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Things & Stuff

  • A Wednesday List

    20 Things I’m looking forward to this fall:

    1. Finishing the book.
    2. After finishing the book, having free time for the items below.
    3. Reading. Updating Goodreads. Going to the library.
    4. Watching television/Netflix (Mad Men, Glee, West Wing, True Blood, Buffy).
    5. Restarting my French lessons.
    6. Playing random computer games.
    7. Photography. Using my Polaroid, my Yashica, and my DSLR.
    8. Making more videos.
    9. Seeing friends.
    10. The Austin Film Festival.
    11. Monthly themed Starbucks beverages. (September is for toffee nut mocha, October is for pumpkin spice latte…)
    12. Halloween.
    13. A grand return to my kitchen.
    14. Much, much fewer restaurant meals.
    15. Tights and boots.
    16. Hats.
    17. Pumpkins.
    18. Candlelight.
    19. Putting the thick duvet back on the bed.
    20. Cooler weather –> hopping on my scooter more.
    September 8, 2010
    Random Thoughts
  • Scenes from Uchiko

    So Uchiko hosted a media event tonight (last night? It’s really late as I’m writing this), and I snapped a few photos of Paul Qui and Tyson Cole as they prepped the gorgeous food samples.

    I’ve been to Uchiko a couple of times for dinner since it opened, and I can’t say enough great things about it. The kai jiru! The take nabe! The cobia crudo! The impeccably fresh and clean and perfect nigiri! It helps that we know some of the chefs and managers and waitstaff… and that Justin designed the menus, the chopstick holders, the label for their private sake label, Zero Sen… I’m so proud of him and his work, and it’s so fun to see it in person when we dine at Uchiko.

    Anyway! Photos.

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    September 8, 2010
    Austin, Edibles, Photography
  • Self-portrait Tuesday

    Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend (if it was a holiday for you)!

    This is my surprised face:

    And my outfit for the day:

    Just because. 🙂

    September 7, 2010
    Photography
  • Music Monday

    Hola internets! I’m still trying to figure out how to embed music in my blog. There’s a plugin for WordPress that I should be able to use, but there’s something funky about my blog template that’s causing it not to work. Maybe by next week I’ll have figured it out! Until then, I’ll keep embedding videos.

    These songs are in my head at the moment…

    (1) Stornoway – Zorbing (yes, still)

    Stornoway – Zorbing from TGC on Vimeo.

    (2) Amos Milburn – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

    (3) Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros – Home

    Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
    Tags:
    Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, MTV Music

    Happy Labor Day, everyone!

    September 6, 2010
    Music
  • Hill Country Weekend

    Hey guys! This weekend my mom and my sister drove over from West Texas to check out some hill country stuff. Justin drove me down to San Marcos on Friday night, and the three of us gals went to Wimberley and Fredericksburg on Saturday. Then Justin drove to Fredericksburg on Sunday morning to pick me up (he really is a sweetheart).

    We went to Wimberley Market Days, shopped downtown Fredericksburg, and ate a LOT. We got the girly giggles, we talked, and we stayed up too late playing games. We had lots of fun.

    I made a little video of our weekend. Now that I’ve made a few videos, here’s what I think:

    • I need to walk and move more slowly when I’m filming.
    • My little Zumi camera really only picks up my voice when I’m filming, and not much of what’s in front of the camera.
    • I’m thinking of using my DSLR for filming… while I love the vintage look of these videos, I want try it out with a clear image, too.
    • I love videos! 🙂

    Girls’ Hill Country Weekend from Crystal Esquivel on Vimeo.

    September 6, 2010
    Fun stuff, Videos
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