tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81566589538425696502024-03-13T07:05:42.185-04:00A Veggie Girl (and her cat!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-20919542499651365462011-06-12T17:09:00.006-04:002011-06-13T17:25:26.995-04:00Blog on leave of absence... June 12th<div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ep0RlDpPSkw/TfUsV6oY3sI/AAAAAAAADX8/az_iCH-KzDw/s1600/b44ab4d88629__1307913017000.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ep0RlDpPSkw/TfUsV6oY3sI/AAAAAAAADX8/az_iCH-KzDw/s400/b44ab4d88629__1307913017000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617444865242095298" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I just don't have the time or energy to blog anymore with everything I have going on. What used to be a fun thing for me has now just become one more "chore" to do! :( So I'm putting the blog on hold until I can devote more time to it again! I don't know for how long, but I do appreciate all the support and friends I've made along the way in the blogging community! I can't believe it's been OVER 2 years since I've started this blog (back on <a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-first-post.html">May 30th 2009</a>!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But, you can continue to follow my new career </span><b><a href="http://www.anchornyc.com/page.cfm?page=agent_profile&id=843"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and I may decide to start the blog up again at a later date! And I again, thanks for all the support!!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-91209400325858324532011-05-26T21:48:00.014-04:002011-05-26T23:07:36.810-04:00May Recap! May 26th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've been so busy with my new real estate career, I haven't had time for much else. I do miss having the free time, but I am grateful to actually have a job now when so many people don't! Anyways, here's what's been going on outside of work!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I found a good asian restaurant near my job called </span><a href="http://fusia56.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fusia Asian Cuisine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (at 56th & Lexington). I've gone there 3 times already since starting my job 2 weeks ago! And here are my 3 lunches:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Miso soup and udon noodles with veggies and tofu (you get a choice of free miso soup or soda with their lunch special).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mFfZY5fMtGI/Td8GFaUpBnI/AAAAAAAADW4/sxqJgfLU8u0/s1600/fa408361478c__1305739663000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mFfZY5fMtGI/Td8GFaUpBnI/AAAAAAAADW4/sxqJgfLU8u0/s400/fa408361478c__1305739663000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210350761936498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aUD-MIlyz6g/Td8GFB7Ny3I/AAAAAAAADWw/2kSEwW_I6q4/s1600/f4ef1e731770__1305739676000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aUD-MIlyz6g/Td8GFB7Ny3I/AAAAAAAADWw/2kSEwW_I6q4/s400/f4ef1e731770__1305739676000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210344212843378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The next time I went in I didn't get a lunch special because I wanted to try their spring rolls and steamed mushroom dumplings!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xGCzzxr55XY/Td8GE9GjeKI/AAAAAAAADWo/NSqHu5QNOAg/s400/0572bfb4285f__1305739901000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210342918224034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vc9IVnHN32k/Td8GEbftTAI/AAAAAAAADWY/iya5EQwVWs8/s400/3e2ac122728a__1305740239000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210333896920066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They were quite good and I'll definitely be getting them again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The third time I was in a rush and desperately need the caffeine, so I got a coke along with their fried rice with vegetables and I had them put tofu in it (rule of thumb for fellow veggies-- always get your protein in with your meals for energy!!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8DiQ9AtEs8E/Td8GEjoWJzI/AAAAAAAADWg/ecq6wY2Nypg/s400/9f4b82a7c539__1306197400000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611210336080635698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This fried rice, while nowhere's near as healthy as my beloved </span><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Restaurant%3A%20Wild%20Ginger"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wild Ginger</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, was still REALLY good. Some of the best I've had (and at least they put a lot of veggies in it!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Luckily the other day I was still able to squeeze in a lunch with </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at </span><a href="http://www.seathainyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sea Thai</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> too! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SWTtUAYFaY0/Td8ElctRTKI/AAAAAAAADWQ/31_CXjiPp9s/s1600/dd2d0e4cc225__1305861519000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SWTtUAYFaY0/Td8ElctRTKI/AAAAAAAADWQ/31_CXjiPp9s/s400/dd2d0e4cc225__1305861519000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611208702134668450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fQuCtA3gAAc/Td8Elein4YI/AAAAAAAADWI/BnkbQFM4u-E/s1600/c3ee0702aee8__1305861532000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fQuCtA3gAAc/Td8Elein4YI/AAAAAAAADWI/BnkbQFM4u-E/s400/c3ee0702aee8__1305861532000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611208702626881922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got the usual of course... spring rolls & broad rice noodles with tofu.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then last weekend my mom and I went upstate with my uncle to visit my grandparents. I got to see my beloved Mae too. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U_e23zshje4/Td8HbeczMTI/AAAAAAAADXA/qBUl8Zx4Xxs/s400/0f19f580bd03__1306007857000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611211829338648882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My mom, grandma, and I got to go out to one of my favorite places Upstate called </span><a href="http://www.focastlefarm.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fo'Castle Farm</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. They have both a really nice store and restaurant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got my usual lunch there... swiss cheese sandwich, chips, pickle, and pink lemonade.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hjSjcSfPeoY/Td8Iak8WxGI/AAAAAAAADXQ/8nvxB3yKhLE/s400/8521096cde28__1306007799000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611212913413375074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also got some of their chocolate chip cookies to go which were SPECTACULAR! Seriously some of the best cookies I've ever eaten (despite how plain they look!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5x4f6dH0WO4/Td8Iak0D76I/AAAAAAAADXI/CkiXsY25bLc/s400/438fb2683a68__1306197409000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611212913378586530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And in their store I got something for Peanut (I'm a typical guilty parent the second I leave him and have to bring him home something! lol).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Meet Rodney, a cute little hamster/gerbil toy! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Prd1tbLYFI/Td8I7dFJO7I/AAAAAAAADXY/-cRLAfD6AcI/s400/1a78d2729cb9__1306084662000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611213478238436274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And speaking of Peanut... he has been his usual adorable self!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lGIWa_mmnGQ/Td8JZdjtf-I/AAAAAAAADXo/sI9L5JPioeM/s1600/a119bb856c3f__1306448258000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lGIWa_mmnGQ/Td8JZdjtf-I/AAAAAAAADXo/sI9L5JPioeM/s400/a119bb856c3f__1306448258000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611213993762717666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mUolwz754Kg/Td8JZOk0ouI/AAAAAAAADXg/Dek6uQkXUco/s1600/07168d97fa18__1306460817000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mUolwz754Kg/Td8JZOk0ouI/AAAAAAAADXg/Dek6uQkXUco/s400/07168d97fa18__1306460817000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611213989740847842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I will try to update the blog when I can still... I've already tried a few more places by my job and by various leasing offices that I will be blogging about in the near future, so stay tuned!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-53412594015086323462011-05-08T16:50:00.007-04:002011-05-08T17:21:35.263-04:00Happy Mother's Day! May 8th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I hope everyone is enjoying the day with their mom! But first in other news, I've passed both my real estate exams on the first try and will start working this week! :) So I'm going to be a lot busier now, but will try to squeeze in blogging when I can!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My mom and I went to brunch today, rather than dinner (which we normally do). We decided to go to </span><a href="http://www.omoniacafe.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Omonia Cafe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, which I'd been to </span><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/2011/04/veg-food-festival-that-wasnt-april-3rd.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">once before</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and liked. One of the reasons I like it is because it's such a good value! For $12.95 you get...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Choice of 2 beverages, one alcoholic and non-alcoholic (I got an apple juice and a screwdriver), entree of your choice (I got the strapatsada again)...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZqD_sTLUDRE/TccDms2gsHI/AAAAAAAADVI/DmZ0SiLH6Ew/s400/fdbc8d4e7a02__1304874643000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604452224695578738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and an amazing dessert! This time I tried the "amygdalou" (which is an almond creme cake), while my mom got the strawberry shortcake (which I got last time).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GS--QsyYaqw/TccDmUkyQ8I/AAAAAAAADVA/sBj7exhWFCI/s400/2fc1c39faa35__1304883045000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604452218178782146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yesterday while running errands I stumbled upon the best pizza place yet in Astoria! It's called </span><a href="http://www.dinos-pizzeria.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dino's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and it's at 30th & Broadway. Next time we'll definitely be ordering from them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DTNeX5sJAjc/TccEsatNUaI/AAAAAAAADVQ/Vc7LDydmI5g/s400/2bb1f75f5262__1304829712000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604453422415565218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And of course, even though I'm not a "real" mother yet, I am a "kitty mother" lol, so this day DOES have some special meaning to me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Peanut may look cute, but he can be a handful... like when he "blackmails" me. How, you ask? Let me explain...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OE_FeKIqE8U/TccEsqfj5kI/AAAAAAAADVY/5ZZ_xUqNeHQ/s400/96e9242cb0e0__1304287932000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604453426653292098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I may have brought this up before, but sometimes when Peanut wants my attention and I'm busy doing something else, he'll deliberately "threaten" to bite my computer wires! He's actually done it before too and he knows it makes me really mad!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But generally he's a good boy. He's very quiet and most of the time he just goes about his business, like...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Playing on the back of the toilet seat (chasing his tail mostly)...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SOIuWalg5Go/TccGcQN7S8I/AAAAAAAADVg/gZylgyI6Rkg/s400/5bddce6f66b2__1304287997000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604455343745354690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Playing in paper bags...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PBqeT9m-Hyk/TccGcvFrldI/AAAAAAAADVw/s8o4LC6Xwc8/s400/b20772459b07__1304624795000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604455352032269778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And of course, cat napping!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6_s4IQuRmQI/TccGcVvFLoI/AAAAAAAADVo/QTqJvax_uEw/s400/66fdcbfd495b__1304829682000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604455345226591874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He can get grumpy if I disturb him! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ij5D5WFsaXc/TccGc1dpk2I/AAAAAAAADV4/3Rc5fUFGfmg/s400/e3174c8f70ec__1304829698000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604455353743414114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But I did force him to take a "mommy and me" picture today! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OoIXDFHlVEI/TccHRg6X96I/AAAAAAAADWA/Sin371q5NwA/s400/49f58d1d0ed9__1304888589000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604456258759817122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Happy Mother's Day!</span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-40192495092292505812011-04-30T20:09:00.013-04:002011-04-30T20:51:27.662-04:00Time Flies... April 30th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can't believe it was two years ago yesterday that we got Peanut! And to refresh your memory, Peanut got his name because he was this small when we got him (and weighed less than a pound at nearly 7 weeks!):</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1jqhhuUnIaw/TbylPALvZZI/AAAAAAAADTw/YPvMWlIDyUs/s400/0bd028c246a5__1241434948000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601533713707918738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uivFd4YdC1c/TbylPawGWyI/AAAAAAAADT4/rOcaROeOm3w/s1600/30ae788353a0__1241803218000.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uivFd4YdC1c/TbylPawGWyI/AAAAAAAADT4/rOcaROeOm3w/s400/30ae788353a0__1241803218000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601533720839740194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But he's grown up to be a big boy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9733rgJZdnM/TbymQ7x4txI/AAAAAAAADUA/vaX1rMvmsJo/s400/9014fbfec64d__1303958039000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601534846397101842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Getting a chin rub!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've been very busy lately with my real estate course, but I have gotten some good eats in...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The other day I went to one of the only good Thai restaurants in Astoria, called </span><a href="http://www.thaibenjamas.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ThreeE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> on Broadway (b/w 34th & 35th st.). It really reminds me a lot of Spice, Sea Thai, etc. and I'm able to get really good pad see ew there (which is broad rice noodles with tofu in a black soy sauce-- one of my favorite dishes).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DwbXh0HXJNs/Tbyn1xJfyeI/AAAAAAAADUI/RpLdJFtM7S8/s400/d86312b7f4d5__1303869474000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601536578710129122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(It's on a leaf plate, so kind of hard to see.