Hot pot

A couple nights ago we had hot pot with my brother and his wife.  Hot pot (the Chinese for it translates "fire pot" literally) is just about the greatest meal ever invented - you boil water in a wok, and then add different vegetables, meats, and tofus and let them all cook together.  You grab what's done out of the pot with chopsticks and dip in sauce.  As the night goes on the water in the pot becomes a succulent broth that you can drink along with the food.

A great meal to have with family and friends!

Snow has arrived in Madison!

Perhaps a bit sooner than we thought, snow accumulated overnight in Madison.  Forget a white Christmas - we're looking to have a white Thanksgiving this year!

We're pretty sure there won't be snow on the ground when we arrive in Bangkok.

Snow is coming to Madison

Yesterday it snowed a bit in Madison.  It likely won't be long before the serious snow comes to town.  Though we'll probably miss the change of seasons while we're in Bangkok, we have mixed feelings about the snow.  Sam, being from Taiwan, loves snow - it's a rare treat where she's from.  Chris, having been raised in Minneapolis, has seen quite enough snow to last him a lifetime, thank you very much, especially after the record-breaking 100" (!) of snow Madison had last year.  Either way, we should be leaving town before the snow starts really accumulating.