Archive for breakfast
Kerala coffee [Kochi, 01/01/2025]
Posted in pictures, Travel, Wines with tags breakfast, coffee, conference, hotel, IISA 2024, Kerala, Kochi, Malabar arabica coffee on August 20, 2025 by xi'an
Tierras Centro Americanas [journal of the NYC weekend]
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel with tags bagels, breakfast, climate change, Guatemaltec cuisine, Harvest Moon Brewery, Jamaica, JFK, Journal of the Plague Year, korean TV series, New York, New York city, Queen's, Rutgers University, science fiction, The New York Times, The New Yorker, tortilla, Trinity churchyard, young adult books on April 27, 2022 by xi'an
Upon my arrival at JFK, Queens, Andrew took me to have unbelievable tortillas in this Guatemaltec restaurant, soft and yummy, almost like pancakes! Along with great food altogether. We also had a pleasant stroll walking through Queens’ lively Jamaica district. Including coming upon a just extinguished fire in a row of shops! On the opposite, I did not see much of New Brunswick, apart from walking by the Harvest Moon brewery where I got a beer (and a tee-shirt) on my earlier visit there.
Read Truthwitch, another disappointment in the series (of recent books), as the universe building could have been great (despite being heavily inspired from Western Europe geography and culture, and in particular of Venezia. Again, I presume I was missing the YA label when I first picked this book! Scenario is rather terrible, full of last second rescues, new and convenient forms of magical powers, while interactions about characters are artificial and predictable, definitely not recommended. (And there are five books in the series!)
Watched The Silent Sea a short Korean TV serie taking place mostly in a Korean infected base on the Moon. While trying to solve the water crisis on a drying Earth (looking red from the Moon). The ending is quite disappointing while the original idea was most appealing. The science (fiction) behind the story is however terrible. (E.g., never use guns in space! And why would astronauts rely on cheap, handheld, lamplights to explore dark tunnels?! And how can you hide stealthy visits to a Moon basis from Earth?! &tc.)
new spider
Posted in Kids, pictures with tags breakfast, Fall, Sceaux, spider on November 7, 2015 by xi'an
While having breakfast this morning, I spotted this fairly unusual spider by my kitchen window. I wonder which species it is!
up [and down] Pöstlingberg
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel, University life with tags Austria, breakfast, Danube, Donau, IFAS, Linz, montain running, Pöstlingberg, seminar, sunrise on September 18, 2014 by xi'an
Early morning today, following my Linz guests’ advice, I went running towards the top of Pöstlingberg, a hill 250m over Linz and the Danube river. A perfect beacon thus avoiding wrong turns and extra-mileage, but still a wee climb on a steep path for the last part. The reward of the view from the top was definitely worth the [mild] effort and I even had enough time to enjoy a good Austrian breakfast before my ABC talk…
