Le Petit Paris Petit Fours

Posted on by Ian C.

Another entertaining morning at Le Petit Paris yesterday, this time a workshop creating savory petit fours (which are small “bite size” foods); this workshop focused on using a single dough mix (with added tomato powder for color and subtle flavor) in different shapes with different fillings – we used brats (fancy hot dogs), salmon, ham, cream cheese, and more! This time I found the dough to be easy to work with, and it seems that my piping skills have improved a little since the macarons last month!

Even trying not to bring home too much (because Margaret isn’t keen on pastry) we had a lot (see last photo above), so we invited friends Linda & Berch to share with us …

X6 first dealership visit

Posted on by Ian C.

Because I picked up my X6 from the BMW ‘factory”, it’s never been to the dealership till this week where I took it in to hopefully eliminate an annoying rattle somewhere above my head! I was given a 2 series BMW which is a bit of a reduction in size (and engine power!) from my car … it even looked smaller than Margaret’s 2 series convertible, when I got home!

The interior as well as being small was much reduced in technology; the center display tiny compared with my X6, with no built-in navigation or anything else, but it did connect fine with wireless Apple CarPlay – I’ve added a photo of my X6 interior for comparison:

Happily the next day my X6 was finished (though I can’t tell yet if the rattle is resolved, due to the 100 degree temperature driving home and needing lots of a/c!); the dealership also washed it:

I will comment on the “car scanning” that occurred when I arrived at the dealership – they have a “UVeye” system that takes photos of your car from all sorts of angles and “identifies” existing damage (presumably so they can deny anything that occurs while the car is being serviced). However it’s pretty useless, identifying a heap of “scratches” etc that are clearly just reflections or dirty marks!