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Sunday September 10 2006 | File under: pics, beard |
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Lasqueti Island is a world away from everything. Last weekend, Nora and I biked up the east side of Vancouver Island (75 miles, round trip: We were proud of ourselves at least) to catch the little foot pasenger ferry over to Lasqueti. The juggling festival was a good time, but seeing the island and the culture there took the cake for me. The food for our meals were grown right on the property and cooked on the open fire. I slept in the middle of the garden under the stars. I pooped in a bucket. It was awesome.
On Saturday night, we put on a show at the community center. Not too many people showed up, but what can you expect on a little island. Highlights of the show included fire juggling, 6 year olds hula hooping, a mud boot dance, and zucchini juggling. Biking with gear in my little old milk crate Luke only paid half price to bring his uni on the ferry A little juggling action from the public show Passing fire with Johnny |
Tuesday August 29 2006 | File under: events, pics |
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Last night I attended the flotsam festival over on Guemes. Being out in the sun with good friends and great music can't be beat. And while there wasn't much juggling to be had there, I'll take this opporunity to post a pic from the last Spoonshine concert I attended.
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Sunday August 20 2006 | File under: pics |
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For my birthday this year, I decided to start a tradition of hosting a party that celebrated the local foods of the area. The experience turned out to be amazing, both the party itself, and all the knowledge and experience gained in the prepartion.
The main reasons behind the party were: *the environment (minimize resources that are used in transporation of food *economics (by supporting local agriculture and food production, we help support our communities) *health (eating foods grown in the area mesh better with your innards) *history (to learn how things were before you could get Italian olive oil at the local supermarket) *fun (working within strict guidelines presents a challenge that was fun to overcome. *taste (fresh just tastes better) For me, the highlights were twofold. Firstly, all the preparation was great fun. We made our own butter from cream that we skimmed from local raw milk. Churning butter isn't nearly as hard as I thought. Figuring out a way to get salt was another fun challenge. I ended up getting some seawater from Fidalgo Bay and evaporating it in the sun. I was really suprised at how much salt is in salt water. Flour is something that I have always taken for granted. Yes, I see wheat fields around, but there is a large gap between that, and the flour that I use in my pizza doughs. Well, thanks to Keith, I now know the process start to finish. He gathered some rye from his neighbor's yard and threshed it for me. I ground the rye seeds(?) to flour using my coffee grinder. Then Jule and I baked bread with the flour. Gretchen also used some of it for a kick ass crust on her crisp. The second highlight for me was seeing people's reaction. Explaining to people where every ingredient in what they are eating came from led to a lot of wide eyes combined with a new appreciation for the food. The general support, excitement, and delight from all the participants just furthered my joy at the idea. So for those of you that couldn't make it, I've put together a menu of most of the things we had. Last minute additions unforuntately didn't make it to the list. So a big thanks to everyone that came and participated. Special thanks to Andrew and Per for taking some pictures. The kitchen was abuzz with great smells and great helpers Todd and Marieke look questioningly at the mushroom pate Joey and Per share a romantic glass of honey wine What party is complete without a fire juggling show? |
Saturday August 19 2006 | File under: events, pics |
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