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July 19, 2005
We Are Family
One of the things that always fascinates and surprises me about getting together with lots of relatives is realizing that I'm not uniquely strange; I'm just a gene-carrying member of my family. I may even geek out LESS than many of my cousins, though it depends on what geeky topics we're talking about...
The weekend involved swimming, laughing, impromptu rock bands, poking fun at each other (this included mentioning Ming's "fake wedding" whenever possible), at least 1,374 photos taken on four digital cameras, moose headgear, more mp3 files burned onto DVDs than I know what to do with, and 15 pages of notes that I typed up while my uncle told us wild stories about the family.
We learned that back in the late 1800s, one of our relatives lived in Port Townsend, Washington, before moving back to Hong Kong. Not entirely sure what his business involved, but one of the unearthed documents mentioned something about 50 pounds of opium?
And of course, at any Ü gathering, it immediately becomes apparent where my obsession with food comes from. Saturday's dinner involved all of grandpa's favorite foods: prime rib, corn-on-the-cob, mashed potatoes, and iceburg lettuce wedges with thousand island dressing, followed by apple pie, sponge cake, cherries (bing AND Ranier), and ice cream.
The 11+ pound roast took almost three hours in the oven; I haven't eaten so much prime rib in one sitting since the Friends of the NRA Banquet back in 2000 in Roseburg, OR...
Chino's farmers market report still to come!
Posted by Elizabeth at July 19, 2005 09:16 AM