Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The last post I made was in July and I stated how hot it was, and here it is November and the weather is cold, cold, cold. Wool sweater time, indeed. I also stated hos I am a bad blogger for not updating and obviously I then forgot to remember to update for 4 months. Silly rabbit, blogging is for people with...more time on their hands?
Tonight I am goingt o return to Apizza Scholls, which you should have heard of by now, as it is hailed as one of "the" pizza joints in the fair city of roses. I think I have only successfully dined here one time, as it was either packed or they had run out of dough on previous attempts. Anyhow it has been years since I've been back, only due to it being in upper SE (usepo?), and my infamous redheaded impatience. In other words, I don't like to wait for things, but you know what they say...good things come to those who wait. The only pizza I've ate as of late has been from Pizza A Go Go, which is all fine and good but it isn't that fantastic, and I want to prove this point to my feller. Or rather, I want to share with him my knowledge of where the really good food places(aka restaurants ) are. Also, I tend to prefer to just make pizza vs. spending $20+ on it, but let's be honest, pizza done right in a wood stove or just any really really hot oven intended for making pizza is better than what I am going to achieve in my kitchen.
Today all I have ingested so far had been 2 double americanos and one ham and cheese croissant, the first espresso and croissant came from Ristetto Roasters, the north location, and it was lovely of course,as per usual. However I will say that riding to PSU whilst drinking your coffee on your cross bike is not altogether an enjoyable experience at 9:30 am. Waiting for class to end to eat your croissant is also not the best. But it tasted good.
On Sunday I went to breakfast with the man over on 30th and Killingsworth at Fats, a british inspired pub/eatery. I ordered the eggs benedict that was served not on an English muffin but rather a piece of como bread. I was a bit incredulous about this fact, but it wound up being good so I couldn't be too upset about it. It was a bit tough to cut as I was served merely a butter knife and not anything with a sharp edge but other than that, the one blonde hair I found right off the bat, and the fact that my water was never refilled I felt fine with my breakfast. My dining partner seemed to enjoy his scones and gravy but the coffee was horrible which he confided to me when we were free from the confines of the pub, which I had suspected from the look of it. The bathroom was smelly and not very clean looking as well, surely meant to be like an actual English pub wc, but frankly it was kind of creepy. The kind of space you can easily picture one shooting up in, having tawdry bar sex in, or just pissing on the floor and walking away. It was small, had an overflowing wastebasket(we were the first customers when they opened at 10 am)and as mentioned didn't smell so fresh.
Despite all of that I would go back some day for more brekky, or maybe just a beer, but not necessarily anytime soon as there are many more eateries I want to check out.
Tonight I am goingt o return to Apizza Scholls, which you should have heard of by now, as it is hailed as one of "the" pizza joints in the fair city of roses. I think I have only successfully dined here one time, as it was either packed or they had run out of dough on previous attempts. Anyhow it has been years since I've been back, only due to it being in upper SE (usepo?), and my infamous redheaded impatience. In other words, I don't like to wait for things, but you know what they say...good things come to those who wait. The only pizza I've ate as of late has been from Pizza A Go Go, which is all fine and good but it isn't that fantastic, and I want to prove this point to my feller. Or rather, I want to share with him my knowledge of where the really good food places(aka restaurants ) are. Also, I tend to prefer to just make pizza vs. spending $20+ on it, but let's be honest, pizza done right in a wood stove or just any really really hot oven intended for making pizza is better than what I am going to achieve in my kitchen.
Today all I have ingested so far had been 2 double americanos and one ham and cheese croissant, the first espresso and croissant came from Ristetto Roasters, the north location, and it was lovely of course,as per usual. However I will say that riding to PSU whilst drinking your coffee on your cross bike is not altogether an enjoyable experience at 9:30 am. Waiting for class to end to eat your croissant is also not the best. But it tasted good.
