So, my first roll of film didn't turn out. At all. Very disappointing. There were only 2 decent shots in the whole roll. But what is weird is that the CD of the digital images had a couple different pics than the actual prints. So maybe the developer is bad. I dunno why they didn't turn out either, a few shots were taken in the EXACT same lighting and position with a light tent and tripod, but only 1 came out, in the prints, not on the CD. I don't really understand that at all. Oh, well, more practice and better find a class so i can figure out what to do. Here's the pics that DID turn out ok.
Forgot to add some new places we went to last week:
- Peak's Frozen Custard - soooo good! Leah wrote a review on Yelp. We will be back for sure, if not just to try the custard with espresso.
- Crepe Cafe and Wine Bar - very cute little place that has sweet and savory crepes. I love that they leave a carafe of water at the table. I had the boeuf bourguignon and gruyer in a buckwheat crepe and Leah had the chicken, pesto and goat cheese crepe. Both were delicious!
- Henry's Bento - went here for lunch with Anne, Mindy and AJ the other day. Despite the name and the "Taiwanese Sushi" signs, it's not Japanese at all and I think the 'sushi' they refer to is just the taiwanese-syle dim sum. I got the beef noodle soup, which was fantastic. It was huge, with fettuccine -like noodles and big fatty tender chunks of beef with a very slightly spicy broth and some baby bok choy. It's really a hole in the wall place and there are no menus, just posterboards on the wall, 95% in chinese, so you kind of need someone there to help you order, unless you know what you want already.
Today we also tried a new place for lunch, Guanaco's Tacos Pupuseria in the U-District. It was super cheap and super good, I really want to go back and try more stuff. Everything we had was really really good!
I have a couple of resolutions for this year. I am going to make them fairly easy and somewhat interesting and fun.
1) Learn how to use my thrifted Canon AE-1 35mm film camera. I will try to take a class if I can find one.
2) Try at least 1 new restaurant, recipe or drink (wine or cocktail) every week. This week we tried LC's Kitchen (bistro), Tutta Bella (neapolitan wood-fire pizza) and Wrap O Roll (Vietnamese). We also had some really nice pink prosecco for New Year's eve.
