Month: February, 2009

Seattle Startup Weekend

12 February, 2009 (09:38) | Hobbies, Things to do in Seattle | By: jon

Last weekend, we went to Google campus in Fremont for Seattle Startup Weekend 2. It was a really good time. There were 150 people there (including programmers, designers, businesspeople, lawyers, and others) all with the intention of creating and launching a business in the weekend. It was even featured on the news.
To [...]

Chinese New Year

12 February, 2009 (09:38) | Life, Things to do in Seattle | By: angela

Two weekends ago we headed downtown to join in on the Chinese New Year celebrations.  There were so many people there it took us forever to find a parking spot.  Right after we parked we passed by a few stores that were preparing for lion dancing.  They were hanging up lettuce with red envelopes and [...]

Mochi-tsuki

12 February, 2009 (09:37) | Cooking | By: angela

Last weekend we went to a mochi making festival on Microsoft campus!  We got to see how mochi is traditionally made and we got to taste some fresh mochi!  First the sticky rice is cooked in square wooden containers.  After it is cooked it’s placed in a large “bowl” made out of stone.  Wooden mallets [...]