My good deed for the day

Luc needed to open a German bank account today in Aachen. I decided to go along with him for the short trip. While I was sitting patiently waiting for Luc to finish his banking business I noticed one of the employees standing next to an ice cream refrigerator. I thought to myself his job must be to just sell the ice cream. Then a women came up to him and handed him a wallet. He looked inside and pulled out an ID glanced at it for a second then put it back and walked away. A few seconds later a women sat down next to me. She waited for awhile then a guy stood next to her speaking in German. He made an obvious gesture reaching to his back pocket, this was my cue to intervene. Even though I do not speak German I politely asked if he was missing his wallet. They nodded yes and I pointed to the man who received the missing wallet. His wallet was returned and I got a "Thank you". I felt like sharing this story to brag about my good deed and my intuition.

Chinese food

I made chicken fried rice and beef and broccoli minus the beef. Didn't have any beef so just used the same recipe using only the broccoli. It turned out really goooooooood!

My first time cooking with a wok...thanks IKEA!

Aachen

Luc and I are going to Maastricht today to check out an apartment in the inner city. We walked passed the building the other day, it has white brick with a balcony, very exciting. Our appointment is at 13:30 this afternoon, can't wait. If we decide to take it we will move in right away. But our trip to IKEA yesterday revealed that we indeed have completely different tastes. He would prefer our apartment look like a modern expensive hotel, as for me I discovered I like a bed and breakfast look.

Once we were finished disagreeing on just about everything in the entire store we took a trip to Aachen Germany. Luc took me to his favorite store...model trains. He pointed out every train and building he had as a child, "I still have them in my basement TT". I thought his excitement for miniature towns with trains and people was adorable but also very humorous. I kept thinking of one of my favorite quotes from Best in Show "Thank god for model trains, they wouldn't have the idea for the big ones."

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

One of the questions from Trivia was, "what does the egg represent?" If you guessed it is a sign of rebirth, then you my friend are correct. I woke up very early this morning (ug... jet lag) and had some time to chat with my sister Beth and my friends online. Luc just informed me that I don't have jet lag, "you have butt lag!"

Breakfast was tasty and festive completed with a white laced table cloth covered with bread, cheese and chocolates. Luc's momma prepared an Easter Egg hunt in her garden in the backyard. Luc and I followed the path in the forest searching for gifts. Luc's mom is so cute I found lots of candy and goodies hidden in the plants, trees, flowers and bushes all over the garden. I felt like a little kid again, it has been a long time since I have had an Easter hunt. I do recall a home video from the time my family lived in Biloxi Mississippi. My dad recorded me hiding eggs in the front yard of the house on On the Green Street for my sisters Mary and Beth. Gosh I had to of been eight going on nine which would make Beth and Mary seven and five years old. When I finished hiding the plastic colored eggs filled with candy I yelled towards the front door to let them know it was time to hunt for the eggs. During the hunt Mary is getting upset at Beth for having more eggs. At one point Beth actually starts putting eggs in her basket but that wasn't enough. We all start calling, "Mary come back!" as she storms off into the house. It's a pretty humorous and classic hissy fit scene, one of Mary's famous temper tantrums.

Peanut Butter Cookies

I just learned how to use the metric
system...piece of cake.
Those are peanut butter cookies made with honey and peanut butter I had to improvise but it was delicious.

100 grams of Peanut butter
25 grams of honey
50 grams of flour
5 grams of vanilla
1 egg

180 C

Trip to the East Coast

Hello to All,

My stay in New York was fantastiche. I stayed with my friend Jensen who is studing Theatre at Columbia University. We didn't arrive unitl around two in the morning, thanks to the six hour lay over in Chicago. If I had known I could have made my brother George and his family come visit me, boo. Oh well, anyways on the first day Luc and I met up with my friend Candace for some Dim Sum in Chinatown. This was Candace's first time to New York. After lunch I went a little crazy with the shopping in SOHO. My friend Alison who is a comedian living in the city wanted to meet up so we met her at a bar called Still. Her friend was hosting Trivia night, unfortunately we did not win, even with Luc on our team. My favorite quote of the night, "We would of won if there were more guys on the team." -Lucien.

There is a lot more to write but I am going to attempt to bake cookies using the metric system. Okay I'm back from baking delicious peanut butter cookies. Luc and his mom hate peanut butter but they enjoyed my cookies.

Where did I leave off...arrived at Jensen's late, next day dim sum, shopping with Candace, then oh yea Triva night, we lost. If we had won the prize was $50 off bar tab. Jensen had called it a night early while I was still at the bar. I called to check in to see what time I should head back to her place. During our conversation she told me she had two tickets to see Lend me a tenor. I was under the impression it was a Columbia student production. It was actually a Broadway production http://http//www.broadway.com/shows/lend-me-tenor/

When I went to San Diego State one of my Theatre classes required was Theatre Production. It would be hard to explain my assigment for this class but lets just say I busted my ass working on Lend me a Tenor. Seeing the play live was incredible, it was my first Broadway show in New York.

After the play I met up with Alison and Candace one last time for drinks and a late dinner at the mercer kitchen.
http://http//nymag.com/listings/restaurant/mercer-kitchen/

Luc and I got on a plane Friday morning to fly to Germany we got to the airport just in time. It was the best flight ever. Seven hours to Europe is much more pleasant than 10-11 from California. From now on I'm stopping in New York.