Happy Easter

Today is Easter Sunday and I was looking through some old pictures of blog posts that never came to fruition, I thought I could use this one because it looked like a great set of Easter cakes.

A few Sundays ago, we hosted some friends after the cherry blossom 10 mile run and I thought this would be a great reward. I got the idea from one of my favorite blogs, The Kitchn.

Both cakes are raspberry cakes, one has raspberry frosting and the other has vanilla bean frosting. I thought the vanilla one would go first because it was too much raspberry, but while both were a hit, the double raspberry went first.

Hope everyone has a nice Easter with family and friends.

playoff beard

The NHL playoffs have started. The Caps are playing well. To get into the playoff spirit, I was hoping to grow a playoff beard along with the players. In fact, doing so would have helped a charity. But someone - I will give you a hint, her name rhymes with Elaine - told me in no uncertain terms that a beard isn't acceptable. There was also some rumbling about a family picture (hopefully the Caps are still winning in early May). I think this is ridiculous.

packing light

It has been a while since the last post - work has been busy and other than a visit from Jen, we haven't done anything terribly too exciting.

That changes (for me at least) next week when I go to Ethiopia for work. We are going to look at TB and HIV programs in Addis and in a rural area. To prepare for the trip I had to go shopping at REI to get special bug spray that had a certain level of deet (in addition to six vaccines and malaria pills). While there I decided to pick up a couple pairs of quick dry, and odor resistant undies. I'm trying to pack light, so the plan is to only take two pairs and wash one every night. Think I can do it?