CHINESE NEW YEAR - Did anyone else go out for Chinese Food last night to celebrate the Lunar New Year? Lacking time to cook up something of our own, Mr. L and I had a wonderful meal at a restaurant we used to eat at all the time when we lived in Campbell. The big surprise of the night is that I ordered and drank a beer. For those that don't know me, I do not like beer. I'll drink cider on occasion, but beer? Never acquired a taste for it. I don't think I've ordered a beer in at least twenty years. Maybe a Black and Tan now and then (but it has to be ordered in a British Pub and come with potato chips). Last night I had a Tsingtao and you know what? I'd order it again (you can now hear The Phantom gasp in amazement). I liked the taste and it went really well with the Chinese food we had ordered. My goal next year is to actually cook on Chinese New Year.
PARIS SCRAPS - No, you read that right. It says Paris Scraps, not Paris is Crap. For my scrapbooking friends out there, Paris Hilton has now come out with a line of scrapbooking products. Okay, yes, I understand this has either given you a fit of laughter that will split your sides open or made you so angry you've thrown your Cuttlebug against the wall. But, if you are like me you are curious as all get out as to what her line looks like. I keep thinking unicorns and tiaras...for a link to see what some of her stuff looks like go here.
A BOWL WITHOUT WINGS - Seems there is lots of talk right now about a shortage of chicken wings. Why is that important? Because it's Super Bowl time and, like Chocolates around Valentines Day, or champagne at New Years, the request for wings doubles (triples?) this time of year. The shortage is supposedly due to a major supplier (Pilgrim's Pride Corp) filing Chapter 11. Who knew that Jessica Simpson could tell the future!! (link here). All I know is that Buffalo Wings might be scarce this coming weekend. Or is it all a ploy to make us run out and stock up? Hmmmmmm.....for more info go here.
Poor chickens without their wings.. lol
Posted by: Jessy | January 27, 2009 at 02:36 PM
No...no chinese food, But Happy New Year...yahoo!
Posted by: noble pig | January 27, 2009 at 07:04 PM
i think "paris craps" applies too. what will she taint next? bibles? :)
Posted by: grace | January 28, 2009 at 05:53 AM
Its a triple gasp post! Imagining you drinking a beer. Imagining Paris hanging out and scrapbooking. Imagining a Super Bowl without wings. Oh my!
Posted by: Louise | January 28, 2009 at 07:17 AM
oh!!! i totally have a paris hilton scrapbooking story!
roommate/landlord R goes to check in for his flight from Sydney to LAX and the clerk tells him that there is a celebrity seated next to him and that they will move him if he wants them to. He asks who it is and the woman tells him “we don’t usually give the identity but since you are seated next to her… it’s Paris Hilton.” He decides that since he doesn’t know anything about her that it would be ok to stay. So he gets on the plane and then she boards too. He said she was really nice during the flight. She wasn’t bitchy or demanding or anything. He did say that at first she wouldn’t hang up her cell phone and that she was talking to someone about Britney Spears. Then, as soon as the plane took off she got up and when to the front of the plane where the magazines are, she got all the magazines like People, InTouch, Style and all those and read every single one of them looking for pictures of herself. After dinner she asked him if she could use part of his tray table and he said yes. She then spread out about 500 pictures of her with a bunch of people in Australia and then started scrapbooking them. He said she scrapbooked from about 8:00 pm until 3:00 am and then she went to sleep. When the plane landed at LAX she needed help with her carry on bags and all he had was his little backpack so he offered to carry her bags. He said she seemed really grateful and said thank you to him several times. Then she even waved good bye to him at baggage claim.
Posted by: chef barbie | January 28, 2009 at 08:10 AM
Jessy - yes, we are cruel to the little chickens aren't we?
Nobel Pig - any excuse to eat good food in my book, so Happy New Year!
Grace - True, she's done perfume, had her name on canned wine, who knows what she'll come up with next.
Louise - I know, I know, BEER, who woulda ever thunk?
Chef Barbie - Oh man,I remember you telling me that but I totally forgot.
Posted by: Mrs. L | January 28, 2009 at 03:25 PM
I can't even imagine that Paris Hilton does scrapbooking. What does she use for scraps? Her old Chanel suits? ;)
Posted by: Carolyn Jung | January 28, 2009 at 06:05 PM
Laughing at the link to Paris Craps...LOVE that she had a title on her page "first drink". They actually made a bling title for that?? I am guessing her lines won't last long at that rate...How many people can use that bling?? I suppose it could be repurposed and used for fist...fill in the blank, and that would stretch it further. GEESH.
SO I guess I shouldn't run out and try to use my coupon for KFC wings? Too funny.
Posted by: Kathie | January 29, 2009 at 09:47 AM
Carolyn - Too funny! I'm so curious about her scrap line now!
Kathie - You'd be surprised at what folks can use on their scrap pages. Especially the bling which is real popular right now.
Posted by: Mrs. L | January 29, 2009 at 10:02 AM
oh that is just so tacky. i'm not that into the bling anyways, but paris is just so classless.
Posted by: NotSoccer Mom | January 29, 2009 at 05:00 PM