Kara & Michael’s Blog

Since I got my amazing binoculars, I’ve been keeping my eyes open. I’m going to list some birds I have seen, but first comment on a few sightings.
Most Remarkable Sighting: Bald Eagle, seen at Lake Louise in Crofton, MD. There is no mistaking a bald eagle – they’re huge, brown wings and white [...]

This morning, Michael and I had fresh bread because we programmed my new birthday bread-maker last night. It made one totally money piece of bread – the crust is chewy and flaky and the bread itself is light and airy. A picture for you:

Then we headed to the Department of Agriculture’s Open House. [...]

Today, Michael and I headed up to Cunningham Falls State Park to see the maple syrup exhibition. There was a suggested donation of two dollars for an adult, one dollar for a child. On the drive to the park, you pass through Catoctin National Forest, and a stream runs by the side of the road. [...]

Annapolis Restaurant week starts this coming Sunday, March 9 until Friday, March 14.   The lunch meal includes 2 courses (you choose an appetizer or dessert) for $10.95 and the Dinner meal is 3 courses (includes both an appetizer and a dessert) for $26.95. 
I live around and work in Annapolis, and have attended some of the [...]

Today, Michael and I headed into Washington, DC to see Chicago 10 the movie (reviews forthcoming) and visit the Museum of Natural History to see the butterflies and plants exhibit. We paid 6 dollars for the pleasure of viewing the exhibit, another 2 for the pleasure of ordering them online and another 1.25 [...]

Yesterday, Michael and I visited the Caribbean Oriental Restaurant for a late lunch after a trip to Ikea. Michael has raved about this place for a while, and every time I’ve gotten off for a federal holiday and tried to take him to lunch there, they were closed. We phoned them yesterday and [...]

This image is taken from here. I order gads of adorable Japanese goodies from this young lady.
Today is the official beginning of the new year on the lunar calendar. A Chinese co-worker has brought in very tasty cookies with black sesame seeds in them. I will have to stop myself from eating more than one, [...]

Michael and I try to go out every weekend and do something fun that also entails some physical exertion. Sometimes this just means taking the metro to Washington, DC and walking around finding interesting things to do. For example, the past several weekends, we’ve spent days in DC going to E Street Cinema, [...]

In my struggles to find something interesting to do at work, I have mostly found myself perusing wikipedia. One day I killed by looking up every country I didn’t know and reading about it. Today, I was looking through animals on wikipedia, found myself looking at capybaras, remembered they had some at the National Zoo [...]