Half of a random protein bar, split with the husband and greatly enjoyed by us both. Buffalo chicken sub with fries.
Ugh.
Our New York City visit was fabulous. Our return trip home not so much. I’ll be back with all the good details tomorrow.
Monthly Archives: January 2011
NYC – Day 1
Hello from Nyc! Our hotel is lacking internet so this day late post come from the McDonalds across the street.
I’m just using wifi though, we have real brunch plans at eleven. For now I’m sipping a diet coke and this Tropical Revolution Foods Mash-Up.
Yesterday morning started with a pre-6am shower before we hit the road for our 8hour drive.
I started my car breakfast with an Empire apple, to put me in an empire state of mind.
This was the most sour red apple I’ve ever tasted! It was quite crunchy and good though.
Plus a blend coffee; ie 2/3 (regular) cinnamon hazelnut coffee, 1/3 (sweetened) English toffee cappuccino.
Coffee really fills me up so I ended up having just the apple for breakfast, but I did steal a bite of the husband’s peanut butter Snickers.
Holy yum! Such a good idea, candy manufacturers! Plus, each square has 125calories, pretty good for a dessert with protein.
We had a lot of hours to fill in the car, I poured through magazines and even painted my nails –
pretty good for 70mph! I guess keeping myself pretty is why I’m so spoiled; the husband stayed on driving duty the whole way!
Our hotel is right on 7th Avenue, which is fabulous for the price. I’m used to sleeping in Brooklyn so it’s fun to dream in a new area.
You better believe our first stop was Pinkberry!
A small original tart with strawberry, mango, yogurt chips, and praline cream.
There were two spoons, but basically for show because I pretty much dominated it.
And our next stop was green juice.
Carrot, apple, lemon, cucumber, and spinach gets a huge smile from me.
Then we spent a couple of hours walking around our old neighborhood in Park Slope. It was fabulous. Sidenote: we are deliriously trying to pretend we are still local, so the underabundance of city shots is not due to a lack of fabulousness.
Among our old haunts was a quick trip to Watana, where we split Drunken Noodles with steamed tofu.
My plate, x2.
This was so good it hurt! Broad rice noodles are hands down my favorite food.
During the 20(short) block walk back to the subway we also shared a Curiosity Cola.
Quite good, like Coke but without the syrupy sweetness.
We are here for the weekend with friends from high school (Ian lives in MA – and his girlfriend lives here – and Gory lives in PA) so our next stop was meeting them at their train. From there we headed to Bon Chon for dinner.
Ian called it “the new hotness” but beyond that we didn’t know what to expect. It ended up being Asian meets fried chicken. With complimentary rice wine to start.
I ate a super spicy chicken wonton,
and for dinner I ordered the Soy Duk Bo Ki, a sweet rice cake dish prepared with fish cakes, scallions, onions and soy garlic sauce.
The fish and rice cakes were super chewy, it was a totally unique texture. Adam thought it was gross, but I happily devoured 3/4 of the plate.
Even better than good food was the chance to catch up with old friends 🙂 I wasn’t drinking, so I was in bed watching tv by 2, but the boys were out past 4!
I’m not sure what the plan for today is, but my ideal itinerary includes cupcakes!
MIA Is More Than An Awesome Artist
So I haven’t really posted this new year.
On Tuesday the husband got home early, and asked me not to waste valuable hang out time blogging. When the husband says “jump” I say “how high?” Actually, since he doesn’t read the blog at all, I can probably mention that we ate out of the house and I forgot my camera at home 😉
Which is why it was so ironic on Wednesday, that I woke up and made an awesome breakfast lunch only to discover that my camera was dead.
But today? Just pure and simple laziness is to blame. In this weird week between vacations we didn’t know how to restock the fridge so meals have been rather pathetic. But mostly it’s a general sense of malaise. I think I’m so excited about heading to New York (tomorrow!) that I just couldn’t live out this week.
Anyhoo. We are heading to the city tomorrow and I will be blogging whenever I can.
Wish us safe travels!
Just the Facts
This needs to be a quick post, just the facts. Adam and I got hooked (way hooked!) on Firefly today and the sooner I post the sooner I watch 🙂
This morning = Sabrina the Teenage Witch and a huge bowl of popcorn.
Bringing ‘corn back into this house was a bad idea, and that’s a fact.
Plus real lunch.
Sandwich Thin with cheese spread and turkey,
Bartlett pear.
Dinner a la mother-in-law; turkey quesadilla casserole.
End.
