Posted in Parenting on 06/22/2011 06:45 pm by Peggy Hu
I asked A.J. yesterday what he wanted for lunch since he’s started summer camp and has to bring his food rather than buy it from a cafeteria. He listed a number of items, including smoked salmon (!) and cookies.
This is what went with him to camp this morning:
1 small container of smoked salmon
1/2 ham-and-cheese sandwich
1 small container of Pringles potato chips
1 fruit roll-up
1 small container of pineapple chunks
1 small package of Oreos
These are all foods he likes and requested, with the exception of the sandwich, which I threw in to make sure he had enough protein. Despite my efforts, this is what came home:
1 small container of smoked salmon
1/2 ham-and-cheese sandwich
1/2 small container of Pringles potato chips
1 small container of pineapple chunks
1 small package of Oreos
Basically, he ate the fruit roll-up and half the container of potato chips. I am very frustrated.
Posted in technology on 06/16/2011 06:02 am by Peggy Hu
Just updated the starter page at my other site, peggyhu.com, mostly to update the fact that the public diplomacy website I worked on for four years was decommissioned in March. Now we’re all into RSS feeds and social media. I have enough trouble managing my own Twitter/Facebook/blog/e-mail accounts; how is anyone supposed to follow all the channels someone else runs? Is anyone reading any of the stuff we produce now that we don’t have a website?
Posted in Causes, Outside Activities, Work on 03/27/2011 12:10 am by Peggy Hu
I’ve been very busy redesigning the AAJA-D.C. website lately. Here are some screenshots of the latest version of the index page:
Posted in Outside Activities, Parenting, Work on 03/26/2011 11:05 pm by Peggy Hu
It’s funny how much I use routines to anchor myself in time. I’ve been confused much of this afternoon about what day it is because we’ve been doing our normal Sunday routines; Chris did the laundry, I was on call for work, and A.J. did his homework. It almost feels like tomorrow is an extra day off!
Posted in Interludes, Outside Activities on 02/21/2011 11:06 pm by Peggy Hu
Today Chris and I had an unexpected free day. Since A.J.’s school system has had so many snow days this winter, school officials decided to have the kids go to a full day of school today instead of observing the Presidents’ Day holiday as originally scheduled. Since Chris and I are both government employees, we got the day off. Appropriately, we decided to go to Ford’s Theatre, where President Lincoln was shot in 1865. Strangely enough, today was the first visit to Ford’s Theatre for either of us despite the years we have each lived in the D.C. area.
Here are a few pictures from our visit:
The sign for Ford's Theatre
This is the gun John Wilkes Booth used to kill President Lincoln in 1865. Note how it is set in the case to point at the drawing of Lincoln -- creepy!
A close-up view of the gun used to kill President Lincoln
A view of the stage and a replica of the box in which President Lincoln was sitting the night he was shot
A close-up view of where President Lincoln was sitting in Ford's Theatre the night he was shot
Posted in Work, Writing on 01/14/2011 12:14 am by Peggy Hu
Finally got a chance to write a new blog post for work. You can read it here:
Democracy Through the Eyes of a Child
Hopefully I’ll be able to carve out more time to blog this year — at work and at home!
Posted in Interludes, Writing on 10/27/2010 10:04 pm by Peggy Hu
For some reason, rainy days inspire creative fits in me. Here’s a haiku I came up with during my walk from the subway station to the office:
Red, green, blue and white
Umbrellas bloom like flowers
Welcoming the rain.
Posted in Cooking on 10/24/2010 03:26 pm by Peggy Hu
At the grocery store this afternoon, I found a large, chocolate confection resembling a giant truffle. Since I LOVE chocolate, I yielded to temptation and brought it home even though it’s not anyone’s birthday or any other type of special occasion. “It looks like an army helmet,” my husband commented when he saw it. You can see for yourself below:
Chocolate truffle cake, with apple for size comparison
The label on the cake is pretty awesome, too:
7" Chocolate Truffle Bomb: Dark moist chocolate cake filled with a silky chocolate cream and chocolate mousse all enrobed in a chocolate ganache.
I wonder if I could learn how to make one of these?