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The only annoying thing is that nowhere in Astoria can I find really good lunch deals. For example, you can't get a free appetizer like spring rolls with your lunch. You'd think prices would be much better in Astoria, but not really!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But when I was in Manhattan the other day I stopped by my favorite authentic chinese restaurant, </span><a href="http://www.suziesrestaurant.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Suzie's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (in the village).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Talk about a deal for a lunch special! You get all this food for around $7!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zhT8pjCdGZo/Tbyo3XAoZ8I/AAAAAAAADUY/SGhFXJn25lQ/s400/539ac933990c__1303920011000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601537705564989378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Vegetarian wonton soup.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dZmvChq3rLk/Tbyo3F9VPnI/AAAAAAAADUQ/61UqRm8hFyM/s400/4b645a5bccfc__1303920135000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601537700987747954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Bean curd home style (which is basically tofu) with vegetable fried rice and veggie egg roll.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And today I went to a new brunch spot in Astoria with </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> called </span><a href="http://www.pommecafeny.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pomme Cafe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (at 38th & Broadway) and we really enjoyed it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LaqH_lQXfJE/TbyqFFCWouI/AAAAAAAADUg/n_6ejr_E_kg/s400/9ff82dec437b__1304184387000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601539040770171618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They start you off with complementary croissants with nutella, yum!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d2JR0Uhj-gY/TbyqFXU4aOI/AAAAAAAADUo/-QLyzG6Hbmg/s400/e5b3b22b321b__1304184398000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601539045679720674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And their pre-fixe brunch for $14 including choice of drinks... I got a mimosa and an apple cinnamon spice tea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N1WqrY5Zx9I/TbyqFbAhVHI/AAAAAAAADUw/gpHeLugeOAo/s400/f7a780b70b88__1304184409000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601539046668063858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For my entree I got their omelette with gruyere cheese and zucchini (Melissa and I both got egg white omlettes), and this came with home fries and toast. It's funny, this is actually a picture of Melissa's dish because she got her omelette with goat cheese instead, and once I took a bite of hers I realized they had given us the wrong dishes, so we had to switch them! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Overall we really liked Pomme Cafe. It's a classy spot in Astoria and we'd go back again.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It looks like it's going to be a VERY busy May, so I won't get much time for blogging, but I'll try to when I can! Unfortunately I don't have this guy's schedule...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuD07LTLjhg/TbyrQGabfQI/AAAAAAAADU4/1mESCt7xEbA/s400/adcf62ff9bdd__1303958077000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601540329629777154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-39085559476994711512011-04-24T20:52:00.007-04:002011-04-24T21:11:36.132-04:00Happy Easter! April 24th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hope everyone had a good Easter! I just spent mine at home with mom and Peanut. Peanut was pretty tired this morning... I think he was up all night waiting for the Easter Bunny! ;)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RnDQQV2mtPI/TbTGWo74YyI/AAAAAAAADTA/KkZWCzBPfHE/s400/598a9e26fae6__1303656850000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599318328976368418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh and he likes sleeping in his carrier. His carrier is like his own room! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now on to the Easter eats!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cVOZEvbBPHc/TbTH59yVBSI/AAAAAAAADTI/MH3qgQ87gQw/s400/5f92f45b760a__1303655962000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599320035380495650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">My chocolate bunny (a baby/mini one).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOMAAbQ1Lc4/TbTH6CiUfcI/AAAAAAAADTQ/pe4cPUVzDpU/s1600/e0bb6733f8d7__1303692273000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOMAAbQ1Lc4/TbTH6CiUfcI/AAAAAAAADTQ/pe4cPUVzDpU/s400/e0bb6733f8d7__1303692273000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599320036655529410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Leftover pizza from last night... we ordered in from Astoria Pizza (and I think this is the best pizza place I've found since moving to Astoria... their delivery is good too!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-snv71MgI6Qc/TbTH6LblneI/AAAAAAAADTY/LGFu_ir5-FU/s1600/6670bfeae125__1303669965000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-snv71MgI6Qc/TbTH6LblneI/AAAAAAAADTY/LGFu_ir5-FU/s400/6670bfeae125__1303669965000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599320039043210722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Deviled eggs (not all of them, but this is the lovely tray mom made).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DaMKcOlvfIw/TbTIMSQsICI/AAAAAAAADTg/niAFSvNvkrM/s400/7163ac6cd680__1303680256000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599320350114193442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For dinner we made a pasta with artichoke dish (you can see the recipe </span><b><a href="http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/fusilli-artichoke-hearts-parmesan-cream-recipe-7716"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZP3VHgCxoIY/TbTIMuapxhI/AAAAAAAADTo/AnWC1zZqdtg/s1600/f6710bde85c1__1303692208000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZP3VHgCxoIY/TbTIMuapxhI/AAAAAAAADTo/AnWC1zZqdtg/s400/f6710bde85c1__1303692208000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599320357672175122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And of course, cheesecake! (See my recipe </span><b><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/2011/03/cheesecake-recipe-more-march-3rd.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok, just a brief update today. I'm working on finishing my real estate course and have the exams to pass in early May. But please comment and let me know how you guys have been doing!! :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-49407478718306604482011-04-12T21:34:00.016-04:002011-04-12T22:13:26.117-04:00News & Life Changes... April 12th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A LOT has been happening lately. For starters, I had to bring Peanut in for his yearly check-up early (he's not due until June but I brought him in late last week), because he got a stye under his eye that had to be looked at. You can see it slightly here:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjSbn-b142g/TaT-KTmx-7I/AAAAAAAADR4/BWaB2t1DwYo/s400/7c5e99ff5073__1302386995000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594876090116078514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Luckily Dr. Sane was able to give him an anti-biotic shot (because his stye got infected) that should get rid of it within a few weeks, instead of having to give him eye drops or worse still, having it surgically removed.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peanut has been doing fine otherwise (as you can see with the way he's grinning while he sleeps!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vb2bLZKxcdE/TaUEQk03CsI/AAAAAAAADSw/hOG9s-9icbM/s1600/4cf02892744a__1302387854000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vb2bLZKxcdE/TaUEQk03CsI/AAAAAAAADSw/hOG9s-9icbM/s400/4cf02892744a__1302387854000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594882794887514818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--D7CyO1yQk0/TaUEQazgPBI/AAAAAAAADSo/5Z_Jc4nhEko/s1600/63c5c5695462__1302388288000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--D7CyO1yQk0/TaUEQazgPBI/AAAAAAAADSo/5Z_Jc4nhEko/s400/63c5c5695462__1302388288000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594882792197471250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He was a very good boy at the vet and doesn't mind car trips at all, which is one of the reasons why we didn't change vets just because we moved. In fact, he slept like a baby most of the way back & forth! But as a little treat, I picked Peanut up a new toy at Petco today. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pPp0UeO6ymU/TaT_mnKPkaI/AAAAAAAADSA/7JszOC2QLfo/s400/7613f030259f__1302657869000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594877675913056674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's this cute little parrot with a feather tail and it makes a tweeting sound. He seems to be very fascinated by it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sunday I was meeting a fan of my blog who also lives in Astoria in Union Square. And out of nowhere, I met a fellow blogger who I've talked with but never met, who lives across the country! Jaclyn (</span><a href="http://justjac.wordpress.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Justjac</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) came up to me while I was waiting to meet my other friend, and we recognized one another right away! One thing that blogging has taught me is that it really is a small world! (And I felt like a celebrity being recognized like that! lol)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anyways, while I was in Union Square running some errands, I stopped for brunch at the </span><a href="http://www.bluewatergrillnyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blue Water Grill</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Their restaurant is pricy, but they have good brunch deals. Here's what you get for free:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jbAAr3TtLNo/TaUA9Cv2i6I/AAAAAAAADSI/d68vftJii2k/s400/732df2615710__1302462265000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594879160787307426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Tasty bread and drink of your choice- I chose orange juice.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For my entree I got an egg white omelette with veggies and home fries.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UhYPWqmxvzo/TaUA9Y7gOVI/AAAAAAAADSQ/JVtYbQV85TM/s400/d918c1b1eaf6__1302462274000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594879166741756242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I had a meeting today (which I'll go into more in a minute), and afterwards I had lunch at </span><a href="http://www.zenpalate.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Zen Palette</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (which was close by, off Park Ave).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I ordered wonton soup...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7MKmRiGDbxE/TaUCVOrp-ZI/AAAAAAAADSY/9HOXSqphILw/s400/9b9fabd1913a__1302657833000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594880675819420050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and their portobello mushroom burger with yam fries.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R9DotVyQyes/TaUCVTiDsvI/AAAAAAAADSg/q7s7V9fyDas/s1600/93b517d06a08__1302657991000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R9DotVyQyes/TaUCVTiDsvI/AAAAAAAADSg/q7s7V9fyDas/s400/93b517d06a08__1302657991000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594880677121340146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Both things lacked flavor and reminded me why I've always felt that Zen Palette does not come close to the caliber of other vegetarian/vegan restaurants in this city! I have to give them credit though, they were one of the first of their kind, but now so many places have really outdone them by leaps and bounds!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And today brings about some other news... I'm working on a major career change myself and have decided to go into real estate. This is mainly because it's one of the only real job opportunities that have come up for me. So over the next few weeks I'll be working on getting my real estate license. I had a meeting with the head of a real estate company today who offered to sponsor me. So that's where my focus is going to be indefinitely I guess! But I will try to blog when I can... Life is a funny thing, you never know where it will take you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--t3V7pjfwRE/TaUF0i1FBJI/AAAAAAAADS4/m7C8u05DiVA/s400/c7e9a1a0a5c3__1302565880000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594884512338478226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-68043011819287057882011-04-03T18:06:00.013-04:002011-04-05T13:55:20.298-04:00The Veg Food Festival that wasn't.... April 3rd<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok, so before I explain the title of this post, let me start out by apologizing for my absence (again). But I have a lot of catching up to do after this weekend!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So yesterday my friend </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and I tried out a new brunch spot in Astoria called </span><a href="http://www.omoniacafe.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Omonia Cafe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. I had walked by this place the previous weekend and was intrigued when I saw their brunch menu. You get SO much for your money, which is always a bonus! So this weekend we checked it out and here's what I got (all for $12.95, their pre-fixe brunch rate):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Choice of beverage (I chose orange juice).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RZvBmsMLPxU/TZjxMIs5TeI/AAAAAAAADRA/kSfC5tVxf_M/s400/3aef4b5117bf__1301771307000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591484128176983522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Choice of alcoholic beverage (I got a screwdriver which was very watered down, as was Melissa's mimosa).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mv2cnymh8DE/TZjxL06k-1I/AAAAAAAADQ4/31pehwaiTR4/s400/9adb10c15fee__1301771290000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591484122865662802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Choice of entree (I got the "strapatsada" which is scrambled eggs with tomatoes, feta cheese, and oregano, served with pita bread).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-25YbaId3kaI/TZjxLyHP2RI/AAAAAAAADQw/wAUOuB6lPsY/s400/3ec2e8de3d33__1301771809000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591484122113497362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(Melissa got this as well and we both thought it was delicious!)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And finally, choice of dessert (I got the strawberry shortcake, which was as good as it looks!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PWyLBMclyDQ/TZjxLkecEcI/AAAAAAAADQo/qhmrU4sa45k/s400/6a913c4c75fe__1301771819000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591484118452670914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So overall we really liked it and would definitely go back... their desserts </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">alone</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> are reason enough!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Now, on to today's fiasco... I have been looking forward to NYC's first ever </span><a href="http://nycvegfoodfest.