First week, continued

see all the ducks?

the view with our snow (last Friday)

Tuesday and Wednesday last week, I spent the days shopping for "incidentals" including a new lamp for the bedroom, more hangars (did I really need to mail all my clothes?), a wall clock (still used to my work day routine!), and some plastic storage containers.  Our condo has lots of closets and deep shelves (too deep?) but I don't like things just rattling around.  I also need to look for a rug to "anchor" my living room.  There is a consignment furniture shop in the valley that I may go look for today.  On Tuesday, I was fed up with my no-cable cable.  On our lease (as in most cases here in Juneau), it says "preferred cable television included in rent", but when we plugged our 24" HD flat screen (that I packed in the car) into the cable, all we could view were the three channels.  Yes, there were hundreds on the list, but no picture/no sound.  What is nice about living in a small town is that all your "services" are represented in areas of town that are easy to get to, so I looked up the local cable company, checked my map and saw a nice lady who said that indeed I did receive cable with my lease (per my address) but that I needed to sign up in order to use it.  Sign me up, I said.  Instead of a $100+ cable bill monthly, I now pay $6 per month for the DVR capability, the rest covered in my rent.  As soon as I got home - voila! - hundreds of HD channels, including the music channels ("Sounds of the Season", here I come!).  Another blog might be about how addicted I am to television. 

view of the harbor

The Hat Trick - fresh prawns

fry 'em up in a pan!

On Saturday, as we were driving back from Home Depot (with picture hangars), we noticed a bright pink sign on the road advertising "Prawns" with a name (Hat Trick) and phone number.  We saw the sign again as we were going past the harbor (for those of my family who traveled here - it is where the "Hot Bite" is), and turned in, Bill assuming that the "Hat Trick" was a boat in the harbor selling it's catch.  We walked down the gangway to the wharf and saw the Hat Trick, a small fishing boat.  The owner was selling prawns for $10/pound, fresh caught.  We bought 2lbs, freezing some and making the rest for dinner by sauteing garlic in olive oil, adding the shrimp, 2 T. brandy, hot pepper flakes, salt and pepper.  They tasted like lobster with absolutely no grit or fishy taste.  Wonderful.  I hope I see the sign again.