Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Green Tea Ice Cream
A few years back, while visiting a Japanese restaurant owned by one of my student's parents, I was served green tea ice cream. It was homemade in the restaurant, not on the menu, and was AMAZINGLY delicious!! I have heard that the best green tea ice creams are home made and can only be found in good Japanese restaurants. I'm not sure how true this is, but I have always asked about it whenever I'm in any Asian restaurant. It's typically an expensive dessert, but extremely well worth it.
Well, I recently discovered that Haagen-Dazs has made a special, limited-edition Green Tea Ice Cream flavor. I had some tonight and it's really good. It's not as good as the first bowl I had way back when my student's parents brought me their made-from-scratch version. But it is definitely worth the trip to the store. You'll HAVE to try it!
Saturday, August 09, 2008
The Buffalo Bills at the Washington Redskins!!
The Bills and the Redskins are in different conferences. The Bills are AFC and the Skins are NFC. Basically this means that they don't play each other too often. It's only every couple of years they play each other, and it's not always IN Washington. And somehow I always have something previously planned that day that is nearly impossible to reschedule.
Several months ago my cousins from San Diego (who have never been to Western NY) decided to come to WNY to see the family and go to Niagara Falls and so on. They chose this week, and my mom planned a family get together for tomorrow, Sunday August 10. In fact, there are several members of the Buffalo family who have never met these cousins. My brother hasn't seen Michael since about 1973. So, of course, I decided that it was important for me to be in WNY for this small reunion.
Then the Bills' 2008 schedule came out. The first preseason game: Bills AT the Redskins, Saturday August 9. IN WASHINGTON. WHILE I'M IN BUFFALO. (sigh....) At least the game is on TV in Buffalo (if it were a home game, it might not be on TV here).
I even had to pass up a great opportunity to watch the game with some Skin-fans who are friends of mine at their home. What fun THAT would have been!! (sigh.....)
The next time the Bills play IN Washington, I am going to buy expensive tickets immediately after the schedule is released so that I don't have any excuse to miss the game.
By the way - I wish they wouldn't wear those retro-helmets with the outline of a red buffalo on them. Uck!
Oh, and - go Roscoe Parrish! My current FAVORITE Buffalo Bill!! Close, close, close second favorite: Trent Edwards. Woot!