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Vegetarian Food Festival</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> for weeks (as I blogged about last time) and had planned to meet up with some friends (and fellow bloggers) there. I was the first of my friends to arrive a little after 11:30 this morning, and I saw a line bigger than anything I had ever seen in my life! You can imagine my shock and horror when I realized that THIS was the line just to get in the food festival!!!!! (So much for our ecomony being on an up-swing! It reminded me of a great depression bread line, albeit slightly more cheery than that). No one could have EVER predicted this kind of turn-out for a vegetarian food festival, which is why admission was free and there were no tickets (note to whoever runs this event, MAKE PEOPLE BUY TICKETS NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!). I mean literally everyone and their brother was there, to the point where it looked like an American Idol audition or something!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So, I used some quick thinking and high-tailed it out of there down to </span><a href="http://sacredchow.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sacred Chow</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">! I KNEW it would be empty, since every vegetarian in the city was standing outside the food festival, and I was SO RIGHT! Sacred Chow was literally EMPTY, which is unheard of on a Sunday. It was great because I had the restaurant all to myself, got my food right away, and it was nice and quiet! Luckily I was able to warn some of my friends away from the food festival (if they didn't want to stand on a 2 or 3 HOUR line and wait all day to eat!!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So I got my usual tofu scramble.... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-35h_-shuemk/TZjzkhNz8gI/AAAAAAAADRI/XAtgjuGy6_w/s400/549d6afeaabc__1301853679000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591486746097611266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And after all that aggravation, no plate of food ever looked so beautiful in my entire life! I left completely happy and satisfied, and the waitress thanked me profusely for coming! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Btw, I knew that Sacred Chow was going to be AT the food festival, which is one of the reasons I wanted to go, but luckily I still got their amazing food and I didn't have to stand in an enormous line for it either!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As for Peanut, here are some pictures from his day to day life in the new apartment... and as you can see, he's got it rough! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nlivVFAt88I/TZj1SX2k_vI/AAAAAAAADRw/rtqvUO18McQ/s1600/e8019e5e8218__1301351571000.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nlivVFAt88I/TZj1SX2k_vI/AAAAAAAADRw/rtqvUO18McQ/s400/e8019e5e8218__1301351571000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591488633369853682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VrV9p7Z6UNA/TZj1R4hTk-I/AAAAAAAADRo/QiW1ilY2sMM/s1600/3650e6a163a2__1301351533000.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VrV9p7Z6UNA/TZj1R4hTk-I/AAAAAAAADRo/QiW1ilY2sMM/s400/3650e6a163a2__1301351533000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591488624959132642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6d6IJaEjoV8/TZj1R1fD_pI/AAAAAAAADRg/VtPo2Gg6K3I/s1600/052b34fa8bf5__1301351750000.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6d6IJaEjoV8/TZj1R1fD_pI/AAAAAAAADRg/VtPo2Gg6K3I/s400/052b34fa8bf5__1301351750000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591488624144416402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdJsmT3Uecg/TZj1Rulwb8I/AAAAAAAADRY/ofJ9p6APUtM/s1600/38b2095b9ad9__1301351547000.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tdJsmT3Uecg/TZj1Rulwb8I/AAAAAAAADRY/ofJ9p6APUtM/s400/38b2095b9ad9__1301351547000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591488622293446594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I really do look forward to hearing how the food festival WAS from any of the brave souls that stood on that horrendous line! So please come forward and let me know. Maybe they'll handle it better next year... one can only hope!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But, every cloud has a silver lining, right? And you know what, in retrospect that huge line makes me very happy. Why? Because that means there are a LOT more veggies out there like me than I even realized! And even if all those people weren't vegetarians, I'm certain that some of them are close to "converting" or are definitely open to the idea! And that is ALWAYS a good thing. :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-25255654950624857792011-03-21T18:09:00.011-04:002011-03-21T18:56:13.063-04:00Brunch & other news... March 21st<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On Saturday, </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and I got together for brunch at </span><a href="http://www.athenscafeny.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Athen's Cafe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> here in Astoria. I had been eyeing that place ever since I found out they served nutella french toast! They have a pre-fixe brunch menu, which includes your choice of drink (I chose orange juice) along with coffee or tea (I got tea). And of course for my entree, I got the nutella french toast, which looked (and tasted) fabulous!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wlKEMfxnqhY/TYfOxx432cI/AAAAAAAADPg/nfvPQ6NKbSY/s1600/9ac6bfdce4f5__1300560639000.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wlKEMfxnqhY/TYfOxx432cI/AAAAAAAADPg/nfvPQ6NKbSY/s400/9ac6bfdce4f5__1300560639000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586661217377180098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xxBUfSJJH8I/TYfOx8jrNQI/AAAAAAAADPY/C3BS8vB-v0c/s1600/4ddecee4a341__1300561330000.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xxBUfSJJH8I/TYfOx8jrNQI/AAAAAAAADPY/C3BS8vB-v0c/s400/4ddecee4a341__1300561330000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586661220241061122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This was really good, but I couldn't even finish it all! Melissa liked her omelette as well. The only thing we didn't like was the service (or lack of it!). But I'd definitely go back again!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sadly Astoria is really lacking in good asian and chinese food! So when I do make it into Manhattan, I make sure to stop by my old favorites...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Like </span><a href="http://www.tuethaifood.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tue Thai</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in the village, where I got my spring rolls & pad see ew with tofu lunch special (they really make the best pad see ew, otherwise known as, broad rice noodles here).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DkH5FOJOcP4/TYfP38BClyI/AAAAAAAADQA/nUKQd1BXG4A/s1600/9d6ef0103a48__1299545761000.jpeg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DkH5FOJOcP4/TYfP38BClyI/AAAAAAAADQA/nUKQd1BXG4A/s400/9d6ef0103a48__1299545761000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586662422686635810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oAoKvvKWTs8/TYfP3qHtxKI/AAAAAAAADP4/DDLjoYqq2pw/s1600/c898c9ae95ae__1299545770000.jpeg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oAoKvvKWTs8/TYfP3qHtxKI/AAAAAAAADP4/DDLjoYqq2pw/s400/c898c9ae95ae__1299545770000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586662417882793122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And </span><a href="http://www.suziesrestaurant.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Suzie's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, which is also in the village, where I get their bean curd homestyle lunch special (which comes with vegetarian egg roll and wonton soup).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o73HbxPEXQE/TYfP3KGtwBI/AAAAAAAADPw/Fh6VqF3Hvt0/s1600/a20dd072653a__1300146937000.jpeg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-o73HbxPEXQE/TYfP3KGtwBI/AAAAAAAADPw/Fh6VqF3Hvt0/s400/a20dd072653a__1300146937000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586662409288663058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9nHBIOJh0s0/TYfP3OXagOI/AAAAAAAADPo/Sb8CG8HOCpE/s1600/5bfba15e4748__0.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9nHBIOJh0s0/TYfP3OXagOI/AAAAAAAADPo/Sb8CG8HOCpE/s400/5bfba15e4748__0.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586662410432446690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mom and I also tried another pasta recipe this past week which we both really liked... Fusilli with Artichoke Hearts and Parmesan Cream (you can see the recipe </span><b><a href="http://www.delish.com/recipefinder/fusilli-artichoke-hearts-parmesan-cream-recipe-7716"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at </span><a href="http://www.delish.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Delish.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AagFYT6ELI8/TYfRnrvFn1I/AAAAAAAADQI/cHME9RmdbZ0/s400/89eb7730cee6__1300224972000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586664342461718354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This was excellent and really easy to make! I used all organic ingredients too (and my mom, which normally frowns upon organic stuff, claiming it's just over hyped, really loved the way this came out!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And tonight for dinner I tried </span><a href="http://www.gardein.com/index.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gardein's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> seven grain crispy tenders, which I heard great things about, but was skeptical...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TX7bnmCRAro/TYfSr0LTJII/AAAAAAAADQQ/9zie5iD_khE/s400/crispy_tenders_295x35052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586665512958633090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 350px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am so mad at myself because I forgot to take a picture! Although this is truly a testament to how good they really are!! I absolutely could not believe it. They blow any other vegetarian chicken nuggets out of the water! I give these my highest review EVER!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In other news, Peanut has been has been up to the usual... ever since we moved here, he keeps a constant eye on things out all the windows (something he was not used to, because our old apartment didn't have nearly as many windows, and wasn't as high up as well!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eheYbOR3mF8/TYfU9W40ckI/AAAAAAAADQY/9f8mUAA7-5c/s400/98da6cd2aacb__1300296505000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586668013357396546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But of course, napping is still another one of his favorite activities...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ACr2_EUQ0Zc/TYfU9iKvGfI/AAAAAAAADQg/dpMC6YVei-g/s1600/bc56f0554b09__1300565206000.jpeg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ACr2_EUQ0Zc/TYfU9iKvGfI/AAAAAAAADQg/dpMC6YVei-g/s400/bc56f0554b09__1300565206000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586668016385333746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh, and I'm looking forward to going to the </span><a href="http://nycvegfoodfest.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">NYC Vegetarian Food Festival</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">! It'll be my first time going to one, and it's going to be on April 3rd this year. You can get more details </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://nycvegfoodfest.com/2011-fest/vendors/">here</a>!</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-5566566753409215792011-03-13T15:05:00.012-04:002011-03-21T19:27:00.075-04:00Happy 2nd Birthday Peanut!! March 13th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can't believe my baby turns 2 today! It seems like only yesterday he was this big:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GqdD49AVTNU/TX0XNgHwMkI/AAAAAAAADOQ/BQt4Sc7YRwI/s400/733f0e99fab6__1243756975000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583644633737474626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And now he's this big:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lvHYQXFIXPM/TX0XN_CiytI/AAAAAAAADOY/0ew3pqsn7jg/s1600/df903af9d417__1298580170000.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lvHYQXFIXPM/TX0XN_CiytI/AAAAAAAADOY/0ew3pqsn7jg/s400/df903af9d417__1298580170000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583644642037123794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peanut's birthday present this year was a "big boy" scratching post!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QwyE_lp8sl8/TX0Xgqe09yI/AAAAAAAADOo/AVEr-2IK9dI/s400/bc71d3c3fce6__1298586479000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583644962936125218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Note that we put his beanie baby, Pellet on top to "lure" him to it! lol)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">However, Peanut seemed more fascinated by the huge box it came in!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-btJ_0aLha4g/TX0Xgp4DQ5I/AAAAAAAADOg/3vOnLMCLcjM/s400/63b8ec96ec8a__1298586312000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583644962773484434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But then he decided to test it out...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p7-0njB4e0Y/TX0YIuKvkBI/AAAAAAAADO4/_p7f6wu_5cs/s1600/6ec1ae698536__1298586301000.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p7-0njB4e0Y/TX0YIuKvkBI/AAAAAAAADO4/_p7f6wu_5cs/s400/6ec1ae698536__1298586301000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583645651120394258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s565gbFdagA/TX0YIVlwoEI/AAAAAAAADOw/M7L9uJ59VBM/s1600/7a65339a714a__1298415004000.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s565gbFdagA/TX0YIVlwoEI/AAAAAAAADOw/M7L9uJ59VBM/s400/7a65339a714a__1298415004000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583645644522823746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And like I do on every birthday (that you can see from last year </span><b><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/2010/03/happy-birthday-peanut-march-13th.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">), here are Peanut's before & after shots... I call these his "sleeping beauty" shots!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Before: May 2009</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L1UV8-xxPYc/TX0btgVGSpI/AAAAAAAADPA/aWw5St87xkA/s400/fd6e41610304__1241802325000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583649581595773586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After: March 2011</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RjRk2_cdSgU/TX0btsvjTkI/AAAAAAAADPI/M0_xBSo1SuI/s1600/47fe87414edc__1299454080000.jpeg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RjRk2_cdSgU/TX0btsvjTkI/AAAAAAAADPI/M0_xBSo1SuI/s400/47fe87414edc__1299454080000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583649584927952450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It really is amazing how fast they grow! It seems like only yesterday Peanut was the SMALLEST kitten on record for his age (or so said our vet!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KRegpyNJ0y0/TX0fK7jLjtI/AAAAAAAADPQ/XZ2BALuxqzU/s400/541709d11ab6__1241102437000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583653385653685970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>And Peanut already thanks you for the birthday wishes!</i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-64419159568808697352011-03-03T20:09:00.019-05:002011-03-05T23:59:04.522-05:00Cheesecake recipe & more! March 3rd<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Someone asked me a while back if I could post my mom's cheesecake recipe. So I decided to get my own healthier ingredients (like organic, etc.) and make it myself!