetables. Really, I just wanted to provide a Christmas dinner that was as much like the family gathering in Chattanooga as possible so my brother chopped things, swept and move furniture. We had twenty-one people for dinner, which was quite the feat in my tiny apartment. Actually the bigger
We were here till 11:00 last night. Did you know that in Iceland the vegetarian pizza at Dominoes has corn on it? More wacky hijinks to come, I’m sure. Rob and I are going to try to get out of here so we can spend some time together before his flight today. Sadness.