My Dinner tonight - One of the Best!!
This is what I ate...with the descriptions of the yummy dishes from the menu...
Tabouli: Traditional salad of parsley, tomatoes, onions, cracked wheat, lemon, oil & spices.
Hummus Bi-Tahini: Fresh garbanzo bean dip made with sesame paste, lemon & garlic (None of the Hummus I had before compares to this!!
Mistah: Thick bread bakes golden brown, served warm with melted butter
All this with a beautiful book to give me company!
Since I have been only sulking all this while about how sad I am to be away etc., I have decided to write about the silver lining around the clouds!
I am surrounded by so many nice people at work who take me to different fun places, it’s a great experience! I have been to the US multiple times before, but they were all very short business trips (read: 2 weeks or less) which I would spend off shopping till my feet hurt! This time it’s different as I am here for 3 months, and thankfully before the snow started (Yeah this is another big story, will tell u later – I always get here when the temp is below zero). This time I got to see some part of fall & I am happy about that.
One of my Friend’s took me to an Apple Orchard with her 7 year old son- Adam. The lady who owns the place bought $50 worth of popcorn from him last year as a fund raiser for Cub scouts. He was hoping that she will buy some this year too – that was his mission. However, like all kids his age – he got so distracted with the Halloween Room that was set-up at the orchard (I will write about it soon); he almost missed selling the popcorn till his mom reminded him :)
I have never been to an apple orchard before – so no expectations here. This place is in South St.Paul, a small & sweet place owned by a friendly old couple. They had different varieties of apple trees, I was so tempted to pluck some!
Here are some pictures from "Orchard Hill"...
Apple Trees
Apple polishing machine
Adam lost in wonderland…No…Halloween land!!
I do not like staying so far away from home for such a long time...
I do not like the fact that I need to be at work by 8.00 am...
I do not like coming back to an empty apartment...
I do not like weekends where I need to spend 2 boring days all by myself in a studio...
I do not like the fact that such a happy/cheerful person like me is so depressed & lost these days!
What I like is such simple joys in life that could brighten up the most depressing days: These are so colorful & cute!!! They made my day!!
Like someone once said "A joy shared is joy doubled" I hope they brighten your day too.
Have a great weekend!
