Finally took the plunge

I think I blinked and it's Sunday. 

I finally made kale chips yesterday. I

was scared to try kale and finally took the plunge!

Amazing! New fav veggie.

Recipe:

1- pre-heat oven to 350

2- break kale off of stem. 

3- put on baking sheet that is lined with parchment

paper.

4- season with olive oil, salt and anything else you like.

5- bake for 10mins. ENJOY!

So simple and delicious!

After dinner I went out to spend one last

evening with the Europeans. We met at Towne

for drinks and dinner. Just drinks for me. But the

atmosphere was great and the food was tasty.

We went for more drinks at Dillon's after.

Miriam and I enjoying our ciders.

Maggie, Me and Candice. Go Ahead Girls.

It was nice catching up with friends and saying

goodbye to my Europeans. I miss them already!

Today's lunch was put on hold until after 2

because I couldn't decide what to eat. And then it hit me.

I was having a serious craving for Clover for lunch.

I also realized the Grillo's Pickles opened near clover.

I went and ordered 2 spears to go. Then from Clover I

ordered the chickpea fritter to go.

This was easily my lunch of the week winner.

It was very filling and was the perfect lunch.

I recommend hitting up both places. Clover

is frying the pickles from Grillo's but only after

3pm. Unfortunately, I arrived at  2:40 and it wasn't

time yet. But it's something to look forward to!

Question of the day: What kind of lunch do you usually

crave?

Two favorite Tuesday

Two Favorite Tuesday.

I wish it was called - I drank a delicious pint of

 beer. But I didn't because I'm watching what I ingest.

Saturday is the free day. Which usually includes beer.

I wish today included beer but it didn't.

That's one of my favorite things but I'm not

counting it today. Maybe I should re-name today?

Anyways- all my friends are visiting from Lucerne

which is great. My job entails being part of a team

that all work from Switzerland. I am the lone wolf

in Boston. So it's alwas nice to visit and eat food

and drink beer together. Which is what we did last

night at Meadhall. A fav of mine in Cambridge. Over

100 beers on tap? Yes please. I had the shipyard

that you see above.

Ok- two favorite things Tuesday. Let's do this.

1- Hanging with friends at exciting events.

I mentioned I was going to Frozen Fenway over

the weekend. It was awesome! The weather was killer

and lots of friends were around.

Umaine won. Then I almost got in a bar fight. True story-

I kept reminding UNH fans that they suck. Bad move.

But I made it alive to the Baseball Tavern for a few

bevs (beer) with friends. Closing time came and we stumbled

on to the street and decided it was the prime photo opportunity.

Ok-I basically threw my camera at the bouncer and he snapped

a few shots.

Classy bunch of kids.

It was a great weekend.

2- Spin bikes at the gym.

Sometimes I'm a gym rat. And I eat really

healthy 90% of the time. Ok maybe 85%. But it's

because I seriously love taking care of myself.! I'm not

 trying to lose weight but I do love feeling good

about myself and accomplishing things. Working out sucks.

Seriously- it does. But the after results and the feeling

of accomplishment is what counts.

My gym has these killer spin bikes. You can watch

a video and spin. It's like a class for one and it's awesome.

You do have to push yourself but I was sweating like crazy.

10 miles. Done and Done.

So I guess what I'm saying is enjoy

some beer with your friends and also take

care of yourself.

Cookies and Beer

I'm back in action in Boston. It feels good to

be back. I got back Friday. I thought I'd be too

tired to move. I made peanut

butter cookies instead. I didn't take a picture because

I ate them. Sorry- I'll try harder next time.

Saturday I was ready for life again! I tried to go to

the SoWa Holiday market but the line to get in was

30 mins long. Me and Brandon went to Sarah's and

decided to make cookies instead. Check out these meringues!

 I can't wait to share the holiday recipe soon.

Saturday night I met Laura for a couple bev's. We

started at Lucky's and then to Drink.

I loved it! It's a cool place and the menu is small. You

basically tell them what you like to drink and they come

up with something new. In my case I said - I love

vodka, tequila, rum, whiskey and beer. They couldn't

come up with something with everything from my list but

I did get a tasty drink with rum. It was good.

Well you can imagine where this story is going. We

then went to Lord Hobo. Place Rocks! Then we went

to Druid where we finished the night. The details are blurry

but it was a good night. I warn you- don't have the

Druid Fluid.

I finished my weekend out in Jamaica Plain. I took a little

stroll around Jamaica Pond with Alex and Brandon. It

was a nice day for a stroll and I really needed to get

out of the house for a bit. You could say that my weekend

consisted of cookies and beer mostly. Real Healthy. It

didn't involve enough exercise.

