Indian Cooking Lesson

My classmates Tara and Todd came over the other night for my first lesson in Indian cooking. I've been wanting to learn how to cook Chicken Korma for a while now, and with such a diverse class, finding an expert was pretty easy.

We stopped by the Indian grocery store, picked up some unfamiliar spices, yogurt, and onions. It was then time to cook. As it turns out, the Indian dishes we made seemed pretty simple (as we had an expert with us) and I'm confident I could do them all again, or at least help out. As always, I've snapped a few pictures of the momentous occasion.

Todd, Tara, and myself.

Uhh... I forget what this one is called but it was delicious.
CHICKEN KORMA!!!

Office Mario Kart

Some goofing around in the office.... Mario Kart style.

Spring Break Weather

This time of year, the weather in Seattle is notably terrible. Cloudy skies and rain almost everyday... unless I'm in town. The week before and the week after I was in Seattle, the weather was grey. However, during my spring break Seattle was gorgeous!

Blue skies almost every day.

Everyone was out enjoying the sun.

One day, the Olympic Mountains were in clear and plain view! Just beyond those mountains is the only rainforest in the continental United States.
(those mountains were HEAVY!)

Spring Break UW

While in Seattle for Spring Break, I stopped by the University of Washington to see their famous Cherry Trees blossom for the spring.

This immediately reminded me of being in Japan one year ago a week before thier cherry trees blossomed!
I also finally had the chance to visit the famous library on UW's campus. It looks like a beautiful church in their massive reading room.
And finally, goofing around at a bike rack!

Spring Break Foosball

Let's stick with the "games that Brad likes" theme and move from pinball to foosball. Foosball is also a game that I've always enjoyed. While working at Klipsch, a foosball table was put in several months before I left for school. During those months I honed my skills as a goalie (as we always played 2 on 2).

While in Seattle I stumbled across two noteworthy foosball tables. The first table was at Muladey's, a bar we went to after indoor rock climbing. I was fascinated by the vintage table I found in the corner of the 2nd floor. It was a solid table build of beautiful wood.

Even the players were carved from wood. The springs on either side of the bars made for a very nice playing.

Later in the week, we went to another bar and found the following mini-foosball table sitting on a normal table.

This game was a lot of fun. Only two handles per side instead of 4 made it much easier to follow. Due to the small size, the game table was very light and was often shifted or lifted off of the table it was sitting on adding a whole new element to the game (like tilting a pinball machine... oh... now we're back to pinball).

In conclusion, I'd be a very happy graduate to have a pinball machine and a foosball table in my future residence.