Yes, kids, I finally got my Twilight on. It was better than I expected, but still not entirely satisfying, if that makes any sense... I thought Bella was okay, but Edward was a little strange. He definitely took cues from Johnny Depp in Edward Scissorhands, but not in a good way.

Anyway, at the movies I had some snacks: two mini butterfinger bitelettes (not pictured, we couldn't find the box in the dark), a Peanut Butter Z Bar and a new kind of cappuccino they're selling at the movie theaters. It was definitely NOT skim, and came pre-sweetened, but it reminded me of the coffee from the machines at my school in Paris so I drank half of it anyway.


I was starving and pressed for time when the movie got out, so I got a Tomato Basil and Mozzarella sandwich on wheat at Cosi, with a small baggie of carrots. I went back to the bread sample bin several times... Why does it have to be so addicting?!


During work I had some orange slices and an oyster. For dinner, I ordered a California veggie burger (avocado & cheese) with blue cheese, no bun and a side salad. I ate almost everything on that plate! I also ordered a glass of Albariño (Spanish white wine).


My dad brought be half a Macadamia nut brownie in the car...


I also had an orange before bed.


My breakfast cookie this morning was delicious (and purple!):


1/2 cup oats
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
remainder of yogurt container
1 tsp peanut butter
1 tsp jelly
dried fruit

I'm off to run loads of errands (gym, dentist, pick poodlepie up from groomers). Have a wonderful day!

Eau de Bengay

Bon après-midi, mes enfants! I slept in nice and late today (9:50... ha!) and sore as a thumb (?). I used some good ole Bengay last night, which helped for a little. The cartoon above is so true... I am getting so demanding with my backrubs!

We went to breakfast at the diner this morning since Ari had the morning free. Here he is "being a cheese":


I got an egg white omelet with spinach, feta, tomato and onions. I asked for tomatoes and lettuce instead of the potatoes today. I ate almost all of it smothered in delicious ketchup.


Look at all that buttah! I think I can deal with that daily indulgence.


I don't have to work until Saturday night, so I'm just lounging about in my PJs. You know how some people just can't be inside with their shoes on? I'm like that with my watch, one of my rings, and jeans. Isn't that strange?! Do you have any weird quirks like that?

Have a great day!

Naughty Chocoholic

It's still sort of morning for me, since I just took a little nap. I desperately needed that sleep, which was made very clear when I fell asleep for the first half of Slumdog Millionaire! It's too bad, because I've been looking forward to seeing it in over a month. What I did see, though, I loved, so I'd recommend it.

I had lunch with Greg, Kalle and Mike at the Metro Diner yesterday. I'd already had coffee (which doesn't usually stop me from having more) but I just felt like sipping on tea.


I've been having a lot of formatting problems with Blogger recently, so sorry about the double image. It doesn't want to delete.


The Metro makes THE best veggie burgers. They're literally over an inch thick, and made with a delicious blend of beans and spices. I didn't get the "deluxe" which comes with fries, but I ate a few of Kalle's.


One of the independent movie theaters we go to has THE best treats. Even though I was still pretty full from lunch, I had two cookies: a chocolate covered coconut macaroon, and a dried fruit and nut rugeleh. So yum, but don't know if I needed both of them...


Someone brought in two packages of Ferrero Rocher chocolates (you know, the milk chocolate hazelnut truffle kind?) and put them up on the little ledge where I sit. One of the waitresses and I (who is also a serious runner) and I tried ignoring them all night (hiding them under my seating chart, putting a glass in front of them, etc) but finally they got the better of us and we each ate one. Pure bliss, but they each have 16g of fat!


I got a salad with potatoes, artichoke hearts, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, romaine, onions and a hard-boiled egg (they forgot the avocado... sad).


Some of my friends from school (Mike, Greg and Max) came by when I was finishing up so I stayed and had my shift drink with them (note: we have to wait until the end of our shift to drink it, we can't have it while we're working).

