joy eats

after much procrastination i finally uploaded all my pictures from july and aug.
here are some pictures of food that i tried to make...

inspired by jean at olivia's bridal shower...
these are my version of bake brie and chocolate croissant

i think i put too much chocolate in the pastry dough so the choco ended up exposed...

sometime in mid july, maria and I hosted a french/fondue dinner… so I tried two new recipes;

filet with gorgonzola and porcini mushroom sauce













scalloped potatoes with goat cheese








more pics from the dinner
i also went on two domestic trips; dc by myself, and chicago with karen. i know... crazy.... but i found good deals for both of them and i had vacation days, so why not?

you can check out some pictures through those links... i'm more convince that i need smugmug... this yahoo photo thing really isn’t working too well

washington dc

chicago

well my summer vacation is ending soon. this friday will be my first day of full time work. my new position will be teacher/assistant director. the teacher part i'm very familiar with. however having to oversee some big projects as an assistant director is pretty new to me, and being the youngest person at work doesn't help. nonetheless, i'm still very excited about work.