Category Archives: Travel

Travel

Sunday lunch

Leave a comment

We had a late lunch of fried rice, vegetables, and diced lamb.

On the side were black and green olives suspended in oil and two cheeses: goat and cow.

Wanting a bit more to eat, I boiled two free-range organic eggs and pan-fried some whole wheat tortillas seasoned with fresh grated organic horseradish.

The eggs I carefully halved while keeping the yolk whole. I stuffed the halves with fried rice, olives, and a smearing of horseradish.

The yolks were wrapped in a tortilla and devoured promptly. I had a Belgian White (Blue Moon) to wash it all down.

Travel

Prospect Park

Leave a comment

I fly home on Monday, so today will be a leisurely stroll. Prospect Park is the nearest option, so here I am.

My Uncle was with me today, and he chatted with some of the locals while we ate a light snack on the park benches.

I also visited Prospect Park the last time I was in Brooklyn for a visit, sometime around 2009. I recall couples were having their wedding photos taken at several locations throughout the park at that time.

Travel

Sunday Morning

1 Comment

I actually forgot to mention Saturday’s breakfast.

It consisted of scrambled eggs on toast and an espresso.

I usually get up early on Sunday to go to work, so sleeping in is a real treat. I am having a mix of Raisin Bran (Cascadian Farm) and Wheaties (Whole Foods) in whole milk.

Some soothing peppermint tea (Bigelow) to start the day. The bowl seemed to me to be of high quality.

Travel

Friday’s dinner

Leave a comment

Tonight’s meal was prepared by my father.

He chose to cook up some lamb chops seasoned with rosemary. A bowl of thinly sliced and quartered cucumber in sour cream and oil.

Using a steam convection oven, a platter of potatoes, carrots, and onions was also cooked.

Our wine for the evening is a Bourgogne Pinot Noir (Pierre Gruber). Dessert was Turkish sweets.

Lastly, boiled cabbage with raisins lightly peppered.

I am afraid I have once more spaced out taking the photos.

All I have are pictures of the leftovers.

Travel

The Art of Korea exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum (part 2)

1 Comment

The Art of Korea exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum.

Our pioneering collection of Korean art is one of the largest and most important Korean collections in the United States.

A selection returns to view in a new gallery three times the size of the previous space and featuring many treasures never before shown. At the center of this state-of-the-art installation are the luminescent celadon ceramics of the Goryeo dynasty.

These include a famed ewer in the shape of a lotus bud widely acknowledged to be the finest Korean ceramic in the Western hemisphere.

But the riches of the Brooklyn collection—from golden earrings of the Silla kingdom to vibrant costumes, paintings, and furnishings of the Joseon dynasty—show that the sophistication of Korean art stretches far beyond these celebrated green wares.

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/arts_of_korea