NMD wasn’t a fan of the Schilliger cooking animatronic bear. Probably one of the few times I’ve ever heard her growl.
Tag: christmas
Deck the flat with Christmas chaos
After Halloween and Bean’s birthday, the next major end-of-year milestone is Christmas. We’re going to try and be more restrained this year (famous last words), both in terms of cost and impacted surface area.
Swissmas wine
Done!
Swiss wine, elaborated according to a method called “governo”, traditionally used for the Ripasso in Veneto. It consists in reincorporating a wine, in this case Gamay, on already fermented marc, in this case of Gamaret and Garanoir. The wine is light bodied, very fruity, not quite dry, and highly enjoyable served lightly chilled.
New Year’s Eve lakeside walk
Katy, Ben and I went to the lakeside just before New Year’s to see if we could spot some of the fireworks from Lausanne or Vevey.
Nostalgic Pink Floyd surprise
Bowling madness
Took the Bean and the oldies bowling to try and brush off some of the cabin fever that’s been settling in.
Dear Satan
Satan reduces Santa Claus to a pile of ash, but ultimately saves Christmas, sort of. Patrick Stewart narrates “Dear Satan,” which makes it that much funnier.
Boxing day board
Homemade ham, saucisson sec, homemade sausage rolls, pork pie, scotch eggs, tomme au truffes, camembert, cheddar, Boursin, brie, Stilton, gruyère crackers, rosemary crackers, pickled onions, gherkins, beetroot, olives, pepperoncini, cheese stuffed peppers. Was good, tired just writing it.
The never-ending monopoly game
Sasha the Christmas tiger