On Sunday I went to breakfast with the man over on 30th and Killingsworth at Fats, a british inspired pub/eatery. I ordered the eggs benedict that was served not on an English muffin but rather a piece of como bread. I was a bit incredulous about this fact, but it wound up being good so I couldn't be too upset about it. It was a bit tough to cut as I was served merely a butter knife and not anything with a sharp edge but other than that, the one blonde hair I found right off the bat, and the fact that my water was never refilled I felt fine with my breakfast. My dining partner seemed to enjoy his scones and gravy but the coffee was horrible which he confided to me when we were free from the confines of the pub, which I had suspected from the look of it. The bathroom was smelly and not very clean looking as well, surely meant to be like an actual English pub wc, but frankly it was kind of creepy. The kind of space you can easily picture one shooting up in, having tawdry bar sex in, or just pissing on the floor and walking away. It was small, had an overflowing wastebasket(we were the first customers when they opened at 10 am)and as mentioned didn't smell so fresh.
Despite all of that I would go back some day for more brekky, or maybe just a beer, but not necessarily anytime soon as there are many more eateries I want to check out.
Friday, July 3, 2009
I am such a bad blogger, I don't update with any regularity, but you know what? I'm ok with that.
Yesterday's food intake included:
a cup of home brewed coffee at work
a cup of orange juice
an everything bagel toasted with butter
a 12 oz double Americano-from coffeehouse 5 on k-worth and albina
2 quesadillas-one with tomato and nectarine and cheese, one with just cheese, a scant amount of salsa to dip said quesadillas into
1/4 a banana
the remainder of the nectarine
glass after glass of water-it was freaking hot!
a 16 oz. chocolate milkshake(yum!)-from piedmont deli, located next door to the florida room
2 Hub IPA's
the "weeping tiger" sandwhich-tofu cutlets,avacado, hot sauce, something else that I am forgetting, with a side of black eyed peas-from the Bye and Bye
the sandwhich and the peas were pretty spicy.
The service at the b and b is crap. Everytime I go there I think this, and declare I am not going back. I met Kayla there at 9 last night, a Thursday, and it was packed ot the gills. kayla was seated outside at a picnic table with 2 guys I didn't recognize and when I asked her who they were she explained she was just sitting at their table cos there was no other available spot. By the time I got a beer from the bar they had left so we had our own table for a few minutes before the door man came around announcing that the front patio was shutting down in 10 minutes.
To be fair I did go there on Monday night with Rob, for one beer and it wasn't as bad as it was last night, or other times I've been there but the majority of my experiences as a patron hav ebeen negative. The bartenders ignore you for as long as possible, people apparently do not understand how to queu up, even if you are just trying to close your tab out it takes 5 or more minutes to get th ebartenders attention. When you finally get noticed you are not gretted with any sort of Hey Hows it going but are just demanded to give your order. I tried to tell my bartender where I would be seated for my sandwhich order adn he just barked at me to take my number with me. I understand the system, man, but with such a huge crowd it seemed obvious that it'd be helpful to say where I'd be.
It's probably more calm at happy hour or before, but for as many times as I've gone there since it opened I am not impressed with the scene there. People rave abou tthe food as well and seriosuly? I have tried several of the all vegan menu items and though some of them are good, none of them are anything to write home about. The best thing they have is probably "the meatball sub"on their late night menu and even that is something you could make at home super easily-and way cheaper.
so I guess this is good- bye and bye...
I want to check out the Radio Room, and have wanted to since it opened, but anyone I suggest this too seems too put off by what they think of as "too posh" or whatever. As someone who is interested in seeing what is out there I find it a bit ridiculous to scoff at a place if you haven't tried it. So, next time I feel the need to grab a drink on Alberta it will be there, and not at the Bye and Bye.
I am now going to go make a smoothie for breakfast.
Yesterday's food intake included:
a cup of home brewed coffee at work
a cup of orange juice
an everything bagel toasted with butter
a 12 oz double Americano-from coffeehouse 5 on k-worth and albina
2 quesadillas-one with tomato and nectarine and cheese, one with just cheese, a scant amount of salsa to dip said quesadillas into
1/4 a banana
the remainder of the nectarine
glass after glass of water-it was freaking hot!
a 16 oz. chocolate milkshake(yum!)-from piedmont deli, located next door to the florida room
2 Hub IPA's
the "weeping tiger" sandwhich-tofu cutlets,avacado, hot sauce, something else that I am forgetting, with a side of black eyed peas-from the Bye and Bye
the sandwhich and the peas were pretty spicy.
