• Music - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Mbira

    May 24, 2009 - By 

       UPDATE: I own a kalimba, a small African musical instrument played on metal keys braced on a soundboard or soundbox. These musicians are playing mbira, larger versions of the same instrument that are attached to calabash gourd sounding bowls. This makes it difficult to see how the artists’ thumbs play the repetitive patterns and melodies. I took more pictures with the big camera trying to lock in an image of how the woman on the right was playing, but the singer’s butt kept getting in the way. These folks were very good, very traditional. Ginny I can has iPhone?…

  • Moblog - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Our ride is finally here

    May 24, 2009 - By 

    Looks like we arrive about two ours late. UPDATE: Sure, we paid for Economy Plus, and we had more legroom, but I need more buttroom and hipbone room these days. At least the flight was smooth, in spite of the air traffic control audio that warned the pilots about wind shear at 1300 feet. During the flight, David slept and I watched “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” which turned out to be not brainless, rather sweet, and quite funny. Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Our ride is finally here By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 22 May ’09, 9.26pm CDT…

  • Traveling Along, We're Adventurers - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Manchu Wok ORD

    May 24, 2009 - By 

    Spicy tofu… Is spicy. It’s become a tradition for me to photograph food via my iPhone and update to Flickr and the blog, especially when traveling. We’re on the road again, this time traveling to Seattle for Memorial Day Weekend and the big Folk Life Festival, and this is what I ordered at the Manchu Wok in the O’Hare Airport Food Court. It was okay, actually. Not too bad, although the noodles were mushy from behind held on the steam table too long. Our flight to Seattle was delayed 2 hours, and we arrived after midnight, local time. While at…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Today on Mom’s Desk Calendar

    May 5, 2009 - By 

    Happy Birthday, Timmy Mom had this little desk calendar for years; she put notes and reminders on special days. Today is my sister Timmy’s birthday, and the motto for today is "Cultivate good habits, the bad ones all grow wild." Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Today on Mom’s Desk Calendar By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 5 May ’09, 6.54pm CDT PST

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    Healthy Salad Not That Healthy, Akshully

    April 30, 2009 - By 

    Somewhere underneath the cottage cheese, grated Jack, avocado, and ground beef, but just above the deep fried tortilla bowl is a layer of Romaine lettuce that makes this taco salad "healthy." Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Healthy Salad Not That Healthy, Akshully By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 30 Apr ’09, 12.54pm CDT PST