I threw a dinner party last night, my first since 788 Amsterdam, and a blast, though I missed many of you! We had 13 people over, I made vegetarian lasagna (and artichoke dip and really garlicky guacamole and brownies!) and at first, the meat-loving Irish were skeptical, but dinner got rave reviews and everyone went home stuffed.
The lovely thing about throwing a dinner party here, is that we have a dining room table! Imagine it, my NYC friendlies, a dinner party with a real live TABLE to sit around. Fancy! We had the perfect weather, so people sat around the dining room table, and the garden table outside in back. I was outside last night, with a short-sleeve shirt on...which NEVER happens in Ireland. Lucky us!
Ooooh, check this out, I get to go to England now...I have new passport pages and now can travel legally! A security guard at the embassy offered to marry me for citizenship. Tempting.And now, for the part of the blog I know you all look forward to ;), things I've learned this week, and stuff like that:
1) Whoever said there was no crying in sports, clearly never watched the olympics. It's so emotional!
2) Boxing is the new sexiest sport ever. (Have you all SEEN Kenny Egan? O. M. G.)
3) I've been watching too much olympics.
4) People in Ireland do not know what an artichoke is, Irish people don't use ricotta cheese in their lasagna, and even Mexican restaurants don't have black beans.
5) Crunchie Bite Dairy Milk and Smarties are the most amazing Cadbury Candies on earth!
6) I do not get heat rash or chafe when I run in Irish weather. Thank God!
7) I'm reading my fifth book of the summer right now (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), and I think it's my favorite so far. I've been quite disappointed about the modern Irish authors I've read, and I think I may stop reading them all together!
8) I've been feeling kind of non-productive, so I am going to be volunteering for the Dublin Fringe Festival in the upcoming weeks, and hopefully I'll get some free tickets. To help me decide what I should check out, go here: http://www.fringefest.com/
9) I have finished writing my UK visa application, and now I will wait until I visit there to actually send it in.
10) Sept. 25th is the date I am returning to the United States.
See you all soon. Comment Comment Comment! :)
Love Sarah
5 comments:
hey, screw the states, and come here to Australia and celebrate the holidays with Mom, Tonje and Me!!!!! (even my brother is coming.... thats a first....its going to be epic!!!)
COME COME COME
yay! can't wait to see you...
i miss your lasagnia!
and ps... there can never be too much olympics!!!
Have an amazing time in London! Fill me in on the scandalous things if they happen ;) Your lasagna dinner party reminds me of new years eve '06-'07 in your little NYC apartment minus the fanciness. Sad for you to have to leave at the end of September but maybe by then you will be home-sick enough to be excited about it :) If you truly are marathon training then you know the running nerd to ask questions of and she will happily help :)
Okay, so many disjointed thoughts and I could give more, but at least I figure I nailed the important ones.
Okay gotta run and remove needles from my peoples! :)
Looooove Beana
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is one of my favorite books ever.
I love the love ladies. Thanks a mil. Hanne---tempting, I'll keep you posted. Q---Did you watch the boxing. Holy goodness those men are steamy! Justine---I have some great london stories to post in an email. It is a great place. I think i'll move here :) Melanie---It is now one of MY favorite books! I couldn't put it down (which makes for a rather boring experience in a new place when all you are doing is keeping your nose in a book!)
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