The service at the b and b is crap. Everytime I go there I think this, and declare I am not going back. I met Kayla there at 9 last night, a Thursday, and it was packed ot the gills. kayla was seated outside at a picnic table with 2 guys I didn't recognize and when I asked her who they were she explained she was just sitting at their table cos there was no other available spot. By the time I got a beer from the bar they had left so we had our own table for a few minutes before the door man came around announcing that the front patio was shutting down in 10 minutes.
To be fair I did go there on Monday night with Rob, for one beer and it wasn't as bad as it was last night, or other times I've been there but the majority of my experiences as a patron hav ebeen negative. The bartenders ignore you for as long as possible, people apparently do not understand how to queu up, even if you are just trying to close your tab out it takes 5 or more minutes to get th ebartenders attention. When you finally get noticed you are not gretted with any sort of Hey Hows it going but are just demanded to give your order. I tried to tell my bartender where I would be seated for my sandwhich order adn he just barked at me to take my number with me. I understand the system, man, but with such a huge crowd it seemed obvious that it'd be helpful to say where I'd be.
It's probably more calm at happy hour or before, but for as many times as I've gone there since it opened I am not impressed with the scene there. People rave abou tthe food as well and seriosuly? I have tried several of the all vegan menu items and though some of them are good, none of them are anything to write home about. The best thing they have is probably "the meatball sub"on their late night menu and even that is something you could make at home super easily-and way cheaper.
so I guess this is good- bye and bye...
I want to check out the Radio Room, and have wanted to since it opened, but anyone I suggest this too seems too put off by what they think of as "too posh" or whatever. As someone who is interested in seeing what is out there I find it a bit ridiculous to scoff at a place if you haven't tried it. So, next time I feel the need to grab a drink on Alberta it will be there, and not at the Bye and Bye.
I am now going to go make a smoothie for breakfast.
Monday, June 22, 2009
cereal this morning after a glass of water, ahh the excitement.
yesterday i only ate a bagel-sesame- toasted with butter, an apricot mango soygurt, some coffee and lots of beer(being at the polo tourney with a free keg will do that) so i'm feeling that this morning...due to my arm being hurt i hadn't done the dishes from friday night yet and when i returned from the tourney last night i was greeted with the lovely sight of an empty sink and a fully packed dish drainer. hurray for my roommate steve!
saturday i had a berry soygurt, a breakfast burrito, a sip of coffee, lots of beer, mac n cheese leftovers, cucumber and pineapple, a roll with peanut butter and jelly. i was on top of food intake and was relatively calm for most of the day. then with some sudden burst of energy i decided to run off the court, slipped, fell hard on my arm and that was the end of my night. my arm is felling a bit better this morning and the bruising is beginning. i suspect it will be quite a good one...
friday night we had a small dinner at my house-kayla, jeff and i were the only ones in attendance. i made mac n cheese, kayla made a tasty salad that had apples and avacado in it-a nice addition, and jeff brought icecream for dessert. we also had smoothies,water and some cab sauv. then we went to the polo party and had a lot of beer(surprise!). earlier i shared lunch from pok pok with kaiden-we had sticky rice and pork skewers with a delicious peanut sauce. i also had my leftover slice of pizza that i made the night before-olive oil(no red sauce),mozzarella, tomato, basil, mushrooms=yum.
thursday i woke up had some eggs and bacon in an english muffin, some oj and water and then headed over to collect jeff for a bike ride. we went out to sauvie's with the plan of doing the loop twice, maybe, but instead we went to the beach further down the road, hung out for a bit and then rode back, i snacked on a piece of bacon i had brought, and a bar-i think it had acai in it. i grabbed a v8 from ther little store/cafe before we headed back to complete the loop. back at jeff's i had more water, a couple strawberries and a few cherries.we checked the mileage on the computer and discovered we'd rode about 40 miles, and by the time i got home i would have 45 under my belt, not too shabby. his sister had made shortcakes and i felt semi inspired to do the same when i got home but instead i made the pizza. i met up with brittney for happy hour at moloko(?) on mississippi and had two beers before i returned a chez moi and got to eat my pizza.
