Day Off and Now Back to Great Adventure...

Marcus configured the printer so I could scan in the amusing photo that was taken of Dani, my friend and future veterinary surgeon, and myself as we screamed it up on the Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Great Adventure. So this past weekend, I headed over to New Jersey and Dani picked me up at the train station. We headed to Great Adventure to indulge in our common love of the thrill ride. But Dani I must say, is a connoisseur...She knew the rides inside out, and was the brains behind strategically choosing which rides to go to, and how to maximize our time, with the help of the Flash Pass, which I highly recommend. Anyway, we ended up on the Great American Scream Machine, as I mentioned, Batman The Ride, Bizzaro (complete with spontaneously combusting fireballs), Kingda Ka, Rolling Thunder (a throwback wooden coaster that I swear came off the tracks, creaking the whole time and jacking up my neck!), and my favorite of the day: El Toro. And I would not expect that...Dani was raving about El Toro, but I was skeptical because it's a wooden coaster...and how thrilling can that be?!?! Well I love rides that freak me out and the drop on that sucker was ridiculous. Because as much as I love the upside down coasters, it's all about the drop and feeling like you're going to fall out of your seat. El Toro definitely delivers that! Kingda Ka's claim to fame is that it's the fastest and highest coaster in the world...and it's a marvel of physics, but it's literally over in 5 seconds. And you literally go vertical at like 125 MPH, then drop vertically. Although it was CRAZY how fast we went upwards (seriously)...the drop was so fast, it was like nothing happened! So much so, I argue that people who are scared of roller coaster may actually do well on this ride. Well what's up for today? I may cook biscuits...I love biscuits. I stumbled upon this site that seemed to speak to me: Cooking For Engineers. They break things down in pseudo anal retentive detail, which a girl like me can appreciate. Now let's see if these recipes are actually any good...

Backwards Blog

Yesterday I went to Six Flags Great Adventure...which was great fun! But until I figure out how to scan in a photo from that excursion (we have a new printer), I'll hold off until then. As for now, I think I finally found my salad spot! Since Wegman's in Ithaca, I've longed for great salads...and even though we're in New York City, I've always had problems with the salads here...good ingredients, but way too many salad leaves, not enough other stuff. So I took a short walk over to this little cafe called Peace & Love in Tribeca...and I got the Machu Picchu salad (sans the raisins)...it has mixed greens, goat cheese, palm hearts, dried cranberries, aioli, and vinaigrette. absolutely delicious and not too much in the way of leaves. Of course I'll never see the prices or the variety of toppings I saw in Wegman's, but I'll take it! As I've said before, if you've never experienced the design it yourself salads there, you've missed out...

Lovin' It!

So just another plug for the US version of "Queer as Folk"...I'm loving it...I'm obsessed with it and only on season one! Well, that's how I spent my day off yesterday. Watching that show, then finding old re-runs of it on the LOGO channel. I also watched the movie "Towelhead", which is about a Lebanese American teenage girl. She deals with her difficult parents and her budding sexuality, as well as racist remarks from her classmates and neighbors. It was good, but I could live with never watching it again. The other night I got a pleasant surprise from Terry-a while I was at work...she dropped off some food! It was great. Well two more work days, then the ever popular weekend....oh, those weekends...

Weekend Summary

This past weekend I had a bit of fun...at around 11:15PM on Saturday night, it crossed my mind, after watching some "Queer As Folk" episodes, that I needed to go out! By the way, that's a great show...I started watching the American version, and now I'm hooked. Those guys know how to party: crazy clubbing, crazy hot sex, like all the time. Ya! Well, Marcus wasn't game to go out with such short notice...so I texted Terry-a, not thinking twice she'd actually respond. But by a miracle, we ended up in some Japanese all night food joint in the East Village. It was fun getting out. The next morning Marcus and I watched a matinee of "Couples Retreat" and it was pretty funny. We then brunched at Forge, down in our neighborhood and it was delicious. Highly recommended. Today I went to the gym, and received a leather clutch I had ordered through Etsy...Love it, and I love this guy's stuff. All original leather designs, and they're beautiful and affordable. Also highly recommended: De Lacy. Check it out...he has his own website, and he's on Etsy.

