Lawrence, Kansas

I went to Lawrence, KS, home of the KU Jawhawks, for my cousins wedding last weekend. I will post some of those images soon, but in the meantime here is a image from around town.

Mushroom Risotto

One of my favorite things lately is risotto. It is easy to make, but it needs a little attention.

Ingredients:
Olive Oil
1 medium onion diced small
1 8 ounce package of white mushrooms, stemmed and chopped
chopped garlic
1 cup of arborio rice
32 ounces of low sodium chicken stock (one box of stock)
salt and pepper
1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese, plus some for topping

In a saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add chopped mushrooms and saute for about 10 minutes. Add chicken stock to a small pot and heat until just about boiling. In another saute pan heat another tablespoon of olive oil. Add diced onions and 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic. Saute for about 3 minutes until onions start to turn transparent. Add rice and saute for 1 minute. Add 1/2 cup of chicken stock and saute until absorbed. Continue to add 1/2 cup of stock at a time until all of the stock is absorbed. Remove from heat and mix in 1/4 cup of cheese, cooked mushrooms, and salt and pepper to taste. Plate and sprinkle some more parmesan cheese on top.

Lake Travis - Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Over Memorial Day weekend a group of us went over to Lake Travis near Austin, TX. Here are some pics from the weekend. Once I figure out how to add a slideshow I will post that as well.


Us starting our trip


Starting the night off with beer pong


James and Kerri talking strategy


Slip n slide time










Our house


Chelsea being a champ


Morning rain = shirtless football for the boys






What is better than just plain watermelon? Watermelon soaked in Vodka of course.


The boys swimming to the other side


The boys dominating the island


Last night fire


Beer pong by fire light


3 electrical engineers, 1 car battery, who do you think won?

If you picked the battery, you picked right.

Saint Arnold's Pub Crawl

Friday night a bunch of us went on a Saint Arnold's Pub Crawl. We started it off with Dinner at Freebirds, then headed to Front Porch in Midtown to meet up with the Saint Arnold's folks. It ended at Little Woodrow's and some rock, paper, scissors. Chelsea ended up as the winner for the night, congrats girl!!! We should really get you a prize:)

I still don't know how they consider that to be 1/2 a burrito. I was so full, I could barely drink my first beer.


First Saint Arnold's of the Night






Last Stop of the Night:)


Matt beating James


Me Beating Derick


Chelsea's the Champion of the Night!

Ben and Gabrielle's Wedding

Our good friends, Ben and Gab, got married a month ago (where does time go) in St. Augustine, FL. My husband was in there wedding and I had fun taking advantage of the open bar. Here are some photos that I took of there big day.

Photography Podcast

I listen to two photography podcasts each week. They really help me think about what I want to photograph and they keep me up to date on the latest photography news. If you are into photography and want a great podcast to listen to check out TWIP Photo and Photofocus.

Rice University

I went on a photo walk this weekend (May 1st) on my day off. I decided to go to Rice University hoping for some good photo ops, but I really don't think architecture photography is my thing. Maybe if I was at UF and the buildings had meaning to me, or I was in Europe on vacation, taking photos of buildings would be fun. I still haven't quite figured out what I want to focus on, hopefully I will figure that out soon.

Here are 3 images that I took this weekend.