Hermes House Band - Country Roads.

There is no music I do not like (except for raps and metals). In any case, with no disrespect to John Denver, here is a remix version of his famous “Country Roads”. (That fat guy in the video reminds me of Benny Hill...) LOL!

Bourne.

Jason Bourne...
The official website.

Latte Art in Motion - Rosetta.

Not sure if I like this pour...The beginning was promising, the execution at the end was so-so at best...

Rosetta With A Little Heart on Top

I was shooting for a fat rosetta like Kyle G.'s, by increasing the pour flow speed. I had to throttled back because I was about to lose control of my pour as it started to swirl. So, no fat rosetta for me...

Latte Art in Motion - Heart.

I am pretty satisfied with this pour.

Latte Art in Motion.

Click to see this one being made.

There is a latte art contest, and the winner takes home an espresso machine. I will try my best to pour a couple of hearts and rosettas before I decide which one to enter. You may see a few more in the coming days (if I am lucky enough.)

I am sure there will be some top latte artists gunning for the title but I hope I will win, because I have a plan for the winning. My plan is hidden within my blog somewhere, if you find it, wish me luck...

I hope I can win this contest. I want to donate the machine and auction it off on coffeegeek.com. All the money will go to coffeekids.org.

500 Horsepower Club - AMG CLK63 "Black Edition"

Pictures from autoblog.com.


A quick snap from Edmunds Inside Line:

"the CLK63 AMG Black Series is modeled on the company's F1 safety car. It is distinguished from the standard CLK63 AMG launched late last year, by an aggressive new lightweight carbon-fiber body kit. It consists of a deep front spoiler, heavily flared wheel arches, additional ducts in the front fenders, new side sills underneath the doors and a reprofiled rear bumper and trunk lid lip spoiler. It's powered by a 500-horsepower version of Mercedes-Benz's 6.2-liter V8....Drive goes to the rear wheels via Mercedes-Benz's seven-speed 7G-Tronic automatic transmission, with remote shift paddles on the steering wheel.

Mercedes-Benz claims a 0-60-mph time of 4.1 seconds, a good half-second faster than the standard CLK63 AMG, with top speed limited to 186 mph."

Dang, I would love to drive this car!

Website As A Graph.

This is how my blog supposed to look like as in a graph, and I can't make anything out of it even with the colored tags (maybe I am not suppose to), but I know my is not as organized as this one or this one.

Click here for your own graph.

Can This Be The One?

Can This Be The One?
Originally uploaded by Spinnaker007.

I like caffe mocha, and I have been looking all over for "The" cocoa powder/syrup to my liking.

I was browsing aimlessly at World Market with nothing particular in mind, then I found myself in front of its coffee/hot cocoa section. World Market sure has the impressive cocoa offerings with the name such as Valrhona.

I picked Ghirardelli, so at least I can say that I have tried it, good or bad. However, I didn't have a high expectation initially.

It turns out that Ghirardelli's chocolate mocha is easy to make, mixes well with the espresso and steamed milk, most importantly it has the big dark chocolate flavor.

Thumbs up!

Picasa!

 










Playing around with Google's Picasa. I find it fun and it is pretty fast for loading and shuffling pictures...

Americano.

Americano.
Originally uploaded by Spinnaker007.

Well, the machine is repaired. Shots are being pulled. Milk is stretched and steamed all the time. Where is latte art? I can't pour a decent rosetta with my best effort. My last heart art was merely a fluke.

Some says it is like riding a bike, once you get it, you got it. Clearly, it is not that simple. I keep falling off the bike and all bruised up. Keep trying, I guess...

As for now, licking my wound and drinking Americano...