The ‘problem’ with 2 dogs is that they always want to be by you wherever you are. I’m on the sofa with maddie next to me and ghengis draped over the arm of the sofa wedged in behind my back. It can’t be comfortable for him. I know it’s not for me.
There was a time where I wanted restaurants to be open at 2 or 3 or 4 in the morning so I could eat away the drunk. Now what I want is for restaurants to serve breakfast at 3pm. You stay up late, you sleep late, then you have showers and dogs and getting dressed and dawdling and suddenly it’s 3pm and you still want waffles. FYI – the Uptown Bar and Grill serves breakfast all day (and if you sprinkle the bisciuts and gravy liberally with the hot sauce you’ve got a pretty damned good breakfast).
(Ghengis is looking at my with his cute pouty face)
The Riverview Theatre was showing The Goonies at midnight last night. I’d seen it as a kid but for the life of me only really remembered a few things about it. It was funny, I’m glad I saw it. So yeah, we were out late and ended up sleeping late (also, i’ve been sporting a sore throat an swollen glands for like a month now and it makes me so very tired I just need to sleep).
After our lazy morning sleep-in we headed ver to the Uptown B&G (not to be confused with the Uptown Diner, home of the best eggs benedict on the planet). After ‘breakfast’ we headed over to my friend Jen Z’s place for an early afternoon cocktail and snacky party to celebrate her art being displayed at the 55408 show at Intermedia Arts (there are about 3.5 million things in this post that merit links but I’m too lazy right now). So we had snacks and drank beers and headed over to the gallery. When you work at an art college it stands to reason that a gallery featuring local artists would showcase a fair number of people that you work with. Still, though, I was surprised at just how many people I knew there.
It was hot today. Hot. I could not cool myself down at all so i feel limp and completely without energy now that I am home.
March of the Penguins is playing now, I have to go see it. It’s playing at the Uptown and I have mixed feelings about the Upton theatre, but they do have a balcony so that tips it over to the favorable side (it still doesn’t beat the riverview).
I’m off to go gargle and soothe my throat. David’s sister, the doctor, thinks I might be colonized with strep which would explain why I get it so damned often, why the infections are so severe when they pop up and why I can never seem to shake the sore throat. I’d make an appointment with my doctor but I realized I just don’t like going to see her anymore. The last few visits included some bizarre cheer fest for my ex, which is all well and good on some level but in my mind completely inappropriate during an appointment. Even a curt “no, i haven’t seen her lately” was met with a “well, she’s blah blah blah blah”. I don’t know, a mutual friend could certainly engage in this sort of conversation with me and I’d be fine with it, but I guess since I’m paying my doctor I’m sort of looking for a level of professionalism. Anyway, I’d been avoiding going and I figure that’s as good a sign as any to get a new doctor. I can’t change clinics until november and I dread that, too. What if I go to a clinic and don’t like the doctor. My entire medical history is made up of doctors that make me uncomfortable. There have been like 3 total that I liked and this one that I am seeing now was fine until recently.
anyway, time to play with puppies!
Category Archives: Delicious
She said she’d like it to snow
I’m in shoe whore heaven. HEAVEN! I’m surrounded by 4 pairs of shoes. SIGH. Actually, 2 pairs get sent back. I ordered 2 pairs of hiking boots and 2 pairs of walking shoes. The New Balance felt cheap and uncomfortable which surprised me, I thought they’d be good. They also seem to be made to fight pronation (rolling in towards the middle) and since I supinate (walk on the out edge of my foot) something fierce I need shoes that discourage that rather than encourage it. The Vasque walking shoes feel great and are very comfortable when I walk. So Vasque stays, the New Balance goes.
Also got 2 pairs of hiking boots. The keen thing about feet as small as mine is that even the most inelegant shoe looks cute! The first pair of hiking boots were super cute and blue! YAY! But, they did not fit well and I could tell I would get blisters all over my heels. Sad for a few seconds since I liked the blue ones but I know enough to know that even if they aren’t pretty I need to go for the most comfortable, durable, safe boots. Besides, they’re killer cute on me!
So hooray for boots!
Ghengis cut his foot right by where his toenail comes out. I never saw it. I never saw it until it got infected. Sigh. Dogs are supposed to be cheaper than kids, right? pffffft! Another $85 to the vet. He cleaned Ghengis’ foot, wrapped it in a booty and sent me away with 2 kinds of pills and some cream. He almost didn’t see the cut either, but assured me it was very common with dog parks. WHAT THE HELL! The dog park is always making ghengis sick. Sad thing is that he’s all tired and mopey and not wanting to play. So we just cuddle and I tell him what a good dog he is. Maddie, of course, is sad that I am not paying as much attention to her.
hmmm anything else? I made udon/miso soup last night. So good. I love miso in the most unhealthy way possible. I don’t know if udon goes with miso but the soup was…comfort.