I don't know what was going on with me yesterday, but the chocolate/fat/treat/whatever-you-want-to-call-it bug hit me hardcore yesterday. I had a Hershey's Cookies 'n Creme bar on the subway; I don't even really LIKE these and only eat them when I'm really caving them. Oh well, tomorrow is another day, tomorrow is another day...


I made a nice big bowl of overnight oats that I enjoyed around 8:45 this morning.


1/2 cup steal cup oats
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup skim milk
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 banana (sliced on in the morning)

I was planning to go to an early yoga class, but I decided to go back to sleep and go to the 1:30 class. I'm off to do that now; hopefully "the hair of the dog" will ease my muscle soreness. Have a great day!

Yoga To The People!

Hello and happy Friday, my fine blogging friends! I hope you've all had wonderful days off, fun holidays, and all that fun stuff. I've been hopping around all over the place, so let's backtrack a little bit.

Yesterday Ari and I went to the diner for breakfast. We tried to learn the ways of the heart rate monitor over coffee:


Whole wheat toast with butter (whoops) and grape jelly. I've said this before, but for some reasons toast without butter at a diner is just plain wrong.


For the main event, I ordered an egg-white fritatta with zucchini, tomato, and ricotta cheese. It had sort of a funky taste that I likened to escargot... not exactly what I was expecting out of my breakfast eggs! I was starving, so I gobbled it all up (with ketchup, of course!) and had a couple of the home fries.


Ari's been working really hard, so I didn't want him to have to worry too much about dinner. I whipped up some Gliding Calm tofu and put it in the fridge, along with some steamed green beans and Lundberg brown rice blend.


I made the tofu a little differently this time; I dusted each piece with a little garlic salt on both sides, then dipped them in the combined maple syrup, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, ginger powder, and that spicy red sauce whose name I am forgetting.


I came home and took a much-needed nap before work; I'm on an early-morning schedule so I get up around 8 but then get really tired mid-day. When I woke up, I whipped up a quick soup using this as a base:


Combined with shirataki noodles and chik'n strips. Fast, easy, comforting.


I also had some Fage with strawbs and blubes:


And some cookies on my way out.


Since people were generous with the coat check tips today, I decided to splurge and get some sushi. I'm so glad I did! I got the sushi combo which comes with a California roll and 7 pieces of assorted fish. Scrumptious.


This morning our way into the city, Ari and I split this Hot'n Healthy bar. I've never tried the Cinnamon Roll flavor before, and we had to eat it cold, but it was still delicious. Ari's not a huge fan of nutrition bars, but he loves these because they taste just like cookies!


Grabbed a coffee with skim on the way to the gym. I only finished half of it because you're not really supposed to drink them inside.


Once I got there I realized I had forgotten my shorts, for the second time this week! I didn't want to give up my workout, so I shelled over another $26 for a new pair. Boo! Once I changed into them, I realized I had also forgotten socks, and I came to the gym wearing tights. (I am so scatterbrained since I also forgot my cell phone and have felt disoriented all day.) Lucky for me there was a yoga class just starting, so I joined that.

Now, I absolutely LOVE yoga, but I haven't done it for over a year. This class was a little advanced for me... I fell over when I tried to do a handstand but did manage to get up into crow pose, if only for a few seconds. I am SO glad I went. I've been a little stressed out recently, what with work and the holidays and very little down time, and yoga was just what I needed. I felt so relaxed afterwards and much more ready to take on the day!

I had a banana in the locker room before showering.


After leaving the gym I rushed uptown to have a girls' lunch with my family. Originally, we'd wanted to go to Alice's Tea Cup (which our very own Heather used to live right next to!), but the wait for a table was an hour and a half so we moved on to Le Pain Quotidien instead.

Because it's Friday and my day off, I had some sauvignon blanc with my water. Woohoo!


Cousins!


Sisters!

