One of my favorite Philadelphia restaurants is closing tonight.

Chifa opened nearly 5 years ago, across the street from the sweet little French restaurant where the spousage proposed to me once upon a time. Chifa was neither little nor sweet; rather it was a flavor-packed hybrid of Chinese and Peruvian cuisine ( Read more... )

• In the caf just now, I burned my hand when the cream of broccoli soup I was ladling into my bowl splashed out at me. In a fair and just world, that would make it zero-calorie.
• Cook's Illustrated has given top marks to Maxwell House Decaf Original Roast. Their #2 was my old standby (when I'm not working my way through some schmancier beans), ( Read more... )

I love vegetables. I really do.

But man, it would be so nice if someone would discover or invent something that looked like French toast, or macaroni and cheese, while nutritionally resembling vegetables.

At the pub last night for Quizzo, I had:

• One beer
• Half a cup of hummus
• Carrot sticks
• Celery stalks
• A few olives

I like food. This is no secret. Also no secret is my love of restaurants. I love going out, sitting down, enjoying the atmosphere and the company. And the food.

Having guests from out of town is always a good excuse to dine out. hopita arrived yesterday, and we had dinner with tssandwich at Vedge. L. and I had been there once before, for a political ( Read more... )

My most recent few pounds of weight loss meant that my daily ration of points dropped again.

Which was bad timing, as I'd already been struggling more to stay within my total. I've done it, but it's been harder.

But people are starting to notice the difference, and the new shirt I bought the other day (the black one, and for half off the sale ( Read more... )

The proteiny breakfast must really be working, because last night I bought a pint of Chocolate Therapy and was able to stop after half a serving. Not that it wasn't scrumptious.

And of course I'd just had dinner at a.kitchen (wonderful despite the annoying e.e. cummings-y name). Blue crab salad atop giant pearls of pesto couscous. The best ( Read more... )

Big proteiny breakfast worked well yesterday, so I did it again. I was already looking forward to it while waiting at the bus stop, and I was not disappointed. There is something marvelous about eggs and warm, melty cheese ( Read more... )

It occurred to me that perhaps I was not having enough protein for breakfast. Fruit is good and all, but protein it's not, and even my little Subway Morning Flatbread only has a little. So this morning I had a big ol' breakfast - two scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, and cheese on a roll. Yum. It'll mean fewer points for later in the day, but ( Read more... )

1. On the way to work, I stopped at the drugstore for ibuprofen and came out with that, a new multi-vitamin, a bottle of acidophilus supplements, and a new lip color (Revlon's Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Adore). Which the cashier evidently forgot to ring up, because it's not on the receipt. On one hand, I feel guilty. But on the other? ( Read more... )

4.6 pounds, bitches!