yesterday i only ate a bagel-sesame- toasted with butter, an apricot mango soygurt, some coffee and lots of beer(being at the polo tourney with a free keg will do that) so i'm feeling that this morning...due to my arm being hurt i hadn't done the dishes from friday night yet and when i returned from the tourney last night i was greeted with the lovely sight of an empty sink and a fully packed dish drainer. hurray for my roommate steve!
saturday i had a berry soygurt, a breakfast burrito, a sip of coffee, lots of beer, mac n cheese leftovers, cucumber and pineapple, a roll with peanut butter and jelly. i was on top of food intake and was relatively calm for most of the day. then with some sudden burst of energy i decided to run off the court, slipped, fell hard on my arm and that was the end of my night. my arm is felling a bit better this morning and the bruising is beginning. i suspect it will be quite a good one...
friday night we had a small dinner at my house-kayla, jeff and i were the only ones in attendance. i made mac n cheese, kayla made a tasty salad that had apples and avacado in it-a nice addition, and jeff brought icecream for dessert. we also had smoothies,water and some cab sauv. then we went to the polo party and had a lot of beer(surprise!). earlier i shared lunch from pok pok with kaiden-we had sticky rice and pork skewers with a delicious peanut sauce. i also had my leftover slice of pizza that i made the night before-olive oil(no red sauce),mozzarella, tomato, basil, mushrooms=yum.
thursday i woke up had some eggs and bacon in an english muffin, some oj and water and then headed over to collect jeff for a bike ride. we went out to sauvie's with the plan of doing the loop twice, maybe, but instead we went to the beach further down the road, hung out for a bit and then rode back, i snacked on a piece of bacon i had brought, and a bar-i think it had acai in it. i grabbed a v8 from ther little store/cafe before we headed back to complete the loop. back at jeff's i had more water, a couple strawberries and a few cherries.we checked the mileage on the computer and discovered we'd rode about 40 miles, and by the time i got home i would have 45 under my belt, not too shabby. his sister had made shortcakes and i felt semi inspired to do the same when i got home but instead i made the pizza. i met up with brittney for happy hour at moloko(?) on mississippi and had two beers before i returned a chez moi and got to eat my pizza.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Blah blah blah. Does anyone even read this? Welllll, I stopped in at the 401 this early afternoon for my breakfast, much deserved after cleaning someone else's house. Nothing builds an appetite more than cleaning up other people's toilets, whoa nelly, lemme tell you.
actually, no, let me not. So I spied this place the other day before they were officially open and wondered what it was gonna be about and I found out today. It's all about breakfast. After having to wait quite some time(new restaurant and all) I got a seat in at the counter(which was open all along-who knows why they couldn't sit me there asap, as i was the only one dining by my lonesome)and was handed a menu. There was a special that looked mighty fine(duck confit hash!) but i decided to go with something mellower and ordered "the ritual"-which you can guess includes, toast, potatoes, eggs, and meat(or non meat if you so choose), the meat option could be house made sausage patties, bacon, ham or a veggie sausage. I went with the real sausage and did not regret it. The potatoes were spot on and my eggs, over medium, were cooked well.The toast was also tasty.
I think they comped me my coffee which was nice since they made me wait for no real reason. I also got a grapefruit juice which was pretty tasty. I'd go back some day, as long as I'm not in a rush or with a large group-the biggest seating they have available is booths that could sit 6 at most-but 4 more comfortably.
Their dishwasher is British and made some impersonation of an American requesting butter. I guess that can be seen as mildly amusing, if you are bored. So...pros: good food, British dishwasher, you might get free coffee
Cons: waiting, small, having to ask for things-like butter, the bathroom soap was pretty much all the way out.
All in all I was happy to get to be part of the crowd experiencing a new place in its first week or so of business.
actually, no, let me not. So I spied this place the other day before they were officially open and wondered what it was gonna be about and I found out today. It's all about breakfast. After having to wait quite some time(new restaurant and all) I got a seat in at the counter(which was open all along-who knows why they couldn't sit me there asap, as i was the only one dining by my lonesome)and was handed a menu. There was a special that looked mighty fine(duck confit hash!) but i decided to go with something mellower and ordered "the ritual"-which you can guess includes, toast, potatoes, eggs, and meat(or non meat if you so choose), the meat option could be house made sausage patties, bacon, ham or a veggie sausage. I went with the real sausage and did not regret it. The potatoes were spot on and my eggs, over medium, were cooked well.The toast was also tasty.
