Al Fornocation

The result of my vegetarian lasagna. I think this may be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Sent from my HTC PURE™, a Windows® phone from AT&T with mozzarella that is perfectly browned on top.

The kitchen in my new flat.

Finally have unpacked most of my kitchen stuff (some of which I have not seen in five years). Wow, this may be home yet.

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Post-PhD Cooking, No. 1 in an occasional series.

Vegetarian lasagna al forno, ready for the oven. Notice the vintage Le Creuset Raymond Lowey-designed enameled cast-iron casserole dish.

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Somebody...

...has figured out how to jump fom the desk, to the revolving bookcase, to the top of the wardrobe.

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Stranger in a Strange Land

I'm bilingual - I speak English and American (with a fair bit of Scots as well). I can hoover the flat whilst blethering on my mobile, as well as vacuum the apartment while shooting the shit on my cell. But some days... Some days it feels like the entie country has collectively declared it "National we gonie pretend we dinie ken what the fook that Yank is on about" day, whick this week, falls on November 23. Part of it is my accent; since I'm from California, it sounds a bit fake and movie-starish to the locals. Sigh.

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Busking in Dubai

The job hunt is not going so well. This is starting to look somewhat attractive...

Busking in Dubai; how hard could it be?

Putting them on a pedistal

Smudge, lord of all he surveys.

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