About sums it up at the moment. Off to the beach this week for vacation, a healthy dose of sea air, naps, running, reading, journaling, and grilling. Hopefully the spirits will be a bit restored, or at least in better shape, when I return.
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I’m Tired
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The Sun May Be Out
for the first time this week, but the rain and clouds are lingering in my little corner of the world at the moment. Luckily I’m off to the beach next week to shake them away, but any love and happy thoughts you can send my way would be greatly appreciated at the moment.
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I’m Generally a Nature Lover
But there is a bird that hangs out in the courtyard space outside my window who seems to think that 3 or 4 AM is a perfectly appropriate time to chirp his little lungs out. By the time the sun comes up, he’s gone. I have had many fantasies of pulling out a shotgun so I can get a decent night’s sleep.
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The Non-Beachy Beach Weekend
True, the only time I got to put on my new bathing suit was when I got into the hot tub, and I didn’t see the sun all weekend, but I had a wonderfully relaxing weekend at the beach. My dinner turned out great (damn, I love that grilled pineapple salsa!), I got to shake my groove thang a little, sing the inaugural rendition of "We Belong" for the season, read trashy magazines and the Times, meet some new people, spend some quality time with Deb, walk along the beach, and go for two 45 minute runs with Katie. The same run that was quite hard for me last year isn’t so bad at the moment. Guess all this time at the gym is paying off!
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To the Beach!
I’m off to Fire Island for the first beach weekend of the summer; unfortunately, I’m not certain the weather is going to cooperate. Deb is joining me and I’m in charge of cooking Saturday night — the menu includes grilled shrimp tacos with grilled pineapple salsa, grilled corn with chili-lime-garlic butter, black beans and rice, and a tres leches cake for dessert. Can you tell I like to use the grill out there?
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I Know, I Know . . .
I haven’t been writing as much here as I used to. It’s not that I’m not still busy, because I am. It’s true that the number of jackass stories has dwindled dramatically as compared to last year (thankfully).
The main reason I haven’t been writing as much these days is because we’ve kicked up the pace over at Gothamist Food. I have to make sure there are two to three food posts up every day — not all written by me, mind you, but it still takes quite a bit of time and energy. If you haven’t already visited, please check it out — and let me know that you’ve stopped by. Leave a comment, click on "recommend" a the bottom of the posts (it makes us feel loved), or just shoot me an email. If you want to read just the posts I’ve written, you can do that too. 347 and counting (will be at least 349 and more likely 350 before the end of the week)! -
Triplex
Well, I had quite the movie-filled weekend. I started out with the X-Men on Friday night (my first exposure to an X-Men film) for tons of action, effects, and explosions; then on to An Inconvenient Truth on Saturday, for a bit of consciousness-raising; and finishing with Keeping Up With the Steins on Sunday, to keep in touch with my heritage.
Other highlights of the weekend included late night karaoke at Planet Rose with Manhattan Transfer and others who kept me out way past my bedtime, delicious dinner at Frankie’s with Jenn (if you haven’t been there yet, you should go), dinner with Mom & Stephen (I really need to have dinner parties more often), a picnic in Central Park with Erika, and shopping with Roopa. All in all, a relaxing, well-rounded, fun holiday weekend, despite the lack of barbecues.
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You Know You’re Old When
You spend a decent chunk of a phone conversation with a friend talking about your daily fiber intake and its . . . well . . . impacts.
I will admit, though, in addition to keeping up the fitness routine (since mid-December in case anyone’s keeping track — you should see my biceps these days!), I’m all about the fiber and the healthy digestive tract lately. For breakfast lately, I’ve been making kefir, berry and banana smoothies with ground flaxseed and a dash of pomegranate juice followed by a Gnu Flavor & Fiber bar. So I’ve got the "healthy" bacteria plus about 50% of my RDA of soluble fiber in one shot.
When did I become my grandmother?!?
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100 Grand
Okay, so I’m a little late, but I wanted to err on the safe side (if we’re really counting accurately, I’m up around 101,968 visits including those from before I started using sitemeter). Either way, I’m over the 100,000 visit mark, which is pretty exciting. Thanks to all of you who stop by!
