Second show

Cake and Calculus had a second show last night. It was at a really nice place called 9th and Beats near the convention center in DC. I walked there straight from work! They played with a band from Philly and a number of people came, a lot who we didn't know! (Which is exciting because they want to get themselves know to many other people).

Happy Valentines day!

Shep got me some daffodils for our anniversary (Feb 12) and they are bringing a touch of spring into my office! This weekend we will drive to Fredericksburg, where we met!

Bread mixer

I've been using my mixer quite a lot lately! Here is the remains of a loaf of rye bread I made last weekend,

and today I am making cinnamon raisin bread! 

It is rising now, but I will let you know how it turns out!

Spring?

While you guys were enjoying all that snow, our front yard decided it was spring-time! (It hasn't been that warm, but I guess there have been enough pretty warm days to encourage the flowers!)

Basketball!

 I found a Groupon deal for basketball tickets the other day, so we want to a game! The Washington team is called the Wizards. They played against the Brooklyn Nets and won! Our Groupon deal came with free Wizzard scarfs, so we cheered the team on in style! (Shep took one of those 3D pictures - you can see my scarf but can't see my face very well!)

They were also celebrating the Chinese new year that day and were actually broadcasting the game in china as well! (Shep and I thought they were trying to recruit more Chinese basketball fans!) They had a number of people playing awesome traditional Chinese instruments in the lobby area. There was a xiao flute, a gijik fiddle, a yangqin zither, and a pipa lute, to name a few! Then, during half-time, some local students prefomed some traditional Chinese dances (the person who posted this YouTube video had a much better view than we did!)

Snow!

Point number 1: it snowed last night! Our first snow of the winter! We still went to work, though many schools had a delayed opening. It wasn't quite as cold today as it has been lately, but it still didn't get above freezing all day!
Point 2: its been so cold, in fact, that our bird feeder cracked! I didn't even realize that would happen, but I guess there must have been a small crack that got split. We will have to try and find something else for the birds in the spring!

Agent Skully

One of my coworkers got a plastic skull from her sister for Christmas. She didn't want to bring it in at first, but I convinced her that her office would benefit greatly from the addition. She named him Agent Skully (she is also a big x-files fan).