On To The Castle

It's time to start the final band of this sampler - the sandcastle, which is over one.  The buckets are beginning to get handles and shovels are shoveling along.

Lunch At Seasons

 Sometimes you just have to get away from the embassy cafeteria, especially when it's fish day.  That's what happened to us early this month; we decided to go to the mall and eat at Seasons Brasserie.  It was less blah than the cafeteria, and the atmosphere was certainly nicer.  Andreas loved his club sandwich, as usual.  My soup and Asian salad, though, were just plain bland.  The salad was a mass of gelatinous glass noodles.  The soup was nice and creamy with a hint of garlic but no other taste.  Maybe next time will be better.

Bargelloing Along

Still looking like a baseball, but with bigger seams.

The Golden Stag - Or Name That Animal

Back in the beginning of February we went to The Golden Stag.  It's a tiny restaurant in downtown Chisinau, and our party of ten almost filled it.  We ordered most things ahead so the kitchen could cope.  This restaurant is unusual in that it specializes in wild game.  The experience was unique and wonderful, as was the food.  

I personally tasted deviled quail eggs, several kinds of pickled mushrooms, snails, smoked bear meat, rabbit soup, and pheasant in pineapple sauce.  There were caviar, duck, wild boar, and sundry other dishes on the table.  The food tasted good, especially things like the pheasant and the duck.  The bear tasted more smoky than different from other meats.  We'll be back eventually.  Not only is the place small, it's probably one of the most expensive in town.  That means it's the price of a nice middling restaurant in the US.

Two At A Time

With two rows at a time getting done, this piece is coming close to completion.  It's also helping that it's small enough to take to work, since I'm spending so much time there.

Adding More Texture

It was fairly easy to do some basketweave stitch in the car, so this got a little more done!

Like A Dome

Beginning to look like a big orange dome to me, what about you?