night of the hurricane sandy, we stayed cozy at home (thankfully & luckily nothing happened to our neighborhood, although it's still sad to see all the other damages :/ ), and i made this oden soup - customized with kimchi, dumplings, and copious amount of requisite fish cake. i used up some of our csa watermelon radish in lieu of daikon for the broth, but it turned out very well, as far as flavor goes! 

we walked around before it got really windy, then looked out our window after dinner to find 2 large callery pear trees knocked down across the street, one blocking an entrance, even. :(

luckily nobody was hurt nor was any car.