My New Photography and Beer Project

20 Dec

You may be wondering what photography and beer have in common. Well, the short answer is they are both things that I enjoy a lot. This got me thinking that maybe I should start taking photos of some of the beer I get to enjoy so I can have a personal record of the ones I like.

Let me start by stating that the only thing I know about beer is that I like it. So, please do not read my reviews and base your beer tasting experiences off them.  This is just a place for me to share what I think specific beers. Who knows, a couple of years from now I may actually know what I am talking about.

Shortly you will begin to see pictures and brief overviews of each new beer I taste. This entire idea/project all started because I recently discovered a Belgium beer that ended up being so delicious that I wanted to write about it here on my blog.

So…stay tuned!

Connor Garret Kimball

8 Dec

Our son Connor Garret Kimball was born on December 2, 2009 at John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, England. We are extremely excited about having this little guy in our lives now! This is the first post of what will eventually become a photo journal of his magnificent life.

Connor Red Sox - December 7 2009

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I finally found a Muppet video I want my son to watch

25 Nov

Muppets perform Bohemian Rhapsody.

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We bought a STi for the baby

16 Nov

We needed a second vehicle so I figured that my son would just love a version II Subaru STi. It is four doors so now the only thing left for me to do is find a STi car seat for the little guy. I can not have him riding in the back without the proper support of a STi racing bucket child seat.

So far we love it. When I say “we”, I mean my wife Brittany puts up with it for the most part because she knows that I am in love with Subaru’s.

Here are some recent pictures of the new ride. These were taken after I just washed and waxed it on probably the last nice day I will see before the winter hits here in England.

STi November 2009

Here is the gallery with all of the pictures I took throughout the day. If anyone is as weird as I am and have looked for baby car seats for an STi, let me know what your results were.

Make your own CoCo’s Curry

16 Nov

Cocos Beef Curry in a box One thing I really miss about living in Japan is the curry. Not to mention, one of my favorite places to eat curry was CoCo’s Curry. I think I must have had curry at least once a week for three years. I had quite to the belly to prove it too!

Well, since moving here to England I have been looking for ways to get my hands on some CoCo’s curry. Luckily my sister still lives there and she got me some of the curry-in-a-box type deals that they sell at CoCo’s restaurants. I had her send me about twenty boxes of the beef curry and I think she might be sending more soon. I know they had them in Okinawa for sale somewhere in the front when you first walk in. If you are really curious about it, just ask someone that works there and hopefully they can hook you up.

The whole process only takes only a couple minutes, if you don’t count the time it takes to make some rice. I usually go with some short or medium grain sticky rice to make the moment taste like the “real deal”. The curry comes in a bag that you can either empty into a microwaveable safe container or you can just put the bag in some hot water on the stove. I usually microwave it and it takes roughly two minutes. Curry in the bowl

Let me just say this about the end result…it is awesome! It is not quite that same curry that I love and miss, but it is far better than I imagined it to be. I would say that it is better than the actual CoCo’s Curry I had when I was in Hawaii. I sometimes cook a chicken patty and add it to the mix so I can pretend I am having Chicken Katsu Curry, haha.

If anyone reading this knows of a place to order this online, please leave a comment and let me know. I would literally kill a man for some real CoCo’s Curry. Well, maybe not kill someone but you get the idea. So, if you know someone living in Japan and you need your fix too, just have them send you some curry in a box from CoCo’s.

Curry and box

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3

11 Nov

If you think Modern Warfare 2 is realistic, then check this out!

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Patriots and Buccaneers at Wembley Stadium

27 Oct

This weekend my wife and I went to see  the New England Patriots play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Wembley Stadium and I must say that it was a pretty amazing. This was the first time that either of us has had the chance to watch a NFL game live and it was great that we had the opportunity to do so here in England. I know I was a little more excited about seeing the Patriots play in England, but Brittany puts on a good game face to make me happy.

No surprises on how it all ended though, the Patriots ended up beating the Buccaneers 35-7 in front of a sold out crowd at Wembley Stadium. I must say that Wembley Stadium is just amazing and if you ever get the chance to visit…do so!

Here are some of the pictures throughout the night. Remember, you can view all of the photos taken by going to my England gallery and selecting the album titled Patriots vs Buccaneers.

Outside of Wembley

The 3 of us at Wembley

Wembley Stadium at Night

Ken Block Gymkhana TWO

15 Oct

Here is another sick video from Ken Block. You can see the first video I posted from him here.

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