Anyone want to go to Newport?
Feb. 3rd, 2003 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mik3capI went down to visit my folks in Newport, Rhode Island this past weekend; they were on a weekend getaway at a condo on Thames Street with my godparents Marc and Joyce. My dad turned 50 on 1/30, so I went down to spend some birthday time with him and hang out with all of them.
My folks brought back a bunch of goodies for me from their most recent Hawaiian excursion. They got me a bottle of Roy Yamaguchi's own sake - the super high quality stuff that you serve chilled. So now I have to have a sushi or Japanese food party of some sort so I can drink this wonderful stuff! They also brought me back a musubi maker; musubis are these "sushi sandwich" kind of things - they consist of nori (seaweed), rice, and SPAM and sometimes other ingredients (whatever leftovers you have around that'll fit in a sandwich). The musubi maker is the perfect shape to fit a slice of SPAM. Musubis are especially good if you use spicy SPAM... it's lots of fun to go to local church fairs and stuff in the towns on the islands because they have all kinds of great food like this for sale.
So anyway, about the title... My parents got the condo for the whole week, but they only stayed there this past weekend. I have access to the condo until Friday morning, and I could go overnight on Wednesday or Thursday night if anyone would be interested in taking a quick trip down and hanging out on the island. It's only a little over an hour away from Worcester! The place doesn't have an oven, but it's essentially a two bedroom apartment with a big jacuzzi tub and washer/dryer. There are some great restaurants open down there now, and all the stores are pretty much open too.
Bueller?
My folks brought back a bunch of goodies for me from their most recent Hawaiian excursion. They got me a bottle of Roy Yamaguchi's own sake - the super high quality stuff that you serve chilled. So now I have to have a sushi or Japanese food party of some sort so I can drink this wonderful stuff! They also brought me back a musubi maker; musubis are these "sushi sandwich" kind of things - they consist of nori (seaweed), rice, and SPAM and sometimes other ingredients (whatever leftovers you have around that'll fit in a sandwich). The musubi maker is the perfect shape to fit a slice of SPAM. Musubis are especially good if you use spicy SPAM... it's lots of fun to go to local church fairs and stuff in the towns on the islands because they have all kinds of great food like this for sale.
So anyway, about the title... My parents got the condo for the whole week, but they only stayed there this past weekend. I have access to the condo until Friday morning, and I could go overnight on Wednesday or Thursday night if anyone would be interested in taking a quick trip down and hanging out on the island. It's only a little over an hour away from Worcester! The place doesn't have an oven, but it's essentially a two bedroom apartment with a big jacuzzi tub and washer/dryer. There are some great restaurants open down there now, and all the stores are pretty much open too.
Bueller?