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1hcEdOdWMg0/TXA9mfuxUxI/AAAAAAAADNI/VCPKymOmKUw/s400/d5cfcccd1cca__1299099197000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580027669874037522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the recipe:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>2 8 oz. packages of cream cheese</b> (I used Organic Valley's brand)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>1/2 cup sugar</b> (I used Whole Foods 365 brand of organic cane sugar)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>1/2 teaspoon or so of pure vanilla extract</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>2 eggs</b> (I used an organic, cage free brand of eggs from Whole Foods)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>9 inch graham or vanilla crust</b> (I used the Nilla wafer brand, not exactly healthy, but good)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Basically all you have to do is let the cream cheese sit in a bowl until it's room temperature, then mix in the sugar and vanilla extract and blend with a blender. Then add the 2 eggs and blend some more. Pour it in the pie crust and bake at <b>350 for 40 to 50 minutes</b>. Cool, then refrigerate for 3 hours or more before serving.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's the finished product:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v4VpiI9ULU8/TXA9mc-bX6I/AAAAAAAADNQ/6kUJS7Ajla4/s1600/bf2d3b54eb52__1299115031000.jpeg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v4VpiI9ULU8/TXA9mc-bX6I/AAAAAAAADNQ/6kUJS7Ajla4/s400/bf2d3b54eb52__1299115031000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580027669134401442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">And for the berry topping, all you have to do is slice some strawberries and mix it together with a teaspoon or so of sugar and let set in the refrigerator for a bit.</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My mom and I also made a great vegan asian inspired dinner the other night. It was featured in USA Weekend not long ago, and you can see the recipe </span><b><a href="http://www.usaweekend.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011102200309"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ob2v-6a-Mw0/TXA-nx-p1pI/AAAAAAAADNY/Kk8sGLbDQkI/s400/0703cdd5ea74__1299104755000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580028791463990930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This veggie lo mein has a bunch of veggies (mushrooms, red pepper, onion, etc.) in it, along with extra firm tofu cubes and thin spaghetti in a lo mein sauce that you make. And just as a side note, but the rice vinegar and toasted sesame oil are a bit hard to find... try Whole Foods, I found them there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of my simplest recipes I actually found on MorningStar Farms site, that you can see </span><b><a href="http://www.morningstarfarms.com/recipes_maple-sausage-breakfast-sandwich.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. It's their maple sausage breakfast sandwich, and I laughed when I saw it because it literally is the EASIEST RECIPE IN THE WORLD!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yyw2xFGZ4VE/TXBAGMWASCI/AAAAAAAADNg/gww_KNd6D94/s400/df97f272ea05__1299174350000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580030413448955938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Just take a MorningStar Farms maple sausage pattie (they make different kinds, but their maple one adds a nice flavor) and put it on bread of some sort (they show a biscuit, but I get the mini bagels and they work perfectly). You can jazz this up with a little cheese (regular or vegan), but it really is good on it's own, and it's SO easy to throw together!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even though I live all the way in Astoria now, over 7 miles away, I still can't help but visit my beloved Wild Ginger. I went there the other day and got the usual (and the best part is, one waiter there literally just brings out my food when I come in-- I don't even have to ORDER anymore!!! That's what I call service! ;).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YvFSJi1yAwk/TXBCd1zrNWI/AAAAAAAADN4/mgIj4iKGc9U/s1600/17fbce158420__1298917837000.jpeg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YvFSJi1yAwk/TXBCd1zrNWI/AAAAAAAADN4/mgIj4iKGc9U/s400/17fbce158420__1298917837000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580033018739504482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2FyPA3cWq80/TXBCd6zNNCI/AAAAAAAADNw/1GvQgBcgNCU/s1600/8cea912aef12__1298917847000.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2FyPA3cWq80/TXBCd6zNNCI/AAAAAAAADNw/1GvQgBcgNCU/s400/8cea912aef12__1298917847000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580033020079715362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NStUURCJkrs/TXBCduofklI/AAAAAAAADNo/OZxkut-P8E0/s1600/b3f928f9167e__1298917858000.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NStUURCJkrs/TXBCduofklI/AAAAAAAADNo/OZxkut-P8E0/s400/b3f928f9167e__1298917858000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580033016813556306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In other news, for my birthday I got a purse that I'd been dying to get for a while now from this great vegan handbag designer named <a href="http://susannichole.com/">Susan Nichole</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PWgWwPQgPfM/TXBCrODkLPI/AAAAAAAADOA/vvlPgaPmTa8/s400/42f70495fa6d__1298924531000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580033248586902770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm ordinarily not even a FAN of red (as purple and blue are my favorite colors), but there is something about the color "candy apple" that I really like. The bag looks more red in my picture, but you can see what it looks like better on their site <b><a href="http://susannichole.com/store/stella-in-candy-apple-red-p-525.html">here</a></b>. (I broke down and got this because it was on sale for President's Day, and since the holiday happens to be on top of my birthday, it was meant to be! :).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Speaking of birthdays, I know someone who is heading into their terrible two's....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2QKiz9Y4XTI/TXBCxXiveII/AAAAAAAADOI/KgQRX7FbbzM/s400/b068b616b182__1299166009000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580033354212800642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That's right, Peanut's 2nd birthday is on the 13th, so I'll be posting more then! :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-49303230091259597572011-02-25T13:44:00.022-05:002011-03-21T18:32:39.588-04:00Reviews & Recipes (February 25th)<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of my resolutions this year was to cook more, specifically learn to cook vegan dishes. So I've been busy doing a lot of that lately. I also have some <a href="http://www.lightlife.com/food.jsp">Lightlife products</a> to review as well. So let's get started!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I started off by making the quiche that we had at the </span><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Lightlife%20Event"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lightlife event</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> a few weeks ago, using the recipe they gave us at the event and Lightlife's Gimme Lean Sausage (which they sent me to try).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-108etIaBeKM/TWf6G1C-5eI/AAAAAAAADLg/hmNlrDFSv0g/s400/gimmeleansausage_detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577701658747397602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 92px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My mom and I followed the recipe exactly, but it came out a little too mushy and not solid enough, so we'll have to revise it next time. The sausage was really good however and gave the quiche a nice, flavorful taste.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bCrBOA2DG2g/TWf6HB_lVWI/AAAAAAAADLo/VSqyCzqnpR4/s400/ad751ff8e5de__1297907708000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577701662222800226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The other Lightlife product I tried was their original Smart Ground crumbles (which they also sent, thanks Lightlife!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UOswC3OCSwk/TWf7wTRvVqI/AAAAAAAADLw/GIaVbvDc7_4/s400/smartgroundorg_detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577703470748620450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I used this to make tacos...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-utpvG0Nff5o/TWf7wQmlMQI/AAAAAAAADL4/rLCudtU9oi4/s400/a70641cb4009__1298585888000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577703470030729474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the past I had used the frozen crumbles that other brands make, but I thought this was a nice change. The Smart Ground seemed fresher than the frozen kind and tasted better. I just mixed it in with regular taco seasoning and I swear there was NO difference (this is the perfect product to "trick" your husband or boyfriend with! lol They'll never know it's not meat).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peanut has some "product reviews" too! :) He apparently loves Newman's Own pineapple salsa! (Which is probably not good for cats, but as you can see, I let him have a taste!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GpMxHONd1xU/TWf-pnWi2bI/AAAAAAAADMA/_xYHNofY68U/s400/b98f5c2a7e32__1297988283000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577706654413281714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There are very few "people foods" that Peanut likes. But anything with spices or peaches he goes crazy for! Speaking of peaches, for old time sake, he still loves his Mott's peach medley apple sauce too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FkEyDdHMvdY/TWf-p54n-CI/AAAAAAAADMI/YxV2lvpT6j4/s1600/19cd1c56c1db__1298586433000.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FkEyDdHMvdY/TWf-p54n-CI/AAAAAAAADMI/YxV2lvpT6j4/s400/19cd1c56c1db__1298586433000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577706659388061730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Note how I even let him eat things on my bed! I am a bad mother-- clearly. lol)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now on to the recipes... I printed out some vegetarian recipes from </span><a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">EatingWell</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. And here's how they came out...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first thing I tried was the Portobello "Philly Cheese Steak" Sandwich (you can see the recipe </span><b><a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/portobello_philly_cheese_steak_sandwich.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OqAnEgHDDcs/TWf_ylf91DI/AAAAAAAADMQ/wkI0KhI8BoE/s400/7c10b697d846__1297988296000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577707908046378034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This was really good and I can't wait to make it again! Although next time I won't be adding red pepper just because I'm not really a fan. And the recipe is vegan if you use vegetable broth or stock (which I did). I did use organic provolone cheese (just a bit) to melt on top like the recipe said though, but it's easy to omit if you want.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The next </span><a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">EatingWell</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> recipe I tried was their Bean "Bolognese" (you can see the recipe </span><b><a href="http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/bean_bolognese.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RJkJag5CDVg/TWgAujiupfI/AAAAAAAADMY/C1vtwGFcppE/s400/cbe81caf49b3__1298414137000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577708938313246194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This recipe is also completely vegan if you don't put parmesan cheese on top (which I did, again an organic and rennet-less kind). This was SOOOO good. And this is an INCREDIBLY healthy dinner because you get your protein with the beans, not to mention all the veggies! Can't wait to make this one again too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And the last recipe I tried is courtesy of </span><a href="http://peasandthankyou.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mama Pea</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and that is her </span><a href="http://peasandthankyou.com/2010/10/18/wedded-bliss/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Italian Wedding Soup</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. I modified the version a bit like my fellow blogger, </span><a href="http://www.une-vie-saine.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gabriela</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> did (and you can see her version </span><b><a href="http://www.une-vie-saine.com/2010/11/italian-wedding-soup-dinner.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VwxsKa34WTU/TWgBdqc4EvI/AAAAAAAADMg/CqMdTKFVF4g/s400/c16ec660851e__1298255425000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577709747621597938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Basically the only difference was, Gabriela and I used Trader Joe's meatless meatballs (a favorite of mine!) instead of making our own like Mama Pea. This came out great, and I was really impressed! (The picture didn't come out that great though, but you can see how it looks and all the cooking instructions on their blogs.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have not given up dairy completely yet (as evidenced by the cheese I throw on top of things!) and I couldn't help but get a frozen yogurt on one of our few warmer days we had a week or two ago at </span><a href="http://www.redmangousa.com/default.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Red Mango</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (I went to the one here in Astoria on Steinway St.).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RIEBuktlFbs/TWgB9gRo0rI/AAAAAAAADMo/ZXb7FIxvBd8/s400/b301a6270805__1298058811000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577710294645920434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got my usual, a medium original with granola and strawberries.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All this food is finger lickin' good...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EIWs2dGOTjs/TWgChBIDSjI/AAAAAAAADNA/99fD2lUp5Oo/s400/bfae90bfed90__1298391455000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577710904759503410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Or maybe Peanut just decided to clean himself instead!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9KB2i8U9sxs/TWgCg7YUnCI/AAAAAAAADM4/s7l2GNWn_ks/s400/b9a896ac4a3e__1298392336000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577710903217134626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If Peanut could talk he'd say, "Mom, stop embarrassing me!!!" So that's all for now!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xXe6O7onnKA/TWgCg6TIaVI/AAAAAAAADMw/yMMOW6Xul-E/s400/8fefae53c994__1298391398000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577710902926928210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Also, thank you for the birthday wishes on the last post! I appreciate them!</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-59541168077360853052011-02-20T23:04:00.014-05:002011-02-24T21:35:21.859-05:00My Birthday :) February 20th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's that time of year again... my birthday! I decided to have my birthday dinner at </span><a href="http://www.blossomnyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blossom</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and I invited fellow bloggers </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><a href="http://tropicaleats.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shannon</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Peanut was a little upset he wasn't included! lol</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tUUONGH5Los/TWHnOJAqgYI/AAAAAAAADKY/O2xc6vHgcBU/s400/cf965b72be14__1298226690000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575992043784274306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Earlier today I went to the </span><a href="http://www.shopsatcolumbuscircle.