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.

It's caveman approved

Today is Frozen Fenway! I've been

looking forward to this for months!

My Alma Mater is playing- Umaine. And

I'm hoping for a big win against UNH!

It's a great day for hockey. The weather is beautiful

out there and I can't wait.

I'll have more on the event tomorrow.

Today I have two AMAZING recipes for you.

First- Palee-Oats!

I love real oatmeal but when I saw this recipe

that Tina posted, I had to give it a whirl. Lots

of people are following the Paleo diet these

days. Here's a great recipe:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup almond milk

3 egg whites

1 small banana (mashed)

cinnamon

vanilla

In a saucepan mix milk, eggs, and banana.

Then mix in cinnamon and vanilla. You can add

more spices or nuts or berries if you want.

Keep whisking until it fluffs up to your liking.

It will look like oats I promise. It should just take 3 or 4

mins to get to a good consistency. It's so fluffy and delicious.

I added 1/4 cup oats to mine and a tbsp of PB.

Holy Hell. Amaaaazing!

You might be skeptical.. but seriously this is my new

favorite breakfast. It just beat out my protein pancakes.

Plus- it's caveman approved.

Second: Easy Breakfast Cookie

1/4 oats

1 egg white

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp vanilla

cinnamon

raisins

Mix the ingredients together

Spray a bowl with canola spray and mold like a

 cookie. Microwave for a minute. Don't cook it

too long or it will get too crunchy.

I topped mine with PB of course. I had

one before the gym for a quick healthy bite

to hold me over until my real breakfast.



Enjoy these awesome recipes.

I'm off to get ready for a day of hockey.

And probably beer and fried food.

I can't be healthy all the time.

Do you have any special diet you follow?

Any tips for quick, healthy recipes?

The killer kool aid is killer.

The last 48hrs have been crazy!

I've been to my work holiday party, my family

Christmas party and a welcome home party.

Friday was my work party. It was a 1920's theme

and it was at the Fairmont Copley. So beautiful!

The 20's was a cool theme and everyone looked awesome.

Including me. I was rocking the red lips. Seemed like a

good idea until it was staining everything.

Saturday morning I woke up before the sun was even out.

I hit the road for Maine. I had a family party first.

The kids passed out gifts and we all just got together

to celebrate the season. It was nice. I snapped a few pics of

Lily being Lily.

Then it was off to the rest of my weekend. We had to

welcome Adam home from Iraq! I got a little

shin dig together to surprise him. It worked and

we all had a super fun night with way too many drinks.

We drank too much killer kool-aid. It's a real drink

and it really was killer. It was really a killer this morning

when I had to function like a normal human being.

I'm still trying to be human again at 9:30pm. Better luck

tomorrow. Warning: The Killer Kool-aid is killer.

Good news though- this is a short week and Christmas

is almost here :)



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?

Do the Halloween Crawl.

Woah. This weekend is a blur!

It went by too fast!

But I had a great time celebrating Halloween

with my friends.

It started with a flash mob at work.

We nailed it.

Somehow we didn't win.

So we took our sorry, losing butts out

for drinks. Lindsay's friend was throwing

a party so we crashed.

We danced our butts off. But we decided
to call it an early night since we all had

plans for Saturday. Mine included a full day of

pub crawling. Ouch.

I had very little time to recover before we turned

around and did it again! This time me and Maggie

really took our costume to the next level.

We are supposed to be the female version of

LMFAO. Mostly we got a lot of laughs and we

shuffled around town as much as our feet

allowed.

I got sleepy after awhile and just rested

on my fro. That thing came in handy!

It was a great weekend. The pub crawl was

kind of a bit much but it turned out alright.

We finished the night with mexi food

before heading home. I think I was asleep by

9pm. I'm not joking.

Tomorrow is really Halloween.

But my celebrating is over.

Today was back to reality.

I started my Sunday Fun day with this free book I

received in the mail courtesy of

Instyle Magazine. Thanks!

It's a really great book. Lots of style tips

based on your body type, item of clothing and

season. You can pick it up at the bookstore for $29.95.

Or you can borrow mine!

For dinner I made a Mexican pizza.

I figured beer wasn't the best dinner choice

so I decided to eat some realfood. It was tasty!

I used 2 tortillas and layered in some goodies.

On the first tortilla I just put black beans.

I bought TJ's cuban style because they're already

seasoned. Then I placed another tortilla on top.

More beans, sliced red pepper and cheese.

I baked it for 15 minutes at 350.

This is the part where I ran to the store for avocado.

I made the rookie mistake of cutting mine which wasn't

ripe. I needed avocado. So I got it.

And I didn't burn the house down while I left.

I put mine on top of lettuce and paired it

with some sour cream. I love, love, love all

mexican cuisine.