I think they comped me my coffee which was nice since they made me wait for no real reason. I also got a grapefruit juice which was pretty tasty. I'd go back some day, as long as I'm not in a rush or with a large group-the biggest seating they have available is booths that could sit 6 at most-but 4 more comfortably.
Their dishwasher is British and made some impersonation of an American requesting butter. I guess that can be seen as mildly amusing, if you are bored. So...pros: good food, British dishwasher, you might get free coffee
Cons: waiting, small, having to ask for things-like butter, the bathroom soap was pretty much all the way out.
All in all I was happy to get to be part of the crowd experiencing a new place in its first week or so of business.
Friday, March 20, 2009
today: hungover! lots of water after stumbling out of bed, rode to work and had orange juice, more water and 2 packets of some instant oatmeal.
to help somehwat stave off the hangover last night i got aburriot form Javier's which i hardly remember eating. Oh the joys of drinking.
So i had my last final of the term yesterday and I walked by a bar downtown I'd never noticed though apparently its been there for a year?I ride by it on my way to school but never saw it.i think its called Bailey's Tap rRoom. they have lots of good beers on tap and i had the deschutes hop henge 2. very tasty imperial ipa. well I had like 3 or 4 of them and somehow I was still functioning.
Earlier in the day I'd met up with my lovely amiga Brittney for lunch at Clyde Common where I had a very tasty fried chicken sandwhich with collard greens,fries(they have really tasty fries) 2 bourbon cocktails and 2 ninkasi ipas. this is perhaps not the best pre final taking strategy but it worked well enough...
Today's lunch consisted of half of a pbj and some canteloupe, I wasn't feeling well and couldn't eat much but I'm gonna finish it off later.
I went to breakfast at Gravy the other day with my friend Rebecca and neither one of us was too impressed with our food. I got a bacon and swiss omelette and hashbrowns-the servings were enourmous but the food just wasn't that hot. My bacon tasted charred and while I don't mind that too much it wasn't the greatest. I had hoped that since the last time I was there
which was wel over ayear ago they would've improved but sadly this was not the case. I've been there 3-4 times now and its just never been good, so its off the list permanently-unless i hear about some great cook taking over.
Speaking of Rebecca works at Toro Bravo and I still haven't even gone to check it out, I've read rave reiviews so I don't know what is taking me so long to go there. Probably the money fcactor, but I'm eager to try it out soonish.
I watched Ratatouille today and I'm hankering to start cooking again.
to help somehwat stave off the hangover last night i got aburriot form Javier's which i hardly remember eating. Oh the joys of drinking.
So i had my last final of the term yesterday and I walked by a bar downtown I'd never noticed though apparently its been there for a year?I ride by it on my way to school but never saw it.i think its called Bailey's Tap rRoom. they have lots of good beers on tap and i had the deschutes hop henge 2. very tasty imperial ipa. well I had like 3 or 4 of them and somehow I was still functioning.
Earlier in the day I'd met up with my lovely amiga Brittney for lunch at Clyde Common where I had a very tasty fried chicken sandwhich with collard greens,fries(they have really tasty fries) 2 bourbon cocktails and 2 ninkasi ipas. this is perhaps not the best pre final taking strategy but it worked well enough...
Today's lunch consisted of half of a pbj and some canteloupe, I wasn't feeling well and couldn't eat much but I'm gonna finish it off later.
I went to breakfast at Gravy the other day with my friend Rebecca and neither one of us was too impressed with our food. I got a bacon and swiss omelette and hashbrowns-the servings were enourmous but the food just wasn't that hot. My bacon tasted charred and while I don't mind that too much it wasn't the greatest. I had hoped that since the last time I was there
which was wel over ayear ago they would've improved but sadly this was not the case. I've been there 3-4 times now and its just never been good, so its off the list permanently-unless i hear about some great cook taking over.
