Dinning Abroad

Dinning Abroad...via my kitchen that is.

We traveled to my husband's birth place...Korea. 

For those of you who do not know, my husband was adopted when he was three years old from Seoul, South Korea.

Back to the food...

 

Korean Beef served over rice with a side of Kimchi.

 

 

This is a recipe that I had shared a while back however I decided to make it again today.

 

Trust me, if you haven't tried it, you need to!

 

Check under the 'recipe' tab for the Korean Beef.

 

Enjoy!

Random Pictures

This morning, I downloaded the pictures off of my little camera.  As I normally say, Ray is the real photographer in the family and he has the nice camera.  However I just have a little point and shoot camera which is fine for me.

Anyways, here they are...

First off, have you seen the new Coke bottles?

They have a promotional thing going on right now called 'share a Coke.'  You can go to their website, www.shareacoke.com, and find out if they printed your name on a label.  Mine isn't but Ray's is.  The store I was in didn't have it so I went with 'friends.'

 

A little over a week ago we were having a lot of storms. 

Here's a few pictures of one.

 

It had been hot and humid, then a lot of storms. 

However, the morning after was perfect. 

It was so nice and refreshing out. 

This one was taken around 5am. 

It was such a beautiful morning!

 

The thought came to me of how that is just like life is sometimes. 

You come through storms but then how refreshing it is when it is over and most of the time you are better for the storm.

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

 

The Chesapeake Bay

You wait and wait and wait some more

for vacation to finally arrive. 

Then all of the sudden it is gone, over, history, etc.

Ray and I were really needing some time away. 

He works full time plus he is back in school working on another degree.  I stay busy myself as well.  Normally with his schooling, he does not get a break in between classes; it is just a continual process.  However, he was finally given a week off from school.  So we jumped at the chance to get in the vehicle and hit the road.

One of the places that we really enjoy going to is the Chesapeake Bay.  It is just so peaceful, relaxing and tranquil.  It also helps that my sister-in-law owns a vacation home right on the water!

(Here's a mixture of pictures.  Some with a cellphone, my little camera, and of course Ray's more professional camera.  Some are from years past.  I don't have some of the one's that Ray took this year.  I will try to get them from him as soon as possible and add them.)

 

This is the view from the deck on the back of her house. 

I wish I was there right now!

 

 

Ray went out on the pier a couple times and fished.

 

I love just sitting on the deck watching the ships go by, some of them are huge,

listen to the waves and sea gulls.  It is so relaxing.

 

Normally I am not an outdoors kind of person. 

However, when we are at the Bay I want to

be outside all of the time.

 

 

It's a place where people take there boats to the restaurant.

They literally come up to the dock, tie their boats up and go in to get something to eat.

 

The food, oh wow!!!  Lobster, shrimp, crab....

 

 

Crab melt and Lobster salad sandwich.

 

Maryland Crab Soup & Cream of Crab Soup

 

Oh, yum!!!  Can I have some more?!!

 

 

We would get out, drive around and go sight seeing.

 

 

We have vacationed here many times. 

Like I said, it is one of our favorite places. 

No schedules, no computers, the only phones were our cellphones and even then we didn't use them a whole lot. 

It was a time to get away from everything and clear the mind...

air the poor old brain out. 

 

We had a wonderful, relaxing time. 

 It just went by too fast and we had to come back to reality. 

Happy Independence Day!

Also known as the 4th of July.  Independence day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from Great Brittan. 

Yes, things in America have gone down hill through the years.  However, we still live in the greatest country. 

Most of the time we take our freedoms for granted.  A lot of sweat and blood has been shed for this great land that we call home. 

Thank you to those who are still making the sacrifice to keep our freedoms.

 

 

Happy 4th of July everyone!