People, I’m an evil stepsister looking for a Cinderella to slap around. Any takers?
HUPO
A lob and a miss
It’s true, eat before grocery shopping. I was full up on french toast from the Hard Times Cafe (I have to rank the Hard Times Cafe much higher than Triple Rock. Hipster attitude, yeah, but not hipster atti-fucking-tude. I just want some waffles, I don’t want to apologize for not having a face tattoo or some obvious word like ‘bipedal’ or ‘obvious’ done up in bad gothic lettering somewhere. Maybe it’s just me). Had to pick up a few things for the bbq tomorrow and skipped past all the junk food that usually catches my eye. French toast, people, it will save you.
Went to United Noodles today to buy miso and tofu and red bean ice cream bars and udon noodles and bok choys and biryani paste and on and on. If I’d had more time I probably would have stocked up on everything. Maybe I’ll do that next week.
Exciting, no?
I know, I could get a life, but, you know, too lazy and all. You should send me one!
So I named my car Mabel (not to be confused with Dena and Levi’s turtle, Maple). Seemed like a good name. She’s a 6 cylinder, no turbo but about the same pick up as the Saab. Fun to drive, but the best feature so far (and possibly the most mundane) is that it has 2 cigarette lighter receptacles so I can charge my phone AND listen to my iPod at the same time. Also, it has a phone garage, I’ll have to post a picture of that when I get a chance.
BBQ at my place tomorrow. Swing by, bring the dogs. I’ve got brats, curried potato salad, ginger trifle, veggies, veggie brats, watermelon, cantaloupe and whatever else I can rustle up. (there’s a new pack of Superhero Popsicles in the freezer, but I got those for D. Maybe he’ll share)
Dogs are good, David’s good, I’m good. What more is there? Filing? not so good (you know it’s bad when you are desperately shuffling through this pile or that pile to find the title to your car, the letter from the bank showing that it’s paid off, your most current insurance card etc. I suck at filing but I do keep all the papers together.)
Have a good 4th, peeps, I’m sure I’ll be writing more.
Foam out, bubbo
OH!!! How could I forget
CUPCAKE!!!!!
Cup
CAKE!
Sigh.
We went to Cupcake for lunch on Friday (finally). The cutest coffee shop/deli/bakery ever in the tradition of French Meadow but without the attitude. They focus on the bakery stuff, while also serving up delicious food. The thing is, the food is great, the coffee is great but the cupcakes…oh the cupcakes! Sigh, cupcakes.
They had about a dozen different cupcakes in decadent, different, insulin destroying flavors. Mocha, black bottom, Betty Crocker, malted milk, apricot rum, red velvet, caramel, buttermilk chocolate, blueberry lemon, carrot cake, and on and on in both regular and mini sizes. After lunch (which was surprisingly good considering they focus on pastry) and my birthday mocha cupcake from Jen Z (the payroll chica, not the ex) I went and bought 6 more cupcakes to bring home to share with the boy. I let him have the caramel all to himself, he says it was too sweet (which is why, ironically, I didn’t want it), I LOVED the red velvet (if I ever get married, I’ve decided I want a red velvet wedding cake), the black bottom was decadently wonderful, another mocha (YUM). There’s half a buttermilk chocolate and a whole malted milk waiting for me! Sigh. Yum.
It should be noted that I limited my purchase to 6 cupcakes and avoided the lemon bars, the banana chocolate chip scones, the key lime tarts, the chocolate macaroons, the creme brulee…
Anyone who comes to visit me is getting lunch at Cupcake. No lie. This is your excuse to come to Minnesota now.
Man, it may not be healthy, but it sure is happy.
Ah, Bill, why you hurt me so good?
Bill’s Garden, the valhalla of cheap chinese food! They serve all the fakey americanized dishes, sweat and sour pork, buddha delight, beef and broccoli, but the difference is that everything is make fresh and everything is surprisingly tasty and good. The cashew chicken was so amazingly good and stuffed full of barely cooked veggies that I ended up plowing through the whole thing (well, except for what I scooped out for lunch today). The salt tried to kill me though.
SIGH! There’s a basset/beagle (a bagel!) mix available for adoption! All neutered, up on shots, one year old, potty trained! And today is his BIRTHDAY!!!
Sorry to cut this short, but I gots me a dog to look at1