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homemade croissant blueberry poptart
A big shout-out to Emma at the C4C café. She made these and brought them in to sell – and it is so so good. So much butter. Just the right amount of icing to make it sweet and not cloying. And who doesn’t get happy just looking at sprinkles?
2012, a saturday
Plyometrics workout, spent all day binning and plotting Mars crater data in Igor. Watched ‘Amélie’ and started watching the BBC series ‘Lady Chatterley’ and live-IMed it to Eric. The series…is not subtle in its imagery. Ate more of that insanely good strawberry rhubarb yogurt. I may be forced to buy a gallon of it.
2011, a friday
Yoga, drove to Venice and met Sarah at Jin Patisserie for lunch. Wandered around Abbot Kinney for awhile afterwards, then had a hellish drive back to Los Feliz. Took a nap, then met up with Ben and Lora and Ben’s students at the Edison for Ben’s surprise birthday party. Went to Wurstküche (didn’t get anything though because the line was 2 hours long!) and then danced all night at Bar 107.
2010, a thursday
my first true day of sloth all month. worked out, then sat around and watched tivo and fiddled with my computer all day. downloaded some new zealand-specific iphone apps, processed photos, talked to my mom about the trip and edited my packing list. as a reward for my laziness, i splurged (both monetarily and calorically) on thai veggies and sinfully delicious coconut rice from bulan.
I just made apricot chicken from Elise Bauer’s recipe and oh my goodness is it good. Took me a long time to make since I don’t cook often (and cook meat even less often, so I was worried my chicken wouldn’t be cooked through) but it was really easy. And smelled AMAZING as it was cooking! When I tried a little of the sauce as it was simmering, I involuntarily shouted expletives. Next time I might use a little less jam (I didn’t have fresh apricots on hand) and a bit more hot sauce. I served it over quinoa, because it was the only grain/noodle I had around, and I liked how the quinoa absorbed the sweet-spicy liquid so the whole thing almost became a thick stew. I’ll definitely make this again!
2011, a sunday
Up early, made waffles with my new waffle iron! They turned out pretty good, and we had them with bananas, blueberries, syrup, walnuts and chocolate chips. I studied for my geology test and Mom worked on the curtains. Then we went to the Flatiron Crossing mall to look for some things at the Container Store and Crate & Barrel, and had lunch at Bloom. Lunch. Was. Amazing. We had this winter squash soup – I swear it was the best soup I’ve ever had. Mom described it as ‘orgasmic’. It was garnished with a house made marshmallow, maple syrup and candied walnuts. It was insane. We split fish and chips (with also the best fries I’ve ever had) and some shrimp tagliatelle. Afterwards we checked out some stores, then ended up going on a mini shopping spree for Mom! Picked up a couple of nice versatile cardigans and a dress-it-up/down blouse. Back to the apartment – I studied and did my astronomy prelab, made an apple tart, and we watched a surprisingly good Hallmark movie. I made up a cheese/sausage/fruit/preserves plate and we ate like kings (queens?) while we watched the movie. Ate the whole tart between us, then watched some ‘Penn & Teller Tell a Lie’.
something new: Bloom
the soup of the gods
2010, a saturday
surprised jula at her hair appointment and brought her salted toffee squares. met megan and maria for brunch, but the place we wanted to go to stopped serving breakfast by the time we got there. went to sweetsalt instead! helped maria pick out glasses, spent the rest of the day relaxing, watching movies, eating cookies and playing with the dog. it was drizzly/misty out, so it was a great fall day to be cuddled up under a blanket.
2009, a friday
went to brunch with jula and terry at vienna café on melrose. finished packing then hit the road for sf. an uneventful drive, got to eric and emma’s and watched ‘flashforward’ with emma until eric got home from work. hung out awhile then walked to the grand tavern for eric’s belated birthday dinner. stuffed ourselves with awesome food and drink then went home and played wii sports resort.