Long Time No See

Today Caroline was kind enough to drive into the city from Westchester to pick me and Gustaf up and trek to Long Island to see the veterinary dentist. I saw something in Gustaf's mouth, and I wanted the specialist to take a look. It was fine, thank God! Then Caroline dropped me off and I watched Dr. Oz and Oprah. After, I headed to the village to meet up with Hillary---and I had not seen her in 7 years or so! Crazy! We ate at Patsy's on University Place and it was great seeing her! She's a big shot shoe designer, which is pretty cool. She travels tons for work, but I'm hoping we see each other sometime soon...I mean, damn, we've known each other for about 29 years! DAMN!

The Plight of the Thick Legged Girl and Double Features

Today I went to the movies with Stephen, and I love watching movies with him because you can always learn something and you can get schooled on the ways of seamlessly watching one movie, then slipping into another! Well that's what we did, with some shameless flicks: "Jennifer's Body" and "Sorority Row"...so today was teeny bopper horror flick day. "Jennifer's Body"--that was good, ridiculous fun...on the other hand, I would file "Sorority Row" under "so bad it was entertaining". And I got to rock my knee high black boots with my denim leggings...and hopefully stretch them out a bit...because, as some of my girlfriends can attest to, I have issues thanks to my calves. I'm lucky if I can get boots over them. And this whole over the knee high boots? LOVE it, but let's face it, if it's this hard for me to find knee high boots to fit me, how the f$ck will I find over the knee ones that fit me?!?! Anyway, came home and the new floor lamp we bought finally arrived. We jacked Terry'a and Steve's style and got the same one they have, but we got their blessing.

Coffee Mugs N Biscuits

Last night I finally got word that the diner coffee mugs we've been waiting for (weeks) are finally back in stock. So this morning I headed up to Fishs Eddy to get them. Our new thing is getting plates, bowls, and mugs that are durable and chip proof. We previously got bowls from Fishs Eddy and they're great. Then I picked up some buttermilk to make a biscuit recipe I've been waiting to make. Well, the recipe is a good one; I'd recommend it. I got it from the Martha Stewart Show the other day. It's a fairly easy recipe. And who doesn't love biscuits?! I once tried a recipe that had lard, and that was a big mistake. It was really hard to work with lard, and the recipe wasn't really clear on how to do each step. So I was kinda bummed after that. Other than that, I feel like Jabba the Hut or something...I have a huge pimple on my face, and it's horrible and going nowhere in the soon future. I'm 34, yet still dealing with this stuff. My facialist constantly tells me that I should be happy for my skin type because I'll wrinkle much later in life...times like this I try to remind myself of that!

Te Quiero....Apartamento mio

Yes, I love our place…I don’t know about you, but I love to love my home. I love being at home…and everyday when I’m walking back home I’m reminded of the great neighborhood and great apartment we live in. A long cry from our previous place just a couple of months ago. And the guy in the photo…who’s he? Read on…you’ll see…Well today was a good day for me. Although I didn’t do anything too exciting, I hung out at home, spoke with Stephen, and caught up on some chores I had to do. I watched “The Red Shoe Diaries”, an old movie starring David Duchovny. Being a hard core “X-Files” and “Californication” fan, I had to get my history straight. Well history proved itself: this soft core-esque movie was pretty damn bad! Ha ha. Then I watched Oprah and the show was about inspirational true stories. And there was a piece about the rock band Journey. Although I’m not a Journey fan, I did always think that Steve Perry, the former lead singer, had an amazing voice with crazy range. Well, anyway, the group found their newest lead singer by finding him on a you tube video…and it turns out the guy, Arnel Pineda, was a Filipino in Manila, who grew up in poverty and sang in bands around the Philippines and Hong Kong, only to be discovered randomly on the internet. So inspirational…and he can belt a tune! And it reminds me of how much I really need to go back to the motherland (the Philippines)...and introduce the hubby to it...

More Cheesy Movies!

Today Marcus and I headed up to Westchester to visit my parents. We ate lobster, which was absolutely delicious. When we got back to our apartment, I stumbled upon a horrible little gem, "My Bollywood Bride". Why horrible? Let's just say this is a serious guilty pleasure, a la "If Looks Could Kill" starring Antonio Sabato, Jr. But I like Bollywood stuff, and it did have a cheesy forbidden love theme, which I'm a sucker for. The problem was horrible acting and a seriously weak storyline. But who cares, right? It reminded me of how much I really love saris...talk about the sexiest, most stunning outfits, in my opinion. I wish I had a reason to wear a sari...Hmm I wonder what I'll do tomorrow (I'm off on Mondays)...maybe more movies, get my eyebrows threaded, watch some Dr. Oz and Oprah...