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (where they filmed one of my favorite more recent movies, <a href="http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/enchanted/">Enchanted</a>!). I did some shopping at the gigantic Whole Foods there first and got a "peach perfection" smoothie at </span><a href="http://www.jambajuice.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jamba Juice</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2sfviuZ0pUk/TWHnXYGiMiI/AAAAAAAADKg/gMzWjm8E9z4/s400/e8e6cee48510__1298255455000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575992202454250018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then I headed over to </span><a href="http://www.blossomnyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blossom</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. It never ceases to amaze me how good their food is. If I only knew their secret, I'd be the happiest vegan on the planet! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa and I shared our appetizers because we both wanted to try more than one!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ihZsgpYvQl8/TWHoLoBCeRI/AAAAAAAADK4/vjWJPaOkuc8/s400/IMAG0362.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575993100079364370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I started off by getting their porcini flutes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TtOnu5iBO-A/TWHoLTy9LnI/AAAAAAAADKw/tt86qskJvls/s400/IMAG0361.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575993094651588210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And Melissa got their ravioli with cashew cream.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I really liked both, and they tasted very similar (both were mushroom filled). Don't let the green (pesto) sauce on mine scare you, it is SO good! And normally I wouldn't touch something that looked so, uh... odd!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QKiWbi_XczE/TWHoLHouanI/AAAAAAAADKo/K4vEqO8zYZg/s400/IMAG0363.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575993091387452018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also got a side of their mashed potatoes, which truly was their all-star dish. I have NEVER eaten better mashed potatoes than this! It was worth the extra $6!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For my main course I got their lasagna. It never ceases to amaze me how good this is. You really don't miss regular cheese at all!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbZi4bOLbwo/TWHolGQnULI/AAAAAAAADLA/UXP2LnZpVzs/s400/IMAG0366.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575993537694486706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(</span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> took the photos of the food because her camera's flash was working better than mine. So thanks Melissa!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And here we are at dinner!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/---OVKX_NjDo/TWHpSVIgicI/AAAAAAAADLI/jI-fk4EdzV8/s400/IMAG0368.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575994314781133250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Our nice waiter took the photo)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Afterwards we ran into </span><a href="http://www.cocoav.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cocoa V</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (Blossom's vegan dessert place across the street). I further bankrupted myself by getting a cupcake (hey, it's my birthday, and what's another $3 after what we had already spent?!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FrS2WoXHR7w/TWHpSdKqV8I/AAAAAAAADLQ/YvlrLA35hVk/s400/928081ea74b6__1298255763000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575994316937648066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This was really good and it was a closer vegan dessert place than </span><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Babycakes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Babycakes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. The cupcake is chocolate and the frosting is vanilla (and my favorite color too!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Overall, I'm okay being another year older. I'm not that old anyway. And I feel like I keep learning and growing. I'm in a better place in my life, healthier, and you know what? It shows! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RrMeplBIsC8/TWHqdf4_VQI/AAAAAAAADLY/yWOg2vkU9dc/s400/marinabday5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575995606159021314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm going to be doing a post on product reviews and recipes next, so more soon!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-79268990298393967202011-02-14T13:10:00.017-05:002011-02-14T16:29:58.964-05:00My Valentine... February 14th<div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">has fishy breath</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">uses fresh step</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">has a chubby belly</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">loves kibble</span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yup, you guessed it!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VTTiwhuS4bI/TVlxMNmQYNI/AAAAAAAADJI/2wBPl6EdCvA/s400/b3bd0ef584b2__1297522498000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573610468470186194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And he is so handsome too! :) So who is </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">your</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> valentine?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Last weekend I had a very "Valentine's Day" brunch...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VITyPYpo3IA/TVlyVWyse_I/AAAAAAAADJQ/68_wpYaBxpE/s400/10770dfc3c6f__1296928757000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573611725068729330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got french toast with their homemade strawberry sauce and cream at </span><a href="http://www.brickcafe.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brick Cafe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> here in Astoria (it came with a side of potatoes too). All for $7! Talk about a great deal! (One of the only great deals I could find too... most restaurants here in Astoria are as expensive as Manhattan, or worse!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And my first Lightlife review is actually a product they didn't send me, but rather one I bought with the free coupon they gave me at the </span><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Lightlife%20Event"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">event</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I went to. Because I liked their mini hamburgers so much at the event, I bought a package.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IMdWqigjKv8/TVlzHrD95dI/AAAAAAAADJY/11WWqtQh4Xw/s400/lightburgerorignal_detail.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573612589503342034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 375px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And I had one of their burgers with Alexia's sweet potato fries (the new kind with sea salt and pepper). All in all I like the texture of Lightlife's burger. It's very "meaty" and filling. They are not your typical frozen burger, and you can find them in the refrigerated section.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7xFWMNe8kCs/TVlzSts3iyI/AAAAAAAADJg/q3AacXV18SY/s400/1ad94d286407__1297376335000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573612779190324002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And I swear, dairy (at least in large quantities) isn't for me. Mom made her mushroom lasagna last weekend, which was good, but upset my stomach. :(</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQ-K2wZhii0/TVlz-XagdjI/AAAAAAAADJo/GNmFPmlLA1E/s400/97f8c5d6d54b__1297383303000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573613529121977906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also tried a thai place in the area called </span><a href="http://yajaithaifood.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yajai</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AR13HL9I_z8/TVl017PjjMI/AAAAAAAADJw/czGc4ZiiAxY/s400/e63057c50596__1297444303000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573614483632524482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got their pad see ew with tofu. It tasted almost exactly the same as it does at Spice or Sea Thai in Manhattan. Unfortunately though, they don't give you a free appetizer, just a free soda (who needs that?!). So I've yet to try their spring rolls.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-stDfS-EKy9s/TVmHketEdOI/AAAAAAAADKQ/zicxTTBhzsA/s400/f6108bd92144__1297712595000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573635074634839266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And yesterday I got a mango smoothie at a great health food store on Steinway St. called </span><a href="http://www.organicsforall.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Organics For All</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. (The picture isn't appetizing, but the quality of the smoothie was terrific!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am glad that my "valentine" is adjusting well to the new apartment. He loves to look out my window...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Dnwrb1UlVrk/TVl1aDkggRI/AAAAAAAADJ4/zx-lE_V42ow/s400/8aad7a8b8736__1297383341000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573615104343179538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and roll around on the floor (notice that he practically "blends in" to the floor!!)...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qin7ddP2Q7Q/TVl1o-pdJpI/AAAAAAAADKA/IMwgASzmhQk/s400/8d4b5f72c337__1297370396000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573615360719791762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">but his favorite of course, is his "perch" in the living room with Pellet (who recently had a bath... I like to give him one every several months because Peanut gets him so dirty!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jG28TfdWUCg/TVl2Czt-uvI/AAAAAAAADKI/qYAPAPtoPvk/s400/6531448b786b__1296859685000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573615804462578418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Happy Valentine's Day!</span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-91401202652531774982011-02-09T13:32:00.015-05:002011-02-09T19:18:18.948-05:00Lightlife Event ~ February 9th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I truly owe </span><a href="http://www.lightlife.com/index.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lightlife</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> a lot. Not only for the lovely event that Melissa and I attended last Wednesday (Feb. 2nd), but for all the free products they've sent us (which I will be reviewing over the course of the month)! Here are some of the professional photos from the event, taken by </span><a href="http://dianebondareff.com/show.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Diane Bondareff Photography</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLe-93dJoI/AAAAAAAADIQ/J0QHXLHI5vE/s400/Image-9233334-121266242-2-Web_0_25b58f85b047a89b143ec50982143c48_1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571760862351140482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/">Melissa</a> and I...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLe-mNJFpI/AAAAAAAADII/g5w2hHpdbZw/s400/Image-9233334-121266255-2-Web_0_aa1b22b05de022d2f9b7f0787945e8e4_1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571760855999649426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A very staged pic (lol) of me getting food from one of the adorable male waiters!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And here are some of my favorite foods from the event (all are vegetarian, some are vegan):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLfp-9OObI/AAAAAAAADI4/lq-HbL13pTo/s400/Image-9233334-121267038-2-Web_0_da97590be00fbdadef4c32dc5062c883_1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571761601378138546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stuffed mushrooms</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLfpzFS7oI/AAAAAAAADIw/_63BfVHLYaI/s400/Image-9233334-121266988-2-Web_0_04d5acc5c7f57e0caf1c06b801e70124_1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571761598190775938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Quiche</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLfpk0M9tI/AAAAAAAADIo/X5urdITgtYc/s400/Image-9233334-121266977-2-Web_0_f2c922c444062c6a3fd9c3f5591c4753_1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571761594360985298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Potstickers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLfpUoBLnI/AAAAAAAADIg/ITQCe3Yj5V8/s400/Image-9233334-121266968-2-Web_0_18da5abd65c67eeee3aa1e1465b49064_1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571761590014914162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Burgers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLfpSZbnaI/AAAAAAAADIY/eW5hMH9N8P0/s400/Image-9233334-121265939-2-Web_0_9855076f5cbcae9bd32a6e19a4fd1e82_1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571761589416861090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lemon chicken with tasty brussel sprouts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Overall we had a really good time and for once I actually ENJOYED the food at one of these events! It's so hard for vegetarians (especially vegans!) to "fit in" and actually eat the food at most cocktail parties. But this was truly the exception (a good one), and I had fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TVLhVROud1I/AAAAAAAADJA/mTlorzunBSE/s400/180326_805308268795_18401406_43251457_4657268_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571763444529395538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To see more, pleas</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">e visit</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></b><b><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/lightlife-tasting-and-cocktail-event/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa's blog (Missy Maintains)</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. She took so many great pics that evening, including more of us and the food!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More to come with the </span></b><a href="http://www.lightlife.com/index.jsp"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lightlife</span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> reviews too, so stay tuned! :)</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-60956481151791131742011-02-04T13:22:00.014-05:002011-02-04T17:37:49.478-05:00Astoria Eats! February 4th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'll have much more to report on Wednesday's <a href="http://www.lightlife.com/index.jsp">Lightlife</a> event that </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and I attended, but that will be in another post. For now, I just wanted to post what eats I've been having around my new home here in Astoria!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After tying up loose ends at our old apartment in Manhattan on Monday, my mom and I were beat. So we ordered in chinese food for dinner from a chinese restaurant nearby called Happy Garden. It is similar to </span><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Restaurant%3A%20Suzie%27s"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Suzie's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> in Manhattan, but not quite as good with not quite as many vegetarian options. But still, I was pretty satisfied!