February 2012
27 posts
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A rant.
It’s happened again.
ANOTHER person has asked when we plan on moving to [redacted uppity western suburb].
My response is always the same: “Oh, we aren’t. We are city people and plan to stay in the city.”
The asker then sniffs at me, “You’ll change your mind when you have kids.”
[first of all, what business is it of yours whether we have kids. but i...
On stuffing my grill, fancy-style.
We didn’t get the opening week tickets to the el Bulli menu at Next I was so very much wishing for.
However, we did score one of the last tables for Moto’s 8th anniversary celebration tomorrow night!
16 courses + wine pairings, here we come. And at 2004 pricing [aka waaaaaaaaay cheaper than 2012 pricing] to boot!
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Tonight In Extremely Important Television Events!
America’s favorite silly skanks are back!
Real Housewives of Orange County (aka THE BEST ONE) premieres!
On our Super Bowl eats
One of Mike’s best buddies is originally from New Jersey and has moved back and forth between NYC and Chicago for work since the beginning of their friendship (in fact, a recent promotion will take him back to NYC in about ten days). He’s a HUGE Giants fan, and so Super Bowl XIVKAIDAJKDILI we turned into Giants Fest 2012.
Typically for our Super Bowl parties, we pick a team and...
Um, SAY WHAT?
Why didn’t I think of this like 5 years ago when I was still capable of playing something this ridiculous? If I tried to do this now, I would DIE of alcohol poisoning.
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On Twitter.
I give up.
I’ve managed to delete and re-add people trying to set up lists, it still shows I have pending follower requests that I have no idea how to accept and I generally don’t understand the point.
I QUIT. I AM OLD. Back to using it for the sole purpose of stalking Next tix.
edited to add: and for following food trucks and Real Housewives. Duhskies. Thanks for the reminder,...
Unpopular opinion.
Jason Wu for Target: the very definition of MEH.
Anonymous asked: is your husband a giant?
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Smile Friday
The “Top Of The World!” edition
Jungfrau, Switzerland, 1/1/12
note: being at 10,000 feet and having lunch in a revolving restaurant is NOT the place you want to be after having approximately 17 glasses of prosecco on NYE.
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On tonight's Top Chef
Me: Ughhhh I hate Peewee Herman. He totally skeeves me out.
Mike: Why? Because he got caught jerking off in a movie theater?
Me: Um, yes. That's exactly it.
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People who have no idea what it's like to actually...
Well, everyone knows that all poor people are on drugs. Drug tests for welfare! If they would only get off drugs, they wouldn’t be poor anymore. Duhskies!!!!
haygirlhay:
My are-you-fucking-serious-right-now tank is at max fill.
Wake me up on November 7th.
Anonymous asked: I want more Zurich pictures..or I will cut you. (Figured I didn't need to use my name if I said "I will cut you")
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GPOYW
The “Zurich seems so much longer than one month ago” edition.
January 2012
93 posts
“I have every confidence that I have taught you the withering glare, the icy stare, and the plain old stink-eye. Use them wisely.”
- Business lady advice from my momma.
Mise en Place: Mise en Place: Shrimp and Grits →
mamaresa:
INGREDIENTS
4 cups chicken stock
Salt and pepper
1 cup grits
3 tablespoons butter
2 cups shredded sharp white cheddar cheese
24 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 slices center-cut thick-sliced bacon, chopped
4 teaspoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1…
My momma is a bad mamma jamma. Exhibit A.
Truth.
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Week in Food: 1/30
I haven’t cooked much the last few weeks.
(I’m actually somewhat mortified at the amount of pizza we’ve eaten.)
I haven’t done much at work. I haven’t gotten to the gym at all. I haven’t been taking very good care of myself.
(shamrock shuffle is now less than 8 weeks away. argh.)
So. This week. Back to a routine. Back into the kitchen. Here’s...
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The Family Meal: No. 22
Up tonight? Numero 22!
On the menu:
Peas with ham
Roasted chicken with potato straws
Pineapple with lime and molasses
First, I prepped the chicken. Rubbed with olive oil, salt, lemon zest and a homemade poultry seasoning of bay leaves, thyme, rosemary and pepper:
The chicken roasted for awhile before I began prepping the peas. Peas met proscuitto, a slice of bacon (The recipe called for...
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1 down, 5 to go!
30 days worth of juice!
Pineapple lavender?
Beets with orange?
Yum!
Check out the full list at the Williams-Sonoma blog!
Happy birthday to two of my favorite peoples!
First, to a little leprechaun we like to call Mokey:
Mokey is fiercely loyal, a great listener, a laugh riot, and has the diet of Buddy the Elf. I love you, Mo, and I hope your birthday is filled with candies, chocolate, and double fists of RBVs!
And second, to the lovely Kelly:
Kelly is quirky, fun, always has the right thing to say, and has been a really great friend to me. We met...
The Toughest Reservations In The World.
I smell taste a challenge!
I’ve eaten at #3 twice and #9 once. Hoping to make #10 happen for our May wedding anniversary, but I’m not holding my breath.
We got both sets of tickets to Next with relative ease - as compared with getting a reservation to Schwa. My poor husband called 15 times a day for two months before scoring a birthday...
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Today in frivolous things I complain about.
My eyebrows.
Woof.
I am on day 10 of my 14 day required “don’t touch them or your eyebrow wax will be the effective equivalent of flushing $25 down the toilet” pre-wax phase.
I have really dark, really coarse eyebrows that grow like weeds. If I don’t let them run wild for a couple weeks pre-wax, they are unruly two days later. Of course, during these two weeks, I look...
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Demi Moore: College student
umcanyounot:
You know who did whippits? THE IDIOT SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOYS I WORKED WITH AT THE ICE CREAM SHOP IN HIGH SCHOOL (they stole the cartridges meant for the whipped cream foamers).
They were “high” for like ten seconds.
(also, snort laugh at ashley’s tag)
GPOYW
The “Break A Leg Today, Daddio” edition.
Dear Rent The Runway,
$255 for a pair of earrings isn’t exactly what I’d call “clearance pricing,” damn if I don’t want these beauties baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
Yours truly,
e
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The Family Meal: No. 16
Yesterday we loaded up the car with duck breast and various other goodies and headed to my Ps for a “family meal” (but not before stopping for lunch). We’ve had a rough few weeks, which are going to turn into a rough few months. Some time in the kitchen with my mom, a kickass dinner, lots of wine and some good laughs were in order.
Number 16 was the plan:
Noodles with...