Speaking of Rebecca works at Toro Bravo and I still haven't even gone to check it out, I've read rave reiviews so I don't know what is taking me so long to go there. Probably the money fcactor, but I'm eager to try it out soonish.
I watched Ratatouille today and I'm hankering to start cooking again.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
i've been pretty damn lazy about cooking recently, the most i've really done is make countless pots of tea in order to keep warm, and i made some egg and cheese english muffins for breakfast yesterday.
frying eggs and boiling water...ahhh, what skills!
today i had a nutrigrain bar for breakfast when i got to work, no time for anything before i left. then i had a couple cups of coffee to tide me over. i indulged at lunch and went to jade in sellwood with the juninator and her mama,samantha. i bought samantha a ginger cookie-she had soup already and wasn't interested in a high fallutin lunch, but i was so i ordered a chicken and mango dish served with rice. it was quite scrumptious. i got the go ahead to let june try soem rice and plain she was not interested in it but with some sauce she was totally into it, and of course she loves mango so i gave her a few bitesw, but not much cos i was footing the bill afterall. even if you are an adorable baby i prefer to eat my own lunch without your help of the yummy fruit delacacies...i also ordered a pork hum bao, because they are delicious, and an eclair for desert-which i took to go.
before lunch i got a decaf double americano from ugly mug, mostly because i just craved the espresso taste.
also befor lunch i dropped off my bike at sellwood to get soem new brake pads,as the ones on the bike had seen much better days...and i missed a call from ole jeremiah swanson informing me that i also needed a new bottom bracket and would i like to get one? jeremiah tries to keep me alive in my bike, and i like that about him, so i returned the call and got to chat with erik about how yes i would indeed like a new bb.
did you guys see this month's issue of bicycling? my beloved bike mechanics are all famous in it and shit. pfft. what can i say? i have good taste.
when june and i returned to the shop to get the bike it turned out that jeremiah had also discovered that i would need new brake levers eventually as one of the springs had vanished...hence why i have had difficulty with good braking, apparently. and since that meant new cables and housing that also meant new bar tape. jeremiah decided i needed to mix it up and told me i couldn't get gray again. i spied a nice kelly green and decided to get it to celebrate st. patrick's day. why skip to the next holiday when you can skip to the 2nd next holiday? the zinn has already had pink bartape, and though i thought it looked handsome with the gray i think green will be nice, too. anyhow due to all the stuff that now had to be done to make my bike not be a death trap i had to leave it overnight. june fell asleep while we were there, she is more a cyclocross sorta baby vs. a hanging out at the bike shop deciding on bar tape sorta baby.
after saying farewell to the fellas we hopped the bus downtown so i could pick up my new glasses and then we swung by the bta to say hi to tom, and let all his coworkers adore june for a few moments. who needs movie stars when there are cute babies to hang out with? indeed!
we had to jump back on the bus to beat rush hour and june dined on banana and cheerios as we made our way back to se. she was very talkative on th ebus and enjoyed growling at the other riders and doing her "squishy face"which involves smiling and wrinking up her nose in what passes for the cutest thing ever. its sickening how babies can be so cute.just who do they think they are?
back at the house she ate some more banana and carrots and i finished my lunch leftovers before brewing up some blue flower earl grey tea. its quite delectable and hours later at my house i have made another pot to help see me through the writing of a paper on an Antonioni film. ugh.
I picked up dinner to go from la sirenita-a chicken quesadilla with sourcream and guacamole and two fish tacos. i had an horchata while i was there as well.
i have plenty of homework and a full belly. its going to be difficult to say awake. ..
frying eggs and boiling water...ahhh, what skills!
today i had a nutrigrain bar for breakfast when i got to work, no time for anything before i left. then i had a couple cups of coffee to tide me over. i indulged at lunch and went to jade in sellwood with the juninator and her mama,samantha. i bought samantha a ginger cookie-she had soup already and wasn't interested in a high fallutin lunch, but i was so i ordered a chicken and mango dish served with rice. it was quite scrumptious. i got the go ahead to let june try soem rice and plain she was not interested in it but with some sauce she was totally into it, and of course she loves mango so i gave her a few bitesw, but not much cos i was footing the bill afterall. even if you are an adorable baby i prefer to eat my own lunch without your help of the yummy fruit delacacies...i also ordered a pork hum bao, because they are delicious, and an eclair for desert-which i took to go.
