Needing a little more City of Thieves, found this interview.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
City of Thieves
The SPREAD:
Greek ("Greece is closer to Russia than the US") Pasta Salad
Summer Borscht with Tzatziki
Baklava (again, with Greece? DELICIOUS!)
Baked Stuffed Mushrooms
Chocolate Stout Layer Cake with Chocolate Frosting (is this the right one, Alayna?)
Eggplant caviar (recipe?)
Peach-flavored vodka, from Palisade, CO, I think!
Wine and tea served in china - we are so classy if you ignore the YouTube sensation below.
Complete with YouTube sensations, and Mockingjay anticipation, the night was DELICIOUS!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Radical 2010 Reading
JAN - Classic - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare
FEB – Lisa's choice: The Help, Katherine Stockett
MAR – Theresa's choice: The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
APR – Kjirsten's choice: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
JUNE – Suzie's choice: Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
JULY 23rd – Sadie's choice: Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert (+Oscar Wao recap?)
AUGUST 27th – Alayna's choice, City of Thieves, David Benioff (also discuss Oscar Wao?)
SEPT 24th Kristen's choice: Sashenka, Simon Montefiore
OCT 22nd – Leslie (or Jade)’s choice TBD
NOV – (Dec 3rd) Jade (or Leslie)’s choice TBD à we should discuss when to meet.
DEC/JAN 28th – Classic: The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
Mockingjay meeting to be scheduled for sometime in September, so we have a chance to get and read the book?
I guess we haven’t yet decided on a Mockingjay meeting yet…
FEB – Lisa's choice: The Help, Katherine Stockett
MAR – Theresa's choice: The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
APR – Kjirsten's choice: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
JUNE – Suzie's choice: Dead Until Dark, Charlaine Harris
JULY 23rd – Sadie's choice: Committed, Elizabeth Gilbert (+Oscar Wao recap?)
AUGUST 27th – Alayna's choice, City of Thieves, David Benioff (also discuss Oscar Wao?)
SEPT 24th Kristen's choice: Sashenka, Simon Montefiore
OCT 22nd – Leslie (or Jade)’s choice TBD
NOV – (Dec 3rd) Jade (or Leslie)’s choice TBD à we should discuss when to meet.
DEC/JAN 28th – Classic: The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
Mockingjay meeting to be scheduled for sometime in September, so we have a chance to get and read the book?
I guess we haven’t yet decided on a Mockingjay meeting yet…
Friday, April 23, 2010
April - The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Photos from the night in the Capitol!
- Dress like the people in the Capitol (bright colors, wigs, crazy clothing and makeup – we had a Prep Station with $1 makeup / accessories people could use to do swirls or crazy tattoos on their faces or arms, one girl spray painted her hair)
- It seems like bird necklaces are all over the place. I got one at a thrift shop! ‘Mockingjay’ necklaces, excuse me. And Carey, the local jeweler, actually cut the jacketsleeve of her book, and glued it onto a pendant for a necklace. That’s dedication, man.
- A couple of girls did go for the Katniss look – one even cut bamboo from her yard to fashion a bow and arrow!!!
- Another girl made several (one glass of wine is too much tonight…I can’t remember what they’re called?? The canopy of fabric that has strings attached to it, so its “load” floats gently to the ground???) I need to sleep! She stood out of sight and threw them at our group – attached were little shooters of vodka, a loaf of bread (it did make it!), dental floss, and other items one might need in the arena!
- Zach’s mining helmet, complete with light!
- Books all over the place
Food ended up being:
- goat cheese with basil leaves and marinade (like Prim made),
- (I think somehow we missed bread!, but I envisioned some really hearty, seedy, fruitfilled bread, and assorted pastries),
- Coconut Shrimp with pineapple apricot dip
- Dhall soup
- Cupcakes
- A delicious peach and lavender dessert crumble
- Crackers and stuffed brie
- Oh, wine
- Mango strawberry lime-scented salad
- Peeta’s Pockets – pitas to stuff with ???
- Molten lava cakes (recipe attached, yummmmmm)
- Dress like the people in the Capitol (bright colors, wigs, crazy clothing and makeup – we had a Prep Station with $1 makeup / accessories people could use to do swirls or crazy tattoos on their faces or arms, one girl spray painted her hair)
- It seems like bird necklaces are all over the place. I got one at a thrift shop! ‘Mockingjay’ necklaces, excuse me. And Carey, the local jeweler, actually cut the jacketsleeve of her book, and glued it onto a pendant for a necklace. That’s dedication, man.
- A couple of girls did go for the Katniss look – one even cut bamboo from her yard to fashion a bow and arrow!!!
- Another girl made several (one glass of wine is too much tonight…I can’t remember what they’re called?? The canopy of fabric that has strings attached to it, so its “load” floats gently to the ground???) I need to sleep! She stood out of sight and threw them at our group – attached were little shooters of vodka, a loaf of bread (it did make it!), dental floss, and other items one might need in the arena!
- Zach’s mining helmet, complete with light!
- Books all over the place
Food ended up being:
- goat cheese with basil leaves and marinade (like Prim made),
- (I think somehow we missed bread!, but I envisioned some really hearty, seedy, fruitfilled bread, and assorted pastries),
- Coconut Shrimp with pineapple apricot dip
- Dhall soup
- Cupcakes
- A delicious peach and lavender dessert crumble
- Crackers and stuffed brie
- Oh, wine
- Mango strawberry lime-scented salad
- Peeta’s Pockets – pitas to stuff with ???
- Molten lava cakes (recipe attached, yummmmmm)
Friday, April 9, 2010
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