28 Nisan 2012 Cumartesi

Natas Pastries - Sherman Oaks

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I was excited when I came here with my friend. But I was REALLY disappointed when I got home because the cashier guy gave me my friend's order. So I got all the pastries that I didn't want. This was almost a year ago, but I'm still pissed off. I guess this could happen if he was just keep chatting and not really paying attention. I had 3 egg tarts, choco covered strawberry and cream puff. I think the total was around $10.

All the pastries were average. Not much to talk about. My fried ate the pastries I bought, she told me they weren't delicious. But I'm willing to go back and try the pastries I really wanted to try.





















cream puff














egg tart













Rating: 3.3 / 5
Service: 3 / 5
Repeat: Yes

Natas Pastries
13317 Ventura Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(818) 788-8050

Mon-Sun 8 am - 11 pm

http://www.nataspastries.com/

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Bootleg : Echo & The Bunnymen - Live at O2 Academy, Oxford, UK, 16 December 2010

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Setlist

01 - [intro]
02 - Going Up
03 - Stars Are Stars
04 - Pride
05 - Monkey
06 - Crocodiles
07 - Rescue
08 - Villiers Terrace
09 - Pictures On My Wall
10 - All That Jazz
11 - Happy Death Men
12 - Show Of Strength
13 - With A Hip
14 - Over The Wall
15 - It Was A Pleasure
16 - A Promise
17 - Heaven Up Here
18 - The Disease
19 - All My Colours
20 - No Dark Things
21 - Turquoise Days
22 - All I Want
23 - [encore break]
24 - Lips Like Sugar
25 - Bring On The Dancing Horses
26 - Nothing Lasts Forever
27 - The Cutter

Bootleg : Elvis Costello - Live at Chicago Theater, Chicago, 20 December 2010

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01. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
02. Green Shirt
03. Either Side Of The Same Town
04. Veronica
05. My Three Sons
06. Suit Of Lights
07. I Hope You're Happy Now
08. Everyday I Write The Book
09. Bedlam
10. St. Stephen's Day Murders
11. The Spell That You Cast
12. New Amsterdam / You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - including I'm A Loser
13. Jimmie Standing In The Rain
14. A Slow Drag With Josephine
15. Watching The Detectives
16. Radio Sweetheart / Jackie Wilson Said
17. God's Comic
18. I Hope
19. encore break 1
20. Pennies From Heaven / A Voice In The Dark
21. Winter Song
22. Beyond Belief
23. One Bell Ringing
24. So Like Candy / Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
25. Alison - including You've Been Cheatin', The Wind Cries Mary, Over The Rainbow and Somewhere
26. Sulphur To Sugarcane
27. encore break 2
28. Bullets For The New-Born King
29. Man Out Of Time
30. National Ransom - including Workin' Man Blues
31. (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?

Life's a Beach

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I'm staying a little closer to the beach this week, maybe a mile off the sand itself. That sand would be on the north end of the Jacksonville beaches, properly called Atlantic Beach, or maybe Neptune Beach. One of those. There's a Starbucks about a block from the sand. It only has a drive through and a patio with a walk-up window. I like it. I'm there now...





There's a woman working at the front desk of my hotel. She's blonde. She's European, or maybe Russian. She's about 45. She has large, fake boobs. She speaks english but she pauses before responding, as if her processor is lagging. Every time I step from the elevator and walk by, she looks at me with a seemingly sarcastic smile and she appears to be considering kidnapping me, ordering me to my room, sexually assaulting me to her satisfaction, and then ripping my head off and leaving it on the bathroom floor. She appears to be a predator. I could do without the decapitation.



My laptop has dementia. It seems to be dying from the inside. It is on its last leg and I just may violently put it out of its misery. I should probably wait until I buy a new one. That will be happening shortly.

People are getting to know me at The Poker Room at Orange Park. I don't necessarily like that. They say things like, "Welcome back" when I walk in on Sunday evenings because they know I just drove back from SC. They yell at me from two tables away and ask if I'm "causing trouble" when the floor is making a drawn-out decision at my table. They know my name and I know theirs; Alan, Alan, Eric, Jerry, etc. I took it easy on one of them the other day and that goes against everything I believe in. He did check the turn to me and let me hit my straight flush for free to crack his aces. I still won a decent amount in that pot. Maybe I don't mind getting to know a few of them, they seem like nice enough guys. But they should be advised, I want their stacks.

I seem to be maintaining my win rate. I now have 236.5 hours logged at 2-5 and my hourly rate is $47.73. It swings between $44 and $49. I mentioned an hourly in my last post, but that included two weeks of 2-2 nlh. I realize as well as anyone that this sample is small. I worry that I won't maintain while remaining hopeful that I will. I buy in a little short each day at $300 and I wonder if my rate would improve if I sat with $500. I'm not sure that it would make a huge difference, but as my roll grows, my buy-in will grow.

I feel a little lost in other areas of life, but my head is in the game. I'm making money. I'm dedicated as I've now driven to Florida for ten straight weeks while returning each Saturday to deal the SC game. I am tired as shit, have been for about 2 weeks, but I just keep plugging along. I'm relaxing a little during the daytime hours today and maybe I'll move myself from this chair and out onto the beach. Maybe I'll lie down on the sand for a bit, listen to some waves. I did finish up early last night and get into bed at around midnight, but I didn't sleep well at all. When I'm not at the poker table, things are disrupting my ability to rest. Mabe it's the uncomfortable beds I'm sleeping in, maybe it's other things. Maybe my neck, back and legs hurt purely as a distraction from some emotional turmoil I'm going through. Or maybe my legs hurt because I began wearing flip flops last week and I walk differently in them. And maybe my neck and back pain really is because of the beds. Who knows, as long as I continue to make that money.