You'll have to tilt your head for this one: I ordered an open- faced sandwich with black bean hummus, avocados, zucchinis, radishes, diced peppers and tomatoes and lemon with a spicy tahini sauce on the side. This was delicious. I'm going to try to make the spread myself!


After lunch, we had to make a pit stop at Magnolia. Can you imagine a trip to New York without one of these luscious cupcakes?! I got red velvet with vanilla buttercream. It was good, but I should have gone with my old favorite, devil's food with mocha frosting. Lucky for me, my mama let me finish hers up!


Someone left this Texan cookbook downstairs in the lobby (what we apartment folks do when we don't want something). I'm so excited to use it! I just flipped through and saw great recipes for gazpacho, spoon bread, Texas toast...


Abby and I shopped the sales for several hours today (I didn't find anything, but she had her first taste of Betsey Johnson) and I am pooped! They're all at a play right now, and I'm meeting them for a pizza dinner at 6. Hope you all have a fun night planned!

Oops! I did it again

Hello all! We've gotten through another humpday, thank the sweet lordy. Days go by much faster when you don't have school work to do!

I had half a Dark Chocolate Almond Zone bar around 11... I didn't like it very much, so I don't think I'll be buying it again.


The girls and I didn't end up getting lunch until 2:30 or so. We were all STARVING. We went to a sandwich shop on Union Square called Tisserie. I got a Capresa sandwich (mozzarella, tomato, pesto) on the most delicious herbed parmesan bread I've ever had.


The girlies in front of wine tasting in Union Square Market:


I got a brownie from one of the stalls:



The title of the post refers to going out to eat again... this has really got to stop. We went to L'Express, a French bistro downtown. We got some red wine, but both pictures (flash & non-flash) didn't come out very well.


I got the omelette du jour: smoked salmon with goat cheese, tomato, and some other things that I forgot. I ate all the salad and about half the omelette; I packed it up to go but it got taken away and thrown out. BOO.


I came home with my new reading (#2 in the Twilight series) and ate an apple. Then I ate another one. I guess I needed that extra omelette half!


I'm going to try to finish book #1 while Ari works downstairs. Hope you've all had lovely humpdays! Money saving starts NOW.

O Christmas Tree...

I. Love. Christmas. I have no shame, which I think I have already made clear with my select holiday movie choices, but it is by far my favorite holiday. It's so drawn out and fabulous (and yes, the 26 is kind of a bummer), mostly because it's an excuse to spend as much time in the kitchen with my family as possible, belting out Christmas songs. Anywho, Daddy-O just put the lights on our tree. Isn't it pretty? I can't wait to decorate!


So blogging might be a little sporadic (although it'll always be every day, just not 3 x) because I'm bouncing back and forth between two households and possibly a job. I'll try my very best to be extra-good, but sorry in advance if there are some meal delays... and know that I'm always thinking in my head things like, "Hmm. These eggs are good, but they would have been better had there been crushed red pepper..." to write down for you!

Last night Ari and I watched The Neverending Story... can you believe neither of us had ever seen it? I think it would have been better to watch it had it not been very very late... as Ari said, "It really was neverending."

We had a little wine and popcorn while we watched. Gotta get in the movie-watching mood! I only had a few handfuls of the popcorn.


This morning we went to "our" diner, and Ari treated me to a lovely breakfast.


Black coffee (didn't finish it... might explain the 4-hour nap I just took ):


Egg white omelet with spinach, tomato, mushroom and feta. Side of hash browns, which I only had a few bites of. I ate about 2/3 of the omelet.


Whole wheat toast tower! I had one slice with jelly (half with butter):


I went home to see my parents, but ended up taking an epic nap. Whoopsies! I woke up and had some delicious soup my dad made, Armenian lentil (if anyone wants the recipe, let me know and I'll post it) with a mint and cilantro garnish:


Boca spicy Chik'n patty and a slice of cinnamon raisin Swirl toast with B&B:


This tablecloth comes from the same region as mine, if it looks familiar:


Now I've got to shower and go to work... enjoy your Saturday nights!