Archive for July, 2009


Ma Cabane…

TheTreeHouse

Luckily you rang at the door, I would have fall asleep again… Or should I say hibernate ?!

Look, I want to show you a house today. No, there’s no doorbell on this one, but it’s like the one you were dreaming about when you were child…

What ? Don’t tell me you have never dream to have a tree house ?! Are you scared of heights ?

Ok, right… It’s not actually a house, it’s a similar concept. It was first built as a restaurant and now the place is available as a venue for hire.

Don’t you like the organic shape ? There are more pictures and sketches there. Go and have a look !

No, I didn’t have the chance yet to visit it. It’s 45 minutes drive from Auckland…So that’s 10 hours drive from Welly…

And what I did then ? Well, I moved around the furniture a little bit here, in my own hut. Hope you like it…

I also take this opportunity to thank You for stopping by, participating and being supportive !

La suite en français…

Action !

nz-film-festival

A pair of eyes won’t be enough to watch all the movies of the NZ film festival !

A selection of movies, animations, documentaries and short films from all over the world will be screened from this week -17 July- and for 15 days in different cinemas of Wellington.
I’ve already made my choice and it’s a challenge to pick up a reasonable number of movies.

The festival is also the occasion to discover the New Zealand cinema.
Last year I’ve been moved by Apron strings; this year I plan to go and see The Strength of Water and This Way of Life.

For dates and schedule of the festival in other cities, check NZ film festival site!

Napsugár

CitrusCake3

Sit down and make yourself comfortable.
Just forget about the chilly weather outside…
I’ll bring you a warm cup of tea and some little cakes to nibble !
You will see, they are very moist and fluffy.
Flavored with lemon rind and mandarin.

Diptych3

Do you feel better already ? The tea probably…
Of course you can have an other cake. Help yourself !

The recipe you asked ?
Sure, it’s very easy !

Diptych4

Citrus Cakes [Citrus Cakes Printable Recipe]
Makes 10 cakes

225g flour . 1/2 tsp baking soda . 1 1/2 tsp baking powder . 150g caster sugar . 2 eggs . 80g unsalted butter, melted . 240ml yogurt . 1 mandarin, peeled . 1 full lemon zest finely grated or diced . One pinch of salt

Preheat oven to 190°C // In a large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar and salt // In an other bowl mix wet ingredients: eggs slightly beaten, butter and yogurt // Drop the dry mix into the wet one, add lemon rind and mix quickly // Pour the batter in a muffin tin. Fill up to ¾ each // Push in each cake a mandarin segment // Bake for 25 minutes or until golden // Remove from oven, turn cakes out of the tin and let them cool on a wire rack.

La suite en français…

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