Sweet Blog O'Mine

Author: Laren

  • Food = Love?

    A few of my new favorite food sites:

    Chowhound’s New York Region Home Page — this site contains great message boards about eating out in NYC. You can type in a question about where to find fish tacos, find out what people think about a new place, or read about the eternal Mary’s Fish Camp/Pearl Oyster Bar debate.

    The Julie/Julia Project — this woman has spent the last year of her life methodically cooking every recipe in Julia Childs’ The Art of French Cooking. She also has a fantastic potty-mouth and raves about all the crazy NYC shit that the rest of us only think, but don’t commit to writing.

    Menupages — this site contains printed menus from tons of NYC restaurants (Manhattan only, though). Very handy.

    And finally — through Friendster, I discovered that a friend of mine is a major foodie — a fact I never learned in the 5 years that I’ve known him. He’s sort of an ancillary part of my circle of friends, so it’s not completely surprising that I didn’t know this before, but we’ve been having great IM chats about food, restaurants, and life in general. Who knows where that may lead?

  • Food = Love?

    A few of my new favorite food sites:

    Chowhound’s New York Region Home Page — this site contains great message boards about eating out in NYC. You can type in a question about where to find fish tacos, find out what people think about a new place, or read about the eternal Mary’s Fish Camp/Pearl Oyster Bar debate.

    The Julie/Julia Project — this woman has spent the last year of her life methodically cooking every recipe in Julia Childs’ The Art of French Cooking. She also has a fantastic potty-mouth and raves about all the crazy NYC shit that the rest of us only think, but don’t commit to writing.

    Menupages — this site contains printed menus from tons of NYC restaurants (Manhattan only, though). Very handy.

    And finally — through Friendster, I discovered that a friend of mine is a major foodie — a fact I never learned in the 5 years that I’ve known him. He’s sort of an ancillary part of my circle of friends, so it’s not completely surprising that I didn’t know this before, but we’ve been having great IM chats about food, restaurants, and life in general. Who knows where that may lead?

  • Breaking up is hard to do (for a second time)

    So we broke up. Again. It’s amazing — I’m torn between hoping it sticks and calling him to go out for dinner tonight like we had planned originally. The range of emotions is terrifying, especially since they are so damn contradictory.

    The other bartender is just as unavailable as the first — keep on movin’.

    Tune in tomorrow . . .

  • Breaking up is hard to do (for a second time)

    So we broke up. Again. It’s amazing — I’m torn between hoping it sticks and calling him to go out for dinner tonight like we had planned originally. The range of emotions is terrifying, especially since they are so damn contradictory.

    The other bartender is just as unavailable as the first — keep on movin’.

    Tune in tomorrow . . .

  • Dramarama

    How can you break up with someone who’s not even technically your boyfriend? Somehow we managed. But the definition of “breaking up” can be just as fuzzy as the definition of “dating” or “boyfriend.” If by “breaking up” you mean still going out a few times a week and still hooking up, then yes, we broke up.

    Oy.

    So — what’s the best way to take care of yourself after a “break up”? Get lots of sleep, go to the gym, and, of course, go out for drinks with your ex and ask out another bartender.

    Nice one, Lar.

  • Dramarama

    How can you break up with someone who’s not even technically your boyfriend? Somehow we managed. But the definition of “breaking up” can be just as fuzzy as the definition of “dating” or “boyfriend.” If by “breaking up” you mean still going out a few times a week and still hooking up, then yes, we broke up.

    Oy.

    So — what’s the best way to take care of yourself after a “break up”? Get lots of sleep, go to the gym, and, of course, go out for drinks with your ex and ask out another bartender.

    Nice one, Lar.

  • Back to the excitement

    Alright. I’m sticking with this format, so now back to the excitement that is my life.

    Just returned from a great weekend in Boston and the wilds of Maine with the Tufts crew. We ate a ton, including lobster at the Naples lobster pound and a pulled pork sandwich at Redbones. Also worth mentioning were two days of barbecues and two ice cream sodas at Pears. Time to get back on the food/exercise wagon.

    It’s amazing how relaxed, decompressed, and lethargic I get when I go up to Maine. All I want to do is chill out, nap, read, and eat. Swimming and kayaking were fun, though.

    Maine_canoes.jpg

    Back to work.

  • Back to the excitement

    Alright. I’m sticking with this format, so now back to the excitement that is my life.

    Just returned from a great weekend in Boston and the wilds of Maine with the Tufts crew. We ate a ton, including lobster at the Naples lobster pound and a pulled pork sandwich at Redbones. Also worth mentioning were two days of barbecues and two ice cream sodas at Pears. Time to get back on the food/exercise wagon.

    It’s amazing how relaxed, decompressed, and lethargic I get when I go up to Maine. All I want to do is chill out, nap, read, and eat. Swimming and kayaking were fun, though.

    Maine_canoes.jpg

    Back to work.

  • More changes . . .

    Yes — back to the orange blog. The star thing just wasn’t working out. Oh well.

  • More changes . . .

    Yes — back to the orange blog. The star thing just wasn’t working out. Oh well.