A red rose, photographed in the park today near the Poruba Culture House (Dum Kultury).
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Flower
A tiny flower photographed with the macro setting. I don't know what this flower is called, but they're everywhere in Poruba right now.
Saturday in the Park
It was a warm day finally, after about a month of cooler weather, which is very unusual for this time of year in the Czech Republic. We've been having temperatures as cold as +10 and it's been very rainy - it has felt more like October than June. But today it was a beautiful +25 C and we even saw some sunshine off and on. So we went to the park to just relax and read.
My blue suede bag is new. It's F&F, i.e. Tesco's own brand and it was on sale. I paid something like 15 euros for it and it's leather and suede. In Finland, the only place where you could get a leather bag for that kind of price is from a thrift shop.
My sunglasses are Alain Mikli. I bought them in Paris more than 6 years ago and I had them converted into reading glasses in India. So they're now my "reading in the sun" glasses.
The rest of my outfit is the same as in a previous post.
My blue suede bag is new. It's F&F, i.e. Tesco's own brand and it was on sale. I paid something like 15 euros for it and it's leather and suede. In Finland, the only place where you could get a leather bag for that kind of price is from a thrift shop.
My sunglasses are Alain Mikli. I bought them in Paris more than 6 years ago and I had them converted into reading glasses in India. So they're now my "reading in the sun" glasses.
The rest of my outfit is the same as in a previous post.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Pizza made by hand
I made pizza from scratch yesterday (Monday, but I had taken the day off). I used to make pizza dough with the bread machine all the time back when I had one, but this is the first time I've made pizza dough by hand. The pizza was really delicious and now I want to make it again soon - maybe next weekend. The topping was three different kinds of cheese (Edam, Gran Moravia and Feta) and olives. I also made the tomato sauce from scratch (albeit from puree and not from fresh or canned tomatoes). But I let it simmer for nearly two hours, which makes a big difference.
My first ever job title was actually "Pizza Maker" at Canada's Wonderland (an amusement park) near Toronto, Canada. But there, the pizza dough and the tomato sauce were ready-made, so I only prepped other ingredients (grated cheese, tomatoes, lettuce), made caesar salad and - mostly - put together the pizzas, which was done at lightning speed. And then of course I baked them as well. The funny thing is that I didn't even like pizza at that time. Now of course it's one of my favourite things to eat. I only wish that in my job as Pizza Maker I would've also learnt to make the dough the Italian way, i.e. to twirl it in the air, etc. Oh well, maybe I'll need to work in a pizzeria in Italy some day. Then again, maybe you need a degree in pizza making to work at an Italian pizzeria - it's an art form there.
My first ever job title was actually "Pizza Maker" at Canada's Wonderland (an amusement park) near Toronto, Canada. But there, the pizza dough and the tomato sauce were ready-made, so I only prepped other ingredients (grated cheese, tomatoes, lettuce), made caesar salad and - mostly - put together the pizzas, which was done at lightning speed. And then of course I baked them as well. The funny thing is that I didn't even like pizza at that time. Now of course it's one of my favourite things to eat. I only wish that in my job as Pizza Maker I would've also learnt to make the dough the Italian way, i.e. to twirl it in the air, etc. Oh well, maybe I'll need to work in a pizzeria in Italy some day. Then again, maybe you need a degree in pizza making to work at an Italian pizzeria - it's an art form there.
Bali
Bali has for several years been one of my dream destinations. I don't know how many years it will be until I finally get there.
As seen on Facebook, here:
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Sunday, June 2, 2013
Pink Building
We took a long walk around our neighbourhood (Poruba) today and I took photos as usual. That a lovely paint job on this otherwise ordinary apartment building.
Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Home-made Bread
Our breakfast this morning was home-made bread and coffee. My Mom used to make this kind of simple bread (we call it "tea bread" in Finland) quite often when we were kids, but I don't think I've had it for a few decades. The smell of it baking instantly brought me back to my childhood - like Proust's madelaines.
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