Well hellllllllllllllo to everyone! I just want to say that so many of you let me know that you're reading this and I want to thank you and I hope that the stuff that I do out here and post on here is entertaining enough to keep you interested. Also, if you haven't heard, I am now blogging for Girls On Food! There are reviews in Sacramento, Seattle, Austin, and Los Angeles, and I have been added as the east coast contributor! Please check it out at www.girlsonfood.net

Ok so lets get down to business. This will be a random blog about a bunch of stuff I've done over the past few months. To catch you up to speed on my life, I have moved from Manhattan to Queens, sorta northeast of where I used to live. It is cheaper rent, and I get to see Bryan a lot more. I have also started a quest to getting healthy. Eating clean, drinking less, but still having fun. Also Bryan works with a cookware company, so I basically inherited one hell of an awesome kitchen. So I have been cooking a LOT.


Mediterranean Pasta Salad with whole wheat pasta

crock pot veggies with lentils

fresh veggies with black bean pasta

Juicing. Everyday.

My guacamole. Which I make atleast once a week. And bean dip that I puree in the food processor and cook in the crockpot. AMAZINGNESS.

More lentils.

Cheat day: Homemade 3 cheese mac with whole wheat pasta. YUUUUM.

Eggs Benedict.

Crock pot salsa

Bryan actually made these: homemade spinach raviolis from SCRATCH

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Pickle backs in Brooklyn

my coworker Katie, who is a musician from Massachusetts

And after pickle backs

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Had brunch with Jeannine in Brooklyn, this is us looking out toward the Williamsburg Bridge :-)

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Just to give you an idea of the everyday life of a New Yorker...on the subway
Waiting on the platform for the train....

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THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL MEXICAN FOOD IN NEW YORK. That is supposed to be a fish taco. So gross on so many levels.

What New York does right: Wine and oysters.

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Jeannine and I at our friend Jen's burlesque show

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this is what it looks like when I'm blogging.

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Valentine's DAY! My gift to Bryan, beer and cupcakes :)

A Star Wars kinda Valentines

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My daily life. 4 layers, headphones, FREEZING!

Keepin warm at work too....ha

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We stopped by Les Halles last night, if you aren't familiar with Les Halles, it is the restaurant in NYC that Anthony Bourdain made famous. My old co worker Dimitry works there, so we stopped by to have a drink.

He asked us if we wanted bananas flambe, and we couldn't resist. It's a tableside stove of butter, sugar and booze. Oh and fire.
If there was any way to make a banana unhealthy...this is it. :)




After Les Halles, Bryan told me he had something he wanted us to do, but of course he wasn't going to tell me. But it was an awesome surprise! Ice skating!!!

It's been years since I've ice skated, but I still got it :-)

NEMO THE BLIZZZZARD!

Greetings again from snowy New York City! My dad pointed out that I haven't posted in a while, but nothing too noteworthy has happened in the past month, it's just been bone chilling freezing. DAYS AND DAYS of 15 degrees, but "feels like 3". THREE DEGREES? Are you kidding me? Ugh, luckily I'm totally prepared with my snow boots and jacket. Bryan and I planned a trip to Washington DC in January, and thursday night we were packing and getting ready to take the bus down there for a long weekend, just to get out and relax, check out museums and such. That night at work everyone was talking about how were gonna get pummeled by this huge snow storm on Friday, I got concerned and checked my email, and sure enough, Megabus cancelled our bus trip to DC because of dangerous road conditions. No bueno. I was totally pissed. Friday morning Bryan and I went to the store and stocked up on a bunch of wine and food and prepared to be hunkered down for a few days. By around 6pm, the snow had begun to stick. The pic above is early evening outside our window.

I went to bed pretty early cause Bryan and I were drinking champagne all day, but every few hours I woke up to take a new picture of the snow accumulation.

This is probably around 4am

And the fire escape in the morning. I would say we probably got about 8-12 inches of snow. Massachusetts and Hew Hampshire got the worst. Bryan's friend in NH sent him a photo of the top of her barely visible car, covered in snow.

Saturday morning I was overwhelmed with excitement when I looked outside. The snow had stopped, the clouds have parted, and it was sunny, and EVERYTHING was covered in snow. All I wanted to do was go outside and throw a snowball at something. Bryan a New Hampshire native, was unimpressed by the snow, growing up with it. So I called Jeannine and we decided to meet up in midtown at Central Park to see the snow there, and hopefully throw a few snowballs.....

We met in times square and walked down Broadway to Central Park. Jeannine pointed out Carnegie Deli, located across the street from the famous Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Deli is more famous than Katz's and way more expensive too. One of their sammies is gonna run you 15-25 dollars. A la carte.

We opted for something a little lighter, the ladies next to us warned of the high price, but in turn you get a TON of food. Jeannine is a pescatarian, so we shared the tuna melt.

It came out like this, open faced, melty, with fresh dill on toasted rye. I could barely eat the half. It was basic and delicious.

The walls were adorned with tons of pictures of celebrities, and def a tourist trap. Food came out fast and didn't disappoint. I will be back for a $25 turkey rueben one of these days!

Onwards to Central Park. Pure beauty. I really can't say much more ahout it.

And I think I look pretty damn adorable too. ;-) Cali girl all bundled up.

It was a Saturday, so there were people everywhere. Tons of people taking pictures, making snowmen, sliding around on ice, throwing snowballs, or walking their dogs. All the dogs are outfitted with shoes and sweaters too.

Me

Jeannine

People were throwing snowballs like crazy at the fountain and hooting and hollering everytime a snowball would hit the statues face. Grown men keep in mind....haha.

Here's me sitting in front of the frozen lake

There were huge signs warning people not to try to walk on it, so in turn people were throwing rocks and snowballs at it. Silly how snow brings out the kid in everyone..

This shot is taken off the Home Alone 2 bridge. I hope you all have see that movie....Again you can see all the snowball craters! :-)

There are lots of areas of the park that are closed during the winter, and this area was one of them, but someone had ripped the plastic fence down, and made the AWESOMEST SNOWTUBING HILL EVER. I was tremendously jealous watching all these kids barreling down the snowy hills.

The adults and thrill seeking kids added an extra 20 feet or so up the hill, and they were getting some serious speed, and the lighter children were getting air. So awesome.

After walking past tons of snowmen, this one was my favorite.

His eyes were made of oreos. :)

This was Jeannine's failed attempt to throw a snowball at me. The snow has been nothing short of fun, but I'm so ready for a warm up! I haven't had less than 4 layers of clothes on at any given moment! Miss you all and hope all is well wherever you are. :-) xoxo