After two hours, FOUR grocery stores, and a farmer’s market I STILL do not have all of the items I need in order to attempt to make a soup recipe I was interested in making. Exasperatingly enough, some of the employees didn’t even know what barley was. I only wish I were kidding. Looks like it will be tuna casserole tonight, even though awesome ( Read more... )

I started writing a post yesterday to update everyone on my latest happenings, but it was totally saturated with wedding shit. So I toddled over to Offbeat Bride and dumped it there, and will probably cross post to weddingplans at some point. But that shit just isn't interesting, unless you're me. Suffice it to say, things are going well ( Read more... )

Today started with me oversleeping, and just continued on with a series of wacky misadventures from there. Work email was down for an hour plus, things that don't normally take time for me to do wound up taking forever because of all the tiny fuckups that kept happening. The new girl at work (who replaced my beloved partner in crime New Orleans ( Read more... )

Most people who know me know me as something of a foodie. I have the kind of palate that enjoys all kinds of interesting foods, ranging from spicy to more subtle flavors. I've never met a cuisine I've completely balked at ( Read more... )

I've done a few things this weekend:

I've finally finished S3 of Doctor Who (the reboot, that is). And I was quite pleased. I also procured "Voyage of the Damned" to watch on my ipod, so I can get back on the horse with some S4 ( Read more... )

So there's this lunch place in the neighborhood, called Certe. They do catering, and you can also go there and get salads and soup and sandwiches. In the past year, after a Midtown Lunch challenge, they've been making their sandwiches fancier. They've been giving them cute names, using crazy ingredients, stuff like that. I follow them on ( Read more... )

Tonight's pre-theater menu at Chez Druber:

Platter of assorted raw vegetables

Grass-fed top-round sirloin, marinated in herbs and balsamic vinegar, pan-grilled and finished with herb butter

Yukon Gold potatoes, roasted with rosemary and olive oil

champagne

assorted chocolate truffles

middle finger, served to all restaurants with inflated ( Read more... )

Some of you know that I'm a huge devotee of Midtown Lunch.com. It was through them that I discovered the amazing Chinese food at Hing Won in Midtown. Food so good, I even braved the touristas during high season to get my fix. They have a selection of your more typical fare, but they also have a marvelous menu of more Chinatown-style items, ( Read more... )

The usual case with me is that I never realize I'm tired until I stop moving. Score one for inertia, that ( Read more... )

So, I have a lot of things to post about. I've been to a U2 concert, and a division-clinching Yankee game, and caught up on the new fall tv I'd wanted to catch all in one weekend. And, I also caught one beaut of a cold. :P ( Read more... )