Now it's back to reality. Already!

Sorry for Party Rocking

Happy Halloween weekend!

Do you enjoy Halloween?

I'm half and half.

I find it foolish to spend loads of

$$$ on a costume. But I do like

dressing up and trying to be

creative. This year I'll be Party

Rocking throughout Boston.

That's me. Getting my dancing feet ready.

My shirt does say Meow. So watch out!

I hope you have have an exciting weekend

planned. Here a few last minute

costume ideas. Scrounge up your goods

and get to it!

Tom Cruise: Risky Business

Classic and easy. I did this once!

Get the following:

Men's button down

Tube socks

Men's briefs

Stunner shades.

It's going to be a cold weekend but this is

a fun costume to rock!

Occupy Wall Street:

Someone at work did this today. I cannot

take full credit. But it's a good one.

Dress in clothes that look dirty. Carry

a tent, sleeping bag and a sign.

(Please shower and don't use the sidewalk

as a restroom.)

Katy Perry- Last Friday Night

Everyone loves everything Katy does.

This is basically the 80's look but better.

Tease your hair.

Get some triangle/shape earrings.

Lots of blue eye shadow.

Bright colors in spandex!

Think pink on top and lime on the bottom.

Jo Calderone- aka Lady Gaga

This is a goody. Especially for a couple.

One can be the real Lady Gaga and the other

can be Jo. Get out your finest suit and white T-shirt.

The suit is easy to get at your local good-will.

Rock it all night long.

Don't worry- tomorrow I'll look more like

this with my friend, Maggie.

I'll have a Halloween re-cap on Sunday.

If I survive!

Who likes free stuff?

Birthday celebration are for reals over now.

Last night was the last of the shenanigans.

Emily hosted a pre-gathering at her place.

It was fab per usual. Full of drinks and

tasty food. We had a blast there and

then headed to the Burren. It was a fun night.

Me and Laurel cut our cake together.

I fed her.

My shirt was kind of blinding.

Today I am laying low. Getting lots of rest.

I promised a post on good deals and freebies.

We all know about groupon, living social etc.

But there are so many more out there!

So here are a few of my favs that I use.

I'm really new to BzzAgent. But the idea is great.

They recognize that the best marketing is

word of mouth from the consumer. You take

surveys and sometimes they send you a

product to test out. Then you review it.

Super simple and really cool.

I use e-rewards a lot! You take surveys

and you get rewards. That simple. They have

lots of different rewards and levels. I like to

get the express gift card so I can get free clothes.

But they have airline miles, blockbuster cards and more.

Sign up and get rewarded!

Birch Box! I had heard about this a few times but became

more interested after my friend, Lindsay, talked about.

$10 a month and they send you minis of different

products. $10! That's it! This way you can try something

that is normally super pricey to see if you like it first.



I love going out to eat. My bank account does not.

I'm sure most of you know about restaurant.com. But

in case you don't, now you do. It's pretty simple. They offer

a deal on a coupon. You purchase it and follow the rules at

the restaurant. Easy and awesome. Restaurant week doesn't

come around enough in Boston. This helps ease that

problem.

I'll keep coming up with the cool ideas. Let me know if

you have any suggestions.

Cheers to the freaking weekend

Cheers to the freaking weekend!

Amen for Saturday.

(this is me cheers-ing to you in my German attire.

The mustache is real.)

Anyways- last night I had a delicious birthday

dinner with my roommates. We went to

Highland Kitchen. I've been waiting

forever to go there!

We got there around 6:30 and there was already a wait.

They told us 35 minutes. Ok fine.

I got a drink- a Dorchester. Highly

recommend it!

(Don't mind my pink hand.)

But then I checked back in

after 35 minutes. They told me another 35 mins.

Ummm come on! But luckily the guy that seemed to run

the show found us and gave us free deviled eggs for

making us wait. They were tasty! Then we got a seat

15 minutes later. It was worth the wait.

We started with apps. Lots of 'em!

North African Dip Plate! It was my kind of

good time!

Ricotta and mozzarella balls. With honey!

It was a fantastic combo of flavors.

Katie also ordered the gnocchi but sorry- no pic.

It was awesome..

I was seriously stuffed but I had a dinner to eat.

I ordered the black bean burger.

I bit into it. IT is the best veggie burger I've had

the privilege of sinking my teeth into.



So good in fact that today I recycled the rest of the meal.

YUM!

Today rocked because I made a trip to TJ's.

I found two tasty items.

Hummus dressing and pumpkin bread mix.

I drank the hummus while making the bread.

Kidding.. sort of.

Also- I tried their new chocolate covered

potato chips. Get them! They are life

changing.

Later today I'm going to celebrate my birthday

with tons of awesome people. Can't wait to

share the night!

Have a lovely evening!