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got their vegetarian egg roll (which was more like a spring roll) with steamed veggie dumplings...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxFm0IhrrI/AAAAAAAADHI/eaMWB9sfOC0/s400/c8920e32aacd__1296514799000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569903372282212018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and their bean curd country style dish, which is basically tofu and vegetables with rice in a brown sauce (I like the black bean sauce better that I got at Suzie's, but this was still good).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxFmuGb6XI/AAAAAAAADHA/X27VTokwcg4/s400/c73ce0decbd8__1296514837000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569903370662832498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On Wednesday I headed into Manhattan pretty early, because I had some errands to run, plus a salon appointment before the event later. I took the subway into Soho, where I stopped in Cafe Duke (I used to go there all the time back when I went to the Makeup Designory in Soho).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got a bottled water and these chocolate filled panda cookies that I love, but they are SO hard to find!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxGk6ROhVI/AAAAAAAADHg/ePgnZhdj1eo/s400/785aa745999c__1296667862000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569904439081207122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then I stopped in </span><a href="http://www.seathainyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sea Thai</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for lunch before my hair appointment and got the usual!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxGkp-2yFI/AAAAAAAADHY/0bIHht7Yy-Q/s1600/ec2ed1e251a4__1296670712000.jpeg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxGkp-2yFI/AAAAAAAADHY/0bIHht7Yy-Q/s400/ec2ed1e251a4__1296670712000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569904434709186642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxGkYJ801I/AAAAAAAADHQ/tbBir7T0A84/s1600/b3e07e3a3bfc__1296670727000.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxGkYJ801I/AAAAAAAADHQ/tbBir7T0A84/s400/b3e07e3a3bfc__1296670727000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569904429923881810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the Bumble & Bumble salon I got their "monster" cookie (which has peanut butter, chocolate chips, M&M's... basically a whole bunch of stuff in it!) to have as a snack for later.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxHli0UifI/AAAAAAAADHo/G8c-VrQ7e6o/s400/a9c7f1eec170__1296775150000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569905549477448178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then later I had a bunch of goodies at the Lightlife event that </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> will be blogging about soon! (She was the one taking pics of all the food. I was too busy eating it! lol)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yesterday I stopped in Astoria Pizza for a slice and it was good!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxIFRIP_FI/AAAAAAAADHw/k8O_oZGfpz8/s400/16707cd8f9c5__1296754978000-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569906094485011538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And today I went to Bagelberry, which is a bagel/frozen yogurt place nearby. I made my usual bagel sandwich with swiss cheese & mustard, had some Wise ridgie chips, and a Dole fruit cup, with my mini bottle of water that Melissa and I got from our car service on the way home the other night! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxIs7j7z8I/AAAAAAAADH4/Ve2Gu91eFIA/s400/41dde711f7aa__1296841914000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569906775890317250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Note the paper plate-- no more dishwasher, means paper plates so I have less dishes to do!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As for Peanut, he's been adjusting well. Here he is with Pellet on one of his many "perches!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUxJmX7pv1I/AAAAAAAADIA/ow7vqytG7a0/s400/ad2c367bc485__1296514736000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569907762758532946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ok, more to come soon on the <a href="http://www.lightlife.com/index.jsp">Lightlife</a> event!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-75425834359865659032011-01-30T18:34:00.018-05:002011-01-30T23:39:36.707-05:00The moving re-cap & more! January 30th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This past week has been such a blur. Naturally on our moving day (Wednesday) was a blizzard, but somehow we forged ahead and got moved into our new apartment (which is truly a PALACE compared to where we were staying in Manhattan!). We're on the top floor now, which we deserve after having to listen to people stomp around above us for the past two years, living on the first floor! Peanut is still adjusting and doesn't really know what to make of it. But every day he's doing better and not hiding as much. And of course, I've been finding some eats here and there around Astoria! So let's get to it!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first night we were SO tired. We had all we could do to order pizza! Luckily there is a good pizza place near by called Salerno's that we ordered from. (The first place we tried, Rizzo's, was a disaster! The most horrible pizza we've ever seen! But hey, you live and learn!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX21LmY6oI/AAAAAAAADFs/m-MwdWojkCs/s400/cd452b3bac18__1296093926000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568127907820792450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(Notice, no plates! Only paper towels that first night!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have found the BEST chocolate chip cookies EVER. They are HUGE and VEGAN too!!! I happened upon them at </span><a href="http://www.saiorganics.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sai Organics</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, a chain of health food stores here in Astoria (there's only two of them I believe, both on 30th Ave.). They make a lot of their own organic and vegan foods, so I'll be stopping by there often!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX3bd1LedI/AAAAAAAADF0/hwXO9PmFTDY/s400/3da08c26a5a0__1296326748000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568128565549693394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yesterday I met my friend </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for brunch at </span><a href="http://www.grandcafelounge.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Grand Cafe</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. It was nice to see a familiar face, especially since I don't know a soul around here! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Their pre-fixe brunch was good (although they DID rip us off for getting egg whites!!). They started off by giving us some mini muffins...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX5XSddsFI/AAAAAAAADGM/QcialZZ5q5Y/s400/7e589ca4dfc7__1296326620000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568130692801212498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then we had a choice of drink and coffee or tea. I chose an orange juice and tea.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX5XT4xaFI/AAAAAAAADGE/7INv-8UVANw/s400/87beb92c9ddf__1296326634000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568130693184186450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For my entree I had an egg white omelette with avocado and tomato with french fries (and it came with a side of whole wheat toast).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX5XEbRfsI/AAAAAAAADF8/niTl5BIVmZc/s400/6acb6626ebd8__1296326656000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568130689033928386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(These fries were SOOO good too-- they reminded me of McDonald's fries, which I haven't had in ages!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa and I will be attending an event this Wednesday hosted by </span><a href="http://www.lightlife.com/index.jsp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">LightLife</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> that we are really looking forward to, that I can't wait to blog about!! So stay tuned for that!!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On my way home from brunch I stopped in the other Sai Organics store (the one further from me) and saw that they had a new Luna Bar! Of course I had to get it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX6Y_vWLkI/AAAAAAAADGU/eerXC4HviFU/s400/e4e5dac27b00__1296325032000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568131821647310402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I tried this today and it was okay. The chocolate chunk flavor could have been better if they added a layer of chocolate or icing of some sort at the bottom (like most Luna bars... my favorites being iced oatmeal raisin and the cookies & cream one).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And today I stopped in Mt Olympus Bagels to make my bagel sandwich that I like (with swiss cheese-- yes, I cannot sustain a vegan diet!!!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX7NtqkE6I/AAAAAAAADGc/nKrVHTmKeZs/s400/5223cebe903c__1296407713000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568132727328478114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(I had another favorite, a Mott's peach medley apple sauce with it.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As for Peanut, he hid (which is unlike him) for most of the first two days we were in the new apartment (as you can see!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX7yaHQQhI/AAAAAAAADGk/h-8epsLkX28/s400/e2dd6e5a8272__1296160327000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568133357735264786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But he's coming out of hiding more and more, and is back to his usual tricks!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX77bXR-3I/AAAAAAAADGs/QEthF9LUcZM/s400/570fff4d89ad__1296275874000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568133512689744754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(He's licking my valentine ring pop!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I am happy in our new place though. It is so quiet, and the view is gorgeous. It really reminds me of those roof top scenes in Mary Poppins!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TUX8mdJLyUI/AAAAAAAADG0/uY4fgDV7djw/s400/3a0dff652292__1296164450000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568134251901864258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ok, well our "fun" doesn't end there. Tomorrow we have to go back to our old apartment in Manhattan and tie up some loose ends (like taking down our wall, going through the apartment inspection, etc.). So it's going to be yet another busy week ahead! And everyone please PRAY that we are spared another blizzard this week! All of us here in NY truly can't take much more!!!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-16368234130684091262011-01-24T20:39:00.012-05:002011-01-24T21:14:24.517-05:00We're on our way out... January 24th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Well, the move is less than 2 days away now, and thank God the weather isn't supposed to be as bad as they initially thought for Wednesday! We've been extremely busy as you can imagine. The only person that has been enjoying themselves during this whole debacle has been Peanut! He feels like "king of the pride" on top of all these boxes (and reminds me of Simba a bit!).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4rBALkOOI/AAAAAAAADD8/2Niui22lCno/s400/34db2567760f__1295890748000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565933485704886498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">On Thursday we had our lease signing in Queens, and then when we got back we had dinner at </span><a href="http://www.olivegarden.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Olive Garden</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4sHv4YtOI/AAAAAAAADEM/ddBarsWf5pQ/s400/4900af9e8679__1295566998000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565934701100184802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I had breadsticks and minestrone soup...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4sHWdAgZI/AAAAAAAADEE/A_Et2x5OF3Q/s400/32e2c67eec5b__1295567016000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565934694274466194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and the very un-vegan five cheese(!) ziti al forno. (This is SO good though, I'm terrified to know what they put in it! lol)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4sjzQFlKI/AAAAAAAADEU/hUXYP8EwrVY/s400/7f8f70ceeca7__1295571709000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565935183041238178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I also got 3 of their mini (and I do mean </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">mini</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, think bite sized!) desserts to go! They look prettier here (and you can get them individually or 3 of your choice):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4tsl02w0I/AAAAAAAADEc/qP1EVYlmtXw/s400/dolcini_7310.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565936433567810370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 305px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I love the strawberry & white chocolate cream cake one! But the chocolate caramel one and tiramisu one were good too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Last week I also stopped by my favorite, Wild Ginger... and I got the usual...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4uKebCNOI/AAAAAAAADE0/w8W5hyHnxCA/s1600/6329c08dde09__1295634718000.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4uKebCNOI/AAAAAAAADE0/w8W5hyHnxCA/s400/6329c08dde09__1295634718000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565936946976535778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4uKTTykzI/AAAAAAAADEs/0c86QrF6qhc/s1600/4e6a61b98a86__1295634731000.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4uKTTykzI/AAAAAAAADEs/0c86QrF6qhc/s400/4e6a61b98a86__1295634731000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565936943993361202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4uKJ1JUuI/AAAAAAAADEk/KHgk7R3_cCI/s1600/f35d9593d193__1295634878000.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4uKJ1JUuI/AAAAAAAADEk/KHgk7R3_cCI/s400/f35d9593d193__1295634878000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565936941448909538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And today I stopped in one of my favorite asian eateries, </span><a href="http://www.qirestaurant.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Qi</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (and got my usual there too).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4u0CSi9zI/AAAAAAAADE8/WAB-F5NQdZA/s400/0059e192df88__1295890710000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565937660979246898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I've really been trying to fit in food whenever I can, not really paying much attention to what I ate (for example today I ended up eating chinese food twice!!). And it's going to be difficult for the next week or so. I look forward to canvasing Astoria for great eats though! ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Anyways, here is what Peanut has been up to the rest of the week!