Today I slept in(if you count sleeping until 9 sleeping in, after going to bed sometime around 1) and I was a lil groggy when I rolled outta bed, no coffee in the house to be had, so I had me a bowl o cereal with some dried cranberries in it. Water and pomegranate/cherry/blueberry juice. Tart, not so much tasty, but real good for you.
A bagel with cream cheese followed-finally they have all been eaten up. I got tired of them after the second day, but, you know, one must finish what they start.
Then I was off to the u-pick farm with Tatyana to get peaches, but only 3...the trees had a bunch of unripe fruit, and hence the low turnout. Tatyana got 6 but I kept finding sad trees with either no peaches or ones that weren't ready. Then we headed over to the blueberry rows where we each got about 2-3 cups of berries. I couldn't stand the heat(brainiac that I am I brought neither hat nor sunscreen with me)and so we ambled through the market aisles, where I gathered up a 10 lb. bag of yukon golds, a nectarine, a garlic bulb, bottles of apple cider and water. All this bounty cost me a mere $8.55! Sauvie's Island is the place to get your produce, peeps. Check it out.
Back in town I felt myself really really craving some coffee so we hit up Ristretto's, which not only smells great but has good coffee(roasted on the premises, yo) and the staff ain't so bad looking. Its like a less popular Stumptown. I actually think they have better coffee, at least some of the blends.
By this time we were famished and we procured some vittles at Bumblekiss, up on aprox. 46th and Fremont(just off the corner).Its a little uber cute/modern with bright colors everywhere, but don't let that dissuade you from dining here, the food is good. I got some breakfast named the Big Burly Benny or some such silliness. Biscuits'n'gravy with apple chicken sausage, 2 eggs over medium(it came with scrambled but I substituted). It filled the void(when art doesn't cut it, try food).
For dinner I actually made food, albeit easy food, as I was having Jennifer join me for dinner. I had a can of tomato sauce that I spruced up with sauteed mushrooms and fresh basil and Jennifer brought some fresh tomatoes from her garden to add to the mix. We simmered it for awhile and then threw it atop some pasta. Some organic beers were imbibed, and things seemed well. I was too lazy to make the salad, so we stuck with the basics.
I've known this for awhile but it came to mind several times today.If I don't have someone to share the food I cook with I most likely am gonna either cop out and just go buy a burrito(from any of the zillion(or 4) taquerias on or near Alberta) or a pulled pork sandwhich(from Podnah's Pit, located at 15th & Prescott-cos its good) or I will make something that is infact food but not anything I would write home about. Sometimes I really go for it, but then when I'm eating my delicious meal and enjoying it there is still that little thought"wouldn't this be better if it was shared with somebody?". Pfft. Life!

Anyhow, yesterday I ate a fucking carrot for dinner, followed by a bagel 2 hours later. There was a bite of a peanut butter Clif bar in there somewhere, too. Yummers! Who knows why I was so ridiculous? Oh wait, I do. Its cos I was hanging out with someone and was more concentrated on that than feeding myself. I'll have to make sure that doesn't happen. As I always tell my friend who has the habit of not eating well, or regurlarly, when you use a lot of calories you need to replace them. I worked off a lot of effin calories last night doing bike stuff and a carrot and bagel just doesn't cut it. Learn from my mistakes...
Earlier in the day however I was on top of it and went to Philadelphias for lunch and had me a mushroom cheese steak sandwhich and a pint of Ninkasi's IPA.
Breakfast was the boring bagel, once again...