before lunch i got a decaf double americano from ugly mug, mostly because i just craved the espresso taste.
also befor lunch i dropped off my bike at sellwood to get soem new brake pads,as the ones on the bike had seen much better days...and i missed a call from ole jeremiah swanson informing me that i also needed a new bottom bracket and would i like to get one? jeremiah tries to keep me alive in my bike, and i like that about him, so i returned the call and got to chat with erik about how yes i would indeed like a new bb.
did you guys see this month's issue of bicycling? my beloved bike mechanics are all famous in it and shit. pfft. what can i say? i have good taste.
when june and i returned to the shop to get the bike it turned out that jeremiah had also discovered that i would need new brake levers eventually as one of the springs had vanished...hence why i have had difficulty with good braking, apparently. and since that meant new cables and housing that also meant new bar tape. jeremiah decided i needed to mix it up and told me i couldn't get gray again. i spied a nice kelly green and decided to get it to celebrate st. patrick's day. why skip to the next holiday when you can skip to the 2nd next holiday? the zinn has already had pink bartape, and though i thought it looked handsome with the gray i think green will be nice, too. anyhow due to all the stuff that now had to be done to make my bike not be a death trap i had to leave it overnight. june fell asleep while we were there, she is more a cyclocross sorta baby vs. a hanging out at the bike shop deciding on bar tape sorta baby.
after saying farewell to the fellas we hopped the bus downtown so i could pick up my new glasses and then we swung by the bta to say hi to tom, and let all his coworkers adore june for a few moments. who needs movie stars when there are cute babies to hang out with? indeed!
we had to jump back on the bus to beat rush hour and june dined on banana and cheerios as we made our way back to se. she was very talkative on th ebus and enjoyed growling at the other riders and doing her "squishy face"which involves smiling and wrinking up her nose in what passes for the cutest thing ever. its sickening how babies can be so cute.just who do they think they are?
back at the house she ate some more banana and carrots and i finished my lunch leftovers before brewing up some blue flower earl grey tea. its quite delectable and hours later at my house i have made another pot to help see me through the writing of a paper on an Antonioni film. ugh.
I picked up dinner to go from la sirenita-a chicken quesadilla with sourcream and guacamole and two fish tacos. i had an horchata while i was there as well.
i have plenty of homework and a full belly. its going to be difficult to say awake. ..
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Wtf? I've never been to Jake's downtown, though I know its famous. I finally went there today for the first time to scope out their happy hour-not for drinks-after last nights "too too much fun"at the standard which resulted with me crashing on my way home, breaking my glasses and cutting my head most likely due to the broken glasses and having to be rescued by Drew and his friend with a car I decided I didn't need to drink today. Probably not tomorrow either. We'll see about Monday...I ordered a ginger ale-yum! and then went on to order several of the freaking cheap cheap cheap hh items. I got a cup of clam chowder-the thing they are famous for:$1.95!
I got a seared chicken sandwhich with fries(this plate alone would have been a fair sized meal)-$1.95! I got a bowl of mac n cheese made with gorgonzola, bacon and breadcrumbs-$3.95! and for dessert I got a little pot de chocolate-$1.95. The ginger ale was 2.50 but 2.5 glasses out of it. The drink minimum is $2.50 anyhow so it is a pretty sweet deal. I'm gonna go there on Thursday to sample some of their other delights. There is a ton of stuff on their hh menu-I spied salmon cakes, a tuna sushi roll, a spring roll, a cheese burger-those were all in the $1.95 section! I was amazed. Next time I won't order so much-it was too much really but I was ravenous as I'd missed dinner the night before. You're not supposed to get stuff to go but the waitress let me have a little box for my leftover mac n cheese cos I didn't want to waste it but was stuffed. If you haven't been to Jakes yet hit it up next time you're in the area.
The hh runs 3-6 daily and they also have a late night hh 9-close Su-Thu and 10-? Fri and Sat.
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