I also got to try something else new this weekend! The good

people of International Delight and Klout sent me the new

International Delight Iced Coffee.

It won't be in stores until January but I can tell you that

it's really good. It's creamy and the right amount of sweetness.

I don't like drinking a whole glass full but I do like

putting a splash in my iced coffee each morning. So in

January- buy this good stuff if you like the hard work

done for you. Pour it over some ice... work the day

away.

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Eye candy, crazy muscles and blood shed.

I had to bid farewell to Lucerne and the lion.

He is the saddest lion ever.

Luckily- I was able to find my way home from Lucerne.

Yes- I love chocolates and cliches.

It was a long week of catching up but I enjoyed my

weekend very much. On Friday I went out for a

couple of drinks at Howl. Saturday was a day for

working out and dinner at the Burren. A personal

favorite of mine! And today was a rando day.

It started with a gym sesh and little nap. Then I asked

Alex to get some fro-yo with me and JP Licks. First

we had to stop so she could eat lunch at Anna's. Ok

fine. Then she was too full for fro-yo right away so we

walked around and checked out some of the thrift shops.

Look at the beauties I found-

I think they were made from horse hair?

Finally, fro-yo time. I had vanilla twist with choco

chip cookie. Holy delicious!

I love JP Licks!

After fro-yo we decided we both wanted to see

Immortals. Guess what- it started at 5pm. Ok-

it was 5:07 but we were game!

There was plenty of eye candy, crazy muscles and blood

shed. A lot of blood. I had to turn my head away.. a

few times. But I am a serious history/mythology lover so

it was totally worth it. This movie was perfect. And so

was Theseus.

This week is a short 2 day work week for me.

I'm looking forward to lots of food and friends.

I also love, love, love cooking. I'll try and come

up with some serious recipes since I've been kind

of sucking lately at recipe posting.

What are your favorite Thanksgiving recipes?

My first visit to the Chiro

I finally went to the Chiro! I've had back

problems for as long as I can remember. 

rid of them. Nothing worked. I trekked to

see my new Chiropractor. I got cracked and

I've tried a lot of different things to getwalked back to work work 15 mins later.

Did it hurt? No. Do I feel better? Not

yet. But I'm hoping that it will improve

over time. Plus her name is Candy. I trust

her already.

The walk back was super nice. Look

at the trees!

After work I had my bi-weekly gathering

with the gals. We hit up Clover since it finally

opened in Inman. I was so excited! I ordered

some hibiscus tea since it reminds me of Egypt.

Plus they don't have beer yet.

They assured me that they will soon.

I assured them that I'll be back when they do.

I ordered some french fries with rosemary

So tasty!

And the main course... Egg and eggplant!

If you read me often, I've already had this.

But it's worth eating a hundred times. Plus-

it has hummus on it :)

After we inhaled our food we decided to head to

Trina's for a drink. We discovered that one side

of Trina's has become a sports bar! I didn't

mind but Katie wasn't happy with this change.

We ordered some beers and just chatted.

The selection was pretty good.

We all had the Pumple Drumkin Ale

I liked it. Not too spicy.

I had to call it an early night because I needed to

pack. And I kind of did.

Now I have to finish since my flight is in 3 hours!

I'll try and keep it real in Lucerne and blog.

Switzerland is a really nice place so I'll at least

send some photos out.

Pay Day Sushi

Last night I went out for "Payday Sushi."

Something to celebrate! We went to

Tapei Tokyo. It was eh. Not because

the sushi wasn't good, but because

I really have to be in the mood for sushi.

Otherwise, I'm trying to choke it down.

I looked over the menu. I always start with

soup or edamame. I picked the soup.

Mushroom soup! It was ok. A little bland

to be honest. But it did the trick. Then I was ready for my

 sushi.

Everyone got an array of items.

I stuck with just a rainbow roll. It was tasty and had

 great texture. I think it was the avocado.

YUM!

This sushi was still not as good as the sushi I

had in Jackson, Wy this summer. That was

killer sushi! But it was still decent and it was nice to be

with friends.

I returned home for "Pay day groceries."

I took a quick trip to whole foods. Andddd

purchased something I didn't need but

something I wanted.

Don't knock the soy ice cream until you've had it.

It is awesome! And taste like any other ice cream.

But healthier.

Yesterday I got something awesome

in the mail.

A Kind bar from the kind people at Kind.

This in turn lead me to buy more at Whole Foods

last night. It was tasty. This time I bought a PB

and choco kind. Can't wait to eat it!

Well, Halloween is upon us.

What are your plans?

What are you going to be?

I'm always a last minuter and decide

at the last second. So it will not only be

a surprise to you but also to me.