Halvah Good Morning
Welcome back, work week! Actually, I don’t have school for another month, but Adam’s in class today 😉
I did start my day before 8 though. Berries for breakfast.
One serving of Kashi Strawberry Fields with blueberries and skim milk.
I was planning on adding peanut butter because this breakfast is too light (less than 200calories), but then this caught my eye –
Marble Halvah? Don’t mind if I do. If you’ve never tried Halvah before you so need to; it’s sesame paste and the flavor/texture is out of this world! I eat mine with a fork because it’s a little greasy.
You can look for it at some small candy stores, or in most (Jewish) delis.
P.S. We’re going to NYC this weekend!
All Around
January 2nd was not quite as productive as the 1st. The day’s agenda went something like this –
Wake up super early, excited about all I’m going to accomplish.
Realize that our fifty degree weather has dropped to below twenty.
Spend the entire day bundled, most of it in bed.
Watch TiMer (high point here) with the husband. <– very funny and sweet
Eat a bunch of crap during the movie (crackers with cheese spread/cake ball/gigantic slice of buffalo chicken pizza).
Get a massive tummyache.
Go back to bed. With periods of pacing and clutching, moaning, and dodging the husband’s disapproving stares.
But I’ve spent the day looking pitiful enough that I did guilt him into agreeing to go get me ice cream since it’s the only food I can currently stomach. A productive day all around.
First Post of the New Year
2011 is off to a productive start. Probably because last night I gave the husband his 5-4-3-2-1-midnight! kiss and then headed straight to bed. It’s not an official resolution, but bedtime is going to be a focus of mine in 2011.
Healthy breakfasts are also going to be a focus, but that was kind of a flop today. To be fair, I just got back from a 10day vacation, so the choice was candy or nothing. (I went with nothing).
Instead I unpacked, put away all the Christmas decorations, organized my new day planner, and wrote up a grocery list and meal plan. The husband and I also got in our first workout: 20minutes of strength and stretch moves, side by side on our yoga mats.
Next up was a trip to Wegmans to deal with the food situation. It was 50*(?!?) here today, so this was my entire outfit, no coat!
It was after noon by the time we got to the grocery, so we had a lunch date at the hot bar.
I got Brussels sprouts with honey walnuts, white beans and escarole, Asian style veggies,
and a single piece of sweet and sour chicken.
I looooove it, but more than a bite really is overkill/unhealthy.
After a quick trip home to drop off the groceries, we headed to date #2 – the movies. We were both dying to see “The Black Swan” and were crushed when we thought it wasn’t going to come to Buffalo. As soon as we saw the updated movie listing on Thursday we knew what our plans for the new year were.
While at the mall I took advantage of post-holiday sales and snagged some bras and hand soap, both of which were boring but necessary. We also checked out the new candy kiosk.
A quarter pound of sour gummi cola bottles makes for a very exciting movie snack.
During a very exciting movie! The Black Swan was gorgeous, and very tense. I realized during that credits that I was clenching my hands so hard I hurt my finger!
Our dinner plan was an easy peasy three ingredients.
Pasta, marinara, canned sardines.
The husband is obsessed with sardines but I’ve been too afraid until now to try them. The smell is less than appetizing, but fish – omega-3 – is so healthy for you and this is the only kind of seafood we can afford.
I had the husband deal with them – mash, pan fry with marinara sauce – until it was time to top the pasta.
Looks good, great idea, but ultimately not for me. I ate about half of my plate but was gagging and putting on major theatrics the whole time. It didn’t help matters that Adam way undercooked the pasta, perhaps I’ll try again another time.
Thank goodness we had a spinach side salad planned.
Topped with Newman’s Own Asian Sesame dressing and Sahale Snacks Valdosta pecans.
And thank goodness for popcorn!
How did you ring in the new year?
Welcome 2011
I love New Year’s Day! Actually, I love the start of a new year, the start of a new school year, the start of a new month; I guess I’m just excited about fresh starts.
My case of fresh-start-itis has given me perspective though – when you set new goals they need to be clear and manageable. I think my new resolutions fit within those parameters, and also fit within the picture of the life I’m trying to create. I’m not sure why, but I can already tell that 2011 is going to be my year!
- Officially lose the 10lbs I gained when we moved to Buffalo.
- Create a written record of my experience as a teacher.
- Run another half marathon; one for which I’ve actually trained!
- Work on becoming a less negative person*.
- Read at least one new book each month.
*This goal is more vague than I would recommend, but I haven’t decided yet how to tackle a slow shift of perspective.
Do you set goals for the new year? What’s on your list of 2011 resolutions?
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