A quick one while he's away...

... in the shower, that is. I'm going to make this speedy... I'm getting a late start on my day and already slept through my yoga class. Boo.

Last night I had an apple before I went to bed.


Special treat at the diner: I've been eying these chocolate chip banana pancakes for over a year. Yes, you red that right.


Today Ari surprised me by ordering them for himself (sans banana).


Pretty good job, dontcha think?


Have a great day!

Have a holly jolly Christmas!

Merry Christmas / Solstisce/ Festivus, everyone! So far it's been a perfect day spent in the company of family and food. What's better than that?


My parents, Ari and I all decided that before we could open presents, we needed to eat some Trying to Heal goodies. I had a chocolate-covered cashew butter sandwich, which was even better than I remembered. I'll be sad when these guys are gone!


Here's a little re-cap, courtesy of master photographer and boyfriend Ari:





Trying on his new duds:


Baking gingerbread cookies!


We had a little difficulty with the dough; after about two minutes of being out of the freezer, it would get really soft and sticky and totally uncuttable.


Lilveggiepatch family Christmas favorite: baked German apple pancake.


With maple syrup for dipping, vitamins and Emergen-C:


I was still hungry so I heated up a Boca Spicy Chik'n burger and had it with ketchup and mustard.


Here's some of my foodie-related gifts, including much-needed cutting boards!


Every Christmas we see a movie; today we're going to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Hope it's good! Merry Christmas and have a GREAT day!

Deck the halls

Humor me with a little holiday cheering...

I brought this back from St. Paul; her name is Charlotte, Charley's new lady friend.

Today was more of a "many small meals" kind of day, which is actually what I prefer.  I like to taste lots of things, as many times a day as I can!

Daddy-O made a delicious apple pancake with maple syrup:

My pre-work snack was a funky combination of a spicy chik'n burger with ketchup and mustard on a toasted cinnamon raisin slice of bread.

I brought some goodies home from dinner, which I ate on the subway.  See the grimy platform floor?  I didn't have a fork, which made it a little grosser than it already was... I had some steamed shrimp dumplings:

This is the warm goat cheese salad. There were supposed to be three pieces of toasted baguette with herbed goat cheese, but one of the busboys dropped one of them on the floor. Whoops! There was a little accident in my purse... the dressing got EVERYWHERE, so I only ended up eating the toasts.

I also had a glass of white wine as my "shift drink," but my camera was in the basement so I didn't take a picture. 

Time for bed! Hope you've all had great Sundays.