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4v0k4eN7I/AAAAAAAADFc/dYc-Vb2MpNk/s400/1cd3d244a4fa__1295120496000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565938769776752562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Playing on my bed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4vzqaHJYI/AAAAAAAADFU/Ax3dudYO_iM/s1600/abf12caebcc9__1295729735000.jpeg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4vzqaHJYI/AAAAAAAADFU/Ax3dudYO_iM/s400/abf12caebcc9__1295729735000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565938754080155010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4vzLvMx2I/AAAAAAAADFM/3O0pb3nRnGw/s1600/98ddfffe2d4c__1295729753000.jpeg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4vzLvMx2I/AAAAAAAADFM/3O0pb3nRnGw/s400/98ddfffe2d4c__1295729753000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565938745847105378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Hiding under the covers while my mom tries to make her bed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4x0ejHPMI/AAAAAAAADFk/QFi6U4LFZUM/s400/cfbfbc1856e2__1295792159000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565940967099808962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TT4vybfw9nI/AAAAAAAADFE/gKghhrieYAE/s400/2c556f6f695a__1295792171000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565938732897465970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And of course, LOTS of playtime on all the boxes! (He loves to sleep on the highest boxes, as you can see!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ok folks, the next time I post I'll be blogging from Astoria! See you then!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-6403830650884068092011-01-18T21:01:00.011-05:002011-01-18T21:27:08.503-05:00Making Headway... January 18th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The move is well underway, although at only just over a week to go (the big day in next Wednesday, the 26th), we still have a LOT to do! Peanut has been extremely busy helping us though, as you can see:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZHpnFV3sI/AAAAAAAADC8/qbF_v_H6hz0/s1600/0728d2552d63__1295209187000.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZHpnFV3sI/AAAAAAAADC8/qbF_v_H6hz0/s400/0728d2552d63__1295209187000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563713169854422722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZHpVPqwbI/AAAAAAAADC0/pGZZpDJpOqI/s1600/13e33684d878__1295209297000.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZHpVPqwbI/AAAAAAAADC0/pGZZpDJpOqI/s400/13e33684d878__1295209297000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563713165065896370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've been trying to eat when I can, although on top of all the stress with the move, I also managed to get some viral infection in my throat (which I went to the doctor for today). So my appetite has been off too. :(</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">However, this past weekend I went to <a href="http://www.sacredchow.com/">Sacred Chow</a> to get my favorite brunch, their tofu scramble.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZIU_WDvaI/AAAAAAAADDE/uKjQQ09GjXU/s400/dd51d7f92508__1295209175000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563713915101363618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And yesterday for lunch I stopped in Suzie's, a chinese restaurant in the village.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZIc6Df8BI/AAAAAAAADDM/KfPpmRR9cDo/s400/723756f49ba4__1295302972000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563714051120295954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got their lunch special which included wonton soup (I get the veggie kind)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZIjOfoRNI/AAAAAAAADDU/vUfDzrpNDdM/s400/f460adadcf18__1295303005000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563714159686206674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and their bean curd homestyle dish which is tofu and vegetables, with some veggie fried rice and veggie egg roll as well. (All this food for under $10, not bad!!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And today after my doctor's appointment I got a yogurt parfait from the <a href="https://www.paxfood.com/">Pax</a> on Park Ave. Granted, it's not vegan, but I need all the probiotics I can get now!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZJE-DbwuI/AAAAAAAADDc/_v0X_diT8Jo/s400/05a6d5c3f594__1295375936000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563714739388531426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When I got home, Peanut was helping us pack some more... can you find him? lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZJblwOH4I/AAAAAAAADDk/CGCSxOYr5e8/s400/7bd8f2f0e211__1295302918000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563715128002486146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There he is!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZJkDUDsrI/AAAAAAAADDs/eLpBnMvEzog/s400/abad1db6908d__1295302960000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563715273376379570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peanut is in 7th Heaven with all these boxes!! He thinks the whole thing is just one big game!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TTZJ9F9tqqI/AAAAAAAADD0/GFfeL2N-ThI/s400/4d3458f8b433__1295398821000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563715703584696994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'll be updating more when I can, although it's going to be a really busy week!!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-71036985705950985152011-01-12T22:25:00.010-05:002011-01-12T22:54:45.319-05:00Face Lift! January 12th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Not me, of course, the blog! lol How do you like it? I was thinking about lightening it up for a while now. Anyways, this is about all I have time for these days. We started packing today and we're finalizing things with the apartment. We are moving to Astoria (in Queens, where I was born actually). They are still in the process of renovating the apartment... if I showed you the pictures now, you'd have a heart attack! lol But I was promised yesterday by the head contractor that it will be beautiful when it's finished (which will hopefully be in 10 days).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the meantime though, Peanut has been enjoying having the boxes around! He likes to wedge himself in between the stack of them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TS5xhh7KWNI/AAAAAAAADCc/htGLDwwv1L0/s400/d255eff02ec5__1294888728000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561507410705275090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TS50Eq5OuKI/AAAAAAAADCk/5kiFSSBgi1I/s400/3a60ff2789b8__1294889622000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561510213431769250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'll be posting more pictures of him in the boxes soon though! He's having a blast!! Peanut is very much a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">paper puss</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">! :) He loves paper bags, boxes, crumples, etc. We just have to pray that he doesn't chew the boxes to shreds before the move!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hopefully I'll be posting some eats soon too. I have to admit though, I'm a vegan who cannot give up her cheese. It's rather sad, actually. But I haven't had much appetite lately with all the stress, so beggars can't be choosers! I must eat what I can, when I can. I did stop by </span><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Restaurant%3A%20Wild%20Ginger"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wild Ginger</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> today since I was downtown for a doctor appointment anyway. That place always makes me realize how SUPERIOR vegan food is to all the rest! It's so good and good for you. I am truly spoiled here in NY with veggie restaurants! :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-35450367052735253672011-01-08T21:59:00.012-05:002011-01-08T22:35:37.711-05:00A Busy Start to 2011... January 8th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've been extremely busy looking for places to live and starting the moving process, so my blog has had to go on the back burner, and will continue to do so for the remainder for the month. But, here's a quick update...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have been getting my eats in here and there, most of which have been vegan! Including this new cinnamon roll from the </span><a href="http://www.veganstore.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">vegan store</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, which was tasty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TSkljcvWh7I/AAAAAAAADBs/PETbdSetcF8/s400/3f264a42d380__1294358737000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560016505906038706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lots of Luna Bars and I tried the new chocolate chip cookie dough Lara Bar (which was good, but I have to be honest, I'm not crazy about raw food).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TSkl-gx-ehI/AAAAAAAADB0/Gfd7L0XuT4I/s400/29b2fc2e57f6__1294268503000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560016970847255058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And I got my usual pad se ew dish at </span><a href="http://www.tuethaifood.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Tue Thai Food</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> recently, and made it vegan by omitting the eggs (so basically it's noodles, tofu, greens, in a delicious soy sauce). Their spring rolls are vegan as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TSkmYr8dX5I/AAAAAAAADB8/iyBDwFZUcFw/s400/e67c86ebb3fa__1294268351000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560017420520611730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peanut has been super busy with his hectic sleeping schedule...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TSkm-PeCBiI/AAAAAAAADCM/t81PmAoKdbk/s400/7c834fa1a034__1293930076000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560018065711826466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Watching the snow...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TSknJc58FwI/AAAAAAAADCU/JTOFjv1f4Y4/s400/1710f5797ee3__1294430767000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560018258297100034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And of course, lounging around doing nothing! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TSkmwAcHfrI/AAAAAAAADCE/h7ZOnLi-okE/s400/0588468f999b__1294003333000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560017821159095986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'll be updating when I can! But I wanted to ask, <i><b>what are some of your vegan meals?</b></i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-34711312379835883552010-12-31T20:26:00.011-05:002010-12-31T21:31:10.548-05:00So long 2010... December 31st<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I know a lot of you bloggers are doing re-cap posts of the year, but I won't be doing that. lol I just don't have the time or patience with all that's facing me in the next month (or year, for that matter!). So instead, I'll post some of my eats, starting with...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.zenpalate.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Zen Palate</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Now Zen Palate and I have a love-hate relationship. I started going to the big one that used to be in Union Square (but closed) years ago (which was really good). Then when that closed, I tried the one in the theatre district a couple times, but didn't really like it at all. Now I just found out that they opened a new location in "union square" (and I put it in quotes because it's really not in union square, but rather on 18th st. off Park Ave.). They opened in August of this year, but I didn't hear about it or try it out until now! Oh well!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TR6EMpu8qII/AAAAAAAADAk/c7u1eJC8GkA/s400/45a4d2595097__1293560975000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557024343117834370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got their portobello burger with yam fries. This was really good and I'd definitely get it again. I wanted to try their "banana bliss" dessert, which is their vegan version of banana cream pie, but I was too full, so next time! I definitely liked the food and atmosphere of this Zen better (although be warned, their food is hit or miss... there is better out there *cough, Wild Ginger* ;).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On Wednesday I met up with <a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/">Melissa</a> at our usual spot, </span><a href="http://www.seathainyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sea Thai</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TR6GKWp9gNI/AAAAAAAADA0/T3esWk2yGDM/s1600/8081d5583317__1293670707000.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TR6GKWp9gNI/AAAAAAAADA0/T3esWk2yGDM/s400/8081d5583317__1293670707000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557026502660161746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TR6GKMJfQcI/AAAAAAAADAs/CvQPZwhFqr4/s1600/eb431bab4531__1293670725000.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TR6GKMJfQcI/AAAAAAAADAs/CvQPZwhFqr4/s400/eb431bab4531__1293670725000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557026499839607234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got my usual, spring rolls and broad rice noodles with tofu.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And I was really on an asian food kick this week, as I got a lunch special from Suzie's (a chinese restaurant in the village) too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TR6HY7yyUwI/AAAAAAAADA8/VxFICH1Hq5g/s400/84bf7d9667ca__1293769193000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557027852659086082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I get their bean curd homestyle lunch special (which is basically tofu with vegetables) and it comes with vegetarian wonton soup, mini egg roll, and fried rice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(P.S. I don't know where Wild Ginger or Suzie's websites disappeared to! Both of their restaurants are still open and thriving, yet their sites have been down for ages-- strange!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But back to the new year... I really am starting to feel old and understand now why people drink on new year's eve! It's amazing how fast a year goes by!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Peanut can't believe it either! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TR6Id1IOKDI/AAAAAAAADBE/0f3bXgul41I/s400/4b371abc10c1__1293769236000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557029036280916018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anyways, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Happy New Year</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and lets keep our fingers crossed for a great </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2011</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also want to thank all of you for visiting my blog all year! I really do love reading your comments and appreciate the feedback! :)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-58729925549699448222010-12-26T14:33:00.022-05:002010-12-28T20:03:28.912-05:00Christmas re-cap & more! December 26th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was up at my grandparent's house for Christmas eve & Christmas day. We were going to leave this morning, but ended up leaving late last night instead because of the blizzard heading for NY! We may get up to 2 feet of snow here. I'm praying it won't be that bad, but it's going to be a rough next couple of days, that's for sure! Anyways, my Christmas re-cap has no food in it, but instead, cute animals! :) Here are some pics I took from my grandparent's house, starting with me and the tree:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReZ77OwkkI/AAAAAAAAC_E/AepXY4hulsI/s400/c37a56183d0c__1293379022000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555077920175723074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReaa3olP_I/AAAAAAAAC_M/apTBEWj3MVM/s400/0680da0b31f8__1293379098000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555078451786235890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now, on to the puppies! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReav6l1JEI/AAAAAAAAC_c/Arw70h1LIx8/s1600/8d6ed0a8de6b__1293249668000.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReav6l1JEI/AAAAAAAAC_c/Arw70h1LIx8/s400/8d6ed0a8de6b__1293249668000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555078813357253698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReavhr3pcI/AAAAAAAAC_U/IiDM_zbx9I0/s1600/0e2b36e2aa55__1293306173000.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReavhr3pcI/AAAAAAAAC_U/IiDM_zbx9I0/s400/0e2b36e2aa55__1293306173000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555078806671697346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My grandparent's dog, Mae, who you can see more of </span><b><a href="http://aveggiegirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Mae"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. (She's my favorite dog in the universe! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRebA8SQHkI/AAAAAAAAC_s/EPXfxmeKjeg/s1600/f3936a1d60e4__1293306238000.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRebA8SQHkI/AAAAAAAAC_s/EPXfxmeKjeg/s400/f3936a1d60e4__1293306238000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555079105869782594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRebA2SI6CI/AAAAAAAAC_k/g4QgJ-huWdM/s1600/9c9b54617257__1293307062000.jpeg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRebA2SI6CI/AAAAAAAAC_k/g4QgJ-huWdM/s400/9c9b54617257__1293307062000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555079104258697250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And my aunt's dog, Chiclet, who visited us on Christmas Eve. (What's really cute is that Mae and Chiclet are friends and Mae actually greets Chiclet at the door when she comes over! lol)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReb0U6mpQI/AAAAAAAAC_0/v5rJZuXYToA/s400/9ba635a2f9a0__1293314433000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555079988654810370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now I know what you're thinking, what about Peanut?!?!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRecEcu6V3I/AAAAAAAAC_8/EoOIiT612a8/s400/be4a108f9396__1292882985000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555080265631160178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Don't worry, he got his Christmas presents before we left!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of his gifts was a mint scented toy that you can see him with here:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRectEKpyAI/AAAAAAAADAE/HJQ6y3rMcUM/s400/bbd043e32f46__1293063065000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555080963411265538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And I also got Peanut his very own mini box of Q-tips! lol I decorated it for him too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRec7Q4WaQI/AAAAAAAADAM/Kbf_4OcI5lQ/s400/a2f5392f2276__1293382005000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555081207342328066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Also, please note that Peanut is MONITORED when I give him a Q-tip to play with! NEVER let a cat play with a Q-tip or any other small object unsupervised because they could choke!!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When I got home today, despite the blizzard, I went out to the Chelsea Whole Foods to pick up a few things. First I stopped for brunch at </span><a href="http://www.blossomnyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blossom</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TRed7uuZHpI/AAAAAAAADAU/CGHqwCDPFG0/s400/1669cf51a73d__1293387813000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555082314865254034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(The view outside Blossom's window earlier today... they were decorated nicely for the holidays.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TReeJ0On4mI/AAAAAAAADAc/Ofw-N5b5UdU/s400/dcc010e92205__1293387838000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555082556860785250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got my usual, their tofu scramble. I swear, after eating pretty much nothing but junk food the past two days, it felt SO good to eat something healthy (and delicious!). Which brings me to my next announcement...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm really going to be making an effort to eat vegan as much as possible for the new year! I've been a vegetarian for years anyway, so it's not that big of a jump. I'm not going to become obsessive with it (and I'm still going to eat the NYC pizza that I love!), but I do want to clean up my diet some, and the less animal products I eat, the better!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'll probably be updating one last time before 2011, and posting more food then! But first, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">how was everyone's holidays so far?</span></i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-5431918499047460062010-12-18T20:02:00.011-05:002010-12-23T16:22:47.414-05:00My Favorite Things... December 18th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So I'm going to be definitely moving next month... Probably to Queens, although we're still not sure. But in the meantime, I am visiting my favorite Manhattan establishments...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://wildgingervegan.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wild Ginger</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with my usual favorites (spring rolls, shumai, and pineapple fried rice):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1ayCU0zoI/AAAAAAAAC94/Qq6qKKDZeU4/s1600/159bf6cba087__1291754598000.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1ayCU0zoI/AAAAAAAAC94/Qq6qKKDZeU4/s400/159bf6cba087__1291754598000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552193731281866370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1ayCtcg2I/AAAAAAAAC9w/Ja-GhZ2h1lI/s1600/ec609b35bc63__1291754620000.jpeg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1ayCtcg2I/AAAAAAAAC9w/Ja-GhZ2h1lI/s400/ec609b35bc63__1291754620000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552193731385131874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1ax2d_3WI/AAAAAAAAC9o/AbdJ0yj6h6g/s1600/7053ce9641d2__1291754627000.jpeg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1ax2d_3WI/AAAAAAAAC9o/AbdJ0yj6h6g/s400/7053ce9641d2__1291754627000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552193728099114338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mozzarella sticks and a "high c" smoothie at </span><a href="http://www.GoodStuffDiner.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Good Stuff Diner</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1bmt4ZnaI/AAAAAAAAC-I/aVXP1rusUIk/s400/6ab1f8696fd8__1291830882000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552194636327001506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And my favorite, banana bread french toast at </span><a href="http://www.sacredchow.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sacred Chow</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1bmc0WgRI/AAAAAAAAC-A/V_XJs258Kko/s400/1a578f15e445__1292694096000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552194631746617618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And incase you're wondering, that's blueberry sauce on it-- incredibly delicious!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We also got some holiday treats (from </span><a href="https://www.figis.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Figi's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">) too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dEFOBoBI/AAAAAAAAC-Q/MGvboYzohFU/s400/b1cd31fa8c7a__1291752247000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552196240319553554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Red velvet petit fours and it came with a sample of free fudge (which surprisingly wasn't very good!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here are some recent pics of Peanut that I wanted to share too... starting with bath tub play! lol</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dWCayVsI/AAAAAAAAC-w/Wp1oSuoVuUg/s400/44a6541fcb42__1291579859000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552196548805416642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On my bed...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dVxP2WGI/AAAAAAAAC-o/0oKWlOst07E/s400/2c7745800ce6__1291579835000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552196544196139106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And these adorable close-ups!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dVwqNAvI/AAAAAAAAC-g/wy3uyH-lg5k/s1600/bc193f3215e9__1291697600000.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dVwqNAvI/AAAAAAAAC-g/wy3uyH-lg5k/s400/bc193f3215e9__1291697600000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552196544038241010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dV3zteNI/AAAAAAAAC-Y/1MwyQSzgtCQ/s1600/58ecdd1ca725__1291693060000.jpg"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dV3zteNI/AAAAAAAAC-Y/1MwyQSzgtCQ/s1600/58ecdd1ca725__1291693060000.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQ1dV3zteNI/AAAAAAAAC-Y/1MwyQSzgtCQ/s400/58ecdd1ca725__1291693060000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552196545957165266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What are some of your favorite things (for the holidays or anytime of year)?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! I'll be Upstate visiting relatives, but I'll update when I get back!</span></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-83080340926390023672010-12-08T20:55:00.008-05:002010-12-08T22:20:18.054-05:00Holiday Party ~ December 8th<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I rarely (if ever) do this, but they say when someone else has already done it best... My friend Shannon and I attended a fabulous holiday party Monday night, at celebrity party planner, <a href="http://www.vanwyck.net/">Bronson van Wyck's</a> residence (other food bloggers were there as well). I was going to do a whole write up on it, but Shannon beat me to it! lol She did such a lovely summary of the party, that I'd really rather send you all over to </span><a href="http://tropicaleats.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">HER blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">! You can check it out </span><b><a href="http://tropicaleats.com/2010/12/07/an-evening-with-bronson-van-wyck/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So sorry if I'm taking the easy way out... but I learned it from this guy! ;)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TQA4xowN7bI/AAAAAAAAC9g/SP1N-bQA-pI/s400/e269220426ea__1241368515000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548497166324854194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8156658953842569650.post-23945384766633630592010-12-03T20:05:00.012-05:002010-12-03T23:13:20.026-05:00It's that time of year again... December 3rd<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hard to believe the holidays are already upon us... Hanukkah is already underway and Christmas is coming... Yesterday I went up to Rockefeller Center to see the tree!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmVOfJF1KI/AAAAAAAAC8Q/L6WakIGWi5I/s400/3834a1cd5a30__1291326190000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546628492193813666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(It looks better at night when you can see all the lights!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But not before stopping to see the tree they put up in my building's lobby!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmWkMDpu2I/AAAAAAAAC8Y/1jB7fyytePo/s400/ee831bc262d2__1291326210000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546629964539476834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Earlier this week I had lunch with </span><a href="http://www.missymaintains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Melissa</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> at our usual spot, </span><a href="http://www.seathainyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sea Thai</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmXW05zK1I/AAAAAAAAC8o/5AezfEhnVks/s1600/21dfc89afaf8__1291057664000.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmXW05zK1I/AAAAAAAAC8o/5AezfEhnVks/s400/21dfc89afaf8__1291057664000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546630834497465170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmXW8FH7XI/AAAAAAAAC8g/355iYsrdW9s/s1600/a4b9a625cf8f__1291057673000.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmXW8FH7XI/AAAAAAAAC8g/355iYsrdW9s/s400/a4b9a625cf8f__1291057673000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546630836424011122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got the spring rolls and broad rice noodle with tofu.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After lunch I stopped in the </span><a href="http://www.chelseamarket.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chelsea Market</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and picked up some rainbow cookies at a bakery there. (I had been craving these for a while!!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmXo3boqQI/AAAAAAAAC8w/E9g8TZOPLac/s400/41f89779e03a__1291158547000.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546631144413899010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wednesday morning I stopped in </span><a href="http://www.elephantandcastle.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Elephant and Castle</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for breakfast... It was SO rainy out, but they decorated the restaurant nice for the holidays!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmY5mNthCI/AAAAAAAAC9A/GKvxBSlo5gI/s400/86d5ea56211c__1291220664000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546632531361498146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got their "California" breakfast... which included eggs, french toast, hash browns, tea (or coffee), orange juice, and I substituted the bacon for fruit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmYw1u0vYI/AAAAAAAAC84/s4-FBBqoOWY/s400/5b08624194fa__1291221060000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546632380908092802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This is truly the BEST breakfast in Manhattan... you get all this for only $10 and their food is really good too!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When I was uptown visiting the tree, I stopped in Saks because I had a gift card to use there. Remarkably I didn't buy anything (everything was SO overpriced!!!). But I did stop in SnAKS (their cafe) for lunch.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmZ1VG5FQI/AAAAAAAAC9I/xpwYTd3gApE/s400/15d8c2c152d1__1291326151000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546633557561644290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I got their grilled cheese with potato strings. Despite the small portion, this was filling.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And finally, Peanut has been cuddling up on the blankets in this cold weather!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmbllg0BXI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/SjALzGRqPHU/s1600/970c4a09521e__1290806318000.jpeg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmbllg0BXI/AAAAAAAAC9Y/SjALzGRqPHU/s400/970c4a09521e__1290806318000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546635486110680434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmbliFH2SI/AAAAAAAAC9Q/SWP1zqptZEM/s1600/14e7b47145c7__1290812279000.jpeg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__Rfmwt7qEho/TPmbliFH2SI/AAAAAAAAC9Q/SWP1zqptZEM/s400/14e7b47145c7__1290812279000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546635485189232930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In his usual position that we call "the duddy," where he "duddies" his arms about up over his head! lol</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9