2011, a saturday
Got up surprisingly early – about 9am. So hungry but ended up having an oddly fun bonding experience with the girls – trying to untangle Mendi’s hair. It had gotten severely knotted and ratty (little dreadlocks at the ends) so it took about two hours to get her combed out. To the Wynn for lunch at the Terrace Pointe Café, then hung out at the pool all afternoon. Ran into the bachelor party we met the night before, and met Mike and Lou, who were in Vegas for the first time. Observed some crazy pool shenanigans – topless girls, motorboating, a brother charging into the pool demanding his sister put on her top, etc. Elaine and Kelly arrived and we went back to the Trump to clean up and go to dinner. Got a great recommendation from the concierge – headed to the Forum Shops for dinner at Max Brenner. Had an amazing steak panini and some insane desserts. Browsed the mall for a bit, and I bought some dressy flats to wear out dancing that night since I knew I wouldn’t make it long in the shoes from last night. Back to the Trump, got into our dresses and dancing shoes, and made it to Surrender by midnight. Spent the whole night there and basically closed the place. Had a great time despite an early run-in with a VIP table of kind of creepy, old Scandinavians, and met up with Mike and Lou and Lou’s girlfriend V. Post-club, went to the cafe at the Wynn with Terry, Mendi, Elaine and a guy Elaine was interested in, Phil, and his friend Charlie. Had a nice visit then they had to leave to get rested up before their conference the next day. Us girls spent the next hour or so talking and then Terry and I tried to hunt down Elaine and Mendi. Back to the hotel, in bed just before 6am.
2010, a friday
class, yoga, absolutely nothing the rest of the day except set up a new microsite. ate some good food though. did, however, apply makeup for nothing.
2009, a thursday
got up early to run, but it was gloomy, cold, rainy and windy. instead, crawled into bed with mom and watched the rest of good morning america, just like when i was wee. went to lunch at shanghai with mom and grandma – got the usual! mmm garlic chicken! went to see ‘surrogates’ with mom and dad in davenport, then looked at new zealand books, then got my haircut fixed by tiffany (you’re a life saver!). relaxed at home for awhile, then braved the weather and drove into moline for dinner at johnnie’s steakhouse. soooo good! lapsed into food coma at home. couldn’t even be tempted by an ice cream sandwich. great last day at home :)
2011, a saturday
Too congested to work out :( Went to the farmers’ market and it was AWESOME. Got 7 ears of peaches & cream sweet corn that had been picked that morning, a bundle of multicolored carrots, 2 pints of heirloom tomatoes, a little raspberry-rhubarb pie, pear balsamic vinegar, peaches and freshly roasted anaheim peppers. Had lunch, then went to Flatiron Crossing mall to get more makeup and ended up taking advantage of a couple sales. I also visited the largest, scariest Forever 21 I’ve ever seen. Seriously, I walked in and spent a good 30 seconds trying to figure out of the far wall was one big mirror, because that was the only way my brain could account for the vastness of the space. Got a faux leather and fur winter vest that should come in handy in a month or so. Home, homework, dinner, lots of reading (have to get ahead again in preparation for Terry’s birthday trip to Las Vegas), ate that glorious raspberry-rhubarb pie. I meant to only eat half, but oh well. Read until 3am. I love Inspector Gamache!
2010, a friday
class, errands, caught up with tv shows and had a nice relaxing night. cameron made delicious muffins!
2009, a thursday
worked out, ran errands, saw ‘gamer’, processed photos, watched two of my favorite shows’ season premieres, started the conversational german course jula got me for my birthday. already cannot pronounce ‘hier’ correctly to save my life.
Oh yes.
I just put this in my face and it was fantastic.
ricotta and sour cherry ice cream on lemon rosemary (with lemon zest) cookies
My dinner:
spinach salad w/toasted almonds, blueberries, cranberries and a giant ‘Almond Joy’ cupcake
update: see it unboxed
Via Eric who says:
Meanwhile Japan is like… “Molecular gastronomy? You mean that thing we commoditized, mass-produced and shipped in a box with cartoons on the front? Yeah, I guess it’s pretty cool…”
The roe is brilliant and I want one of those tiny strainers.
Because this guy’s YouTube channel is only Japanese food unboxing. Example:
Cool how you get it out of the package though.