No more writing for now. I'm over it. Until next time... Up TheTrooper97!

Recipes sometimes fail...

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When charlie is busy with the race cars, I love to try new recipes, but they don't always live up to my expectations. I am not sure if it is because I am a really bad cook, no matter how hard I try. Or are these recipes really are not as good as they sound?
So I ask my fellow bloggers try some of these recipes and see what happens in your kitchen! Please let me know your results if you decide to try them out!
In the last couple weeks I made the lemon ricotta cookies here: Meyer Lemon Ricotta Cookies
they were very bland, but my oven decided to pick it's own temperture so maybe the baking got a little funky on them??
Then there is the ribeye from Pioneer woman :Ribeye Steak with Onion Blue Cheese Sauce
I had high hopes for this but I guess living in OK you get melt in your mouth steak, here in Vegas you get old dried up shoe leather steak, I did not over cook it, it was perfect, pink and beautifully cooked but had no flavor (meats fault) and the sauce was kinda bland as well??
Next up: Fettucini with Creamy Portobello Gruyere Sauce I really thought this was going to knock me out of my socks but it fell flat, really flat. I did use bowtie pasta and I added some pan seared chicken but still BORING!


I will have to say I had a terrific HIT!
Chicken-Broccoli Penne Alfredo Her recipe was so delicious! I will be filing under my ultimate comfort food!! Really tasty!
So there you have it, I have been busy cooking and spring cleaning and working for the man, it does have it's perks, I am getting a new laptop, faster than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, yes, it is made of steel, Haha! My superman laptop, I call it my "laptop on steroids" will be here soon. My 3 year old laptop is a dinosaur in todays techno age, plus my hubby broke my screen by tilting it to hard and now I have vertical lines constantly while looking at the screen, so it was time....see you soon in cyberland with my almighty new laptop!

27 Nisan 2012 Cuma

Van de Kamp's frozen fish fillets

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Sure, I've seen Van de Kamp's frozen fillets at grocery stores, but I never purchased it before and that's just because I don't buy frozen food (well, I buy ice cream, corn and peas sometimes, but that's all I buy). Since I got some coupons, I got beer battered fillets, crunchy fish sticks, and crispy fish fillets. I have one more coupon so I need to find popcorn fish since I wanna try that, but I don't have any space in my freezer. I need bigger fridge..

I tried all three and my favorite was Beer battered fillets (of course..). Since I wanted to be healthier and tastier, I made oyakodon and sandwiches using fish fillets. It was actually pretty good.I'm sure these will go well with tartar sauce.

















Well, the direction says put in the oven for 30 minutes but I'm too lazy to wait 30 minutes, so I just cooked in a grilled pan. I didn't need any oil, I just put in a pan, cooked both sides for about 3-5 minutes.













Oyakodon (Japanese rice bowl with egg and onion), I used two fish sticks.














Sandwich - fillet with homemade carrot bread













Another sandwich - with fillet, avocado, lettuce













And more sandwich - fillet, avocado, kaiware, turkey ham, lettuce on baguette













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As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program, I received Van De Kamp's coupons.

Mom's products at Farmer's Market

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Mom's products, available at farmer's market. This was at Wilshire/Vermont Friday farmer's market.














Their hummus are good.













Mediterranean pizza. 3 small pizzas (like pita size), and it was around $4-$5, I think. I expected to be more flavorful.














Mom's products
7441 Cerritos Ave
Stanton, CA 90680
(714) 995-1705

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Ann's Bakery available at Farmer's Market

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Ann's bakery Baked goods available at Farmer's Market. I purchased at Farmer's Market on Wilshire/Vermont. I tried donut and scones, and they were fine, nothing special. I also wish the lady was more friendly. When I bought my donut last year, she was saying something like "oh, just one donut, that's only 50 cents", blah, blah, blah.. like she seemed unhappy because I only spent 50 cents for one donut. Hey lady,  if you are not happy about it, don't sell it!
Their bread looks good and I do wanna try but I haven't bought any loaf bread from them because they are too moist, too much butter and calories, and I'm guessing too sweet for my taste. Of course I don't know it  because I haven't tried yet. But I wouldn't pay $4-5 for something I can easily make at home.


















Donut $0.50













Scones. I think it was around $3-$4




















Ann's Bakery 
854 N. Ventura Road
Port Hueneme, CA 93041

805-486-7230

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Tax day free food at Arby's and Panda Express

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Yes, I got free food at Arby's and Panda Express. Both places are I never go unless it's free like yesterday.
And I just realized, I had 1800mg of sodium yesterday, just from those two tiny portion of the food. I am so shocked.














Small curly fries (400kcal, sodium 900mg) Oh my god... I wish I didn't get this. Are you serious? 400 calories and 900mg sodium? This is why I don't eat fast food.














Shanghai Angus steak(220kcal, sodium 910mg)
No, it wasn't so bad as I thought.


























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