Delicious Holiday Recipes

Want to surprise your friends, relatives and guests? Well I've discovered a really great blog offering delicious recipes for all kinds of occasions. All recipes are presented in wonderful photos and have step by step procedures on how to succeed in preparing them. Just try deliciousdays and you won't forget me.

Santa Paper!!!

Hey, I was just sent this wonderful holiday paper and I was wondering if anyone knows where I could buy some of those!!!

Isn't it really funny? HOHOHO

2005 In Music: Top Of My List

Hey, 2005 is about to leave us and some people are happy for that (who? me?). It has been a good year in general but some of us (who? me?) can't wait for a better future. Anyway, as music is a big part of everyone (me?) and since everyone is posting their list of their favourites of the year 2005 I decided to be unique...and follow their example (!!!)

My favourite albums of the year (in random order):

1)James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
Wonderful album, ideal for driving, of this English bloke with the fragile voice. Met him with 'You're beautiful' but stuck with 'So long Jimmy'. I must have for all kinds of listeners and specially for those who can't wait for Damien Rice's follow up album.







2)Robbie Williams - Intensive Care
Another great album from Robbie, still needs time to grow and surpass the brilliant Escapology, but what can anyone say for 'Trippin' and the superb 'Advertising Space'. All tracks follow a nice mood and are lyrically mature.







3) Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business
A get-up-and-go-crazy album that follows their previous 'Elephunk'. The album contains many potential singles/hits plus the already known 'Don't Phunk With My Heart", 'Don't Lie' & 'My Humps'.







4)Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
Another kick-ass album from M, this time destined to hit the dancefloors and take you with it. All tracks are mixed in a continuous way (like DJ sets) and there are no ballads. Just press the play button and start dancing. Don't waste time only on (the perfect) 'Hung Up' but try to identify 'Sorry', 'Push' and 'Forbidden Love'.





5)Gorillaz - Demon Days
A virtually perfect album from this virtual band. A true masterpiece from the Gorillaz that you can fit into any category of music. Definately unique, definately brilliant. Favourite track 'Dirty Harry'.







I know that my taste is too typicall but that's just me. Enjoy...

Xanthi's Birthday: A day of cooking for 3 hours of fun!

It's been a year since X's last birthday. Not more, not less. A year. X's birthday signifies the beginning of the Xmas period. Xmas are officially here!


X has the idea to throw a party for her close (and not so close friends) and she invited everyone a week in prior so none who would have the excuse to arrange something else. She did all the shopping on Thursday and informed me on how to proceed with all preparations.


I took over the dessert part of party. I stayed till late on Friday night in order to prepare a big birthday cake and cookies to bring an extra holiday feeling to the party. On top of that she prepared a mosaic (frozen chocolate and cookie dessert) as well (in case the birthday cake would turn out bad, ha!).


On Saturday we started at 10 o'clock in the morning in order to be ready and have time to get some rest before people would arrive ('come after 21:30'). Of course, things don't come as we want them to come and I was left (after 19:30) alone to be cooking until the very last minute! 12 hours of sheer cooking fun.


Meny included: pork with walnuts and pomegranate, veal with prunes, kataifi cheesepie, sweet and sour chicken, shrimp noodles, salmon spaghetti, chicken torillas, mushroom pie, betroot salad, green salad, mixed salad, spring rolls, extra rice with raising, mash potato...what else?...oh! and potatoes au gratin. To name a few! (Just kiddin, that was it).


People arrived round 11 (after 21:30, isn't it?) and started devouring the buffet. The birthday cake came out round 01:00 (too much of eating until then!) and the happy hostess/birthday girl blowed her 23 candles.



After a lot of food, sweets, drinks and music the last guest left the house round 03:00 and left us with a house full of dishes, glasses, ashes and leftovers. Of course we left everything for the following day. After 24h of combined cooking we deserved some sleep.

Happy birthday sweetheart. I love you!!!