Food etc.

1. How do you take your coffee?
light and sweet.

2. What is your restaurant genre of choice? Currently Thai

3. If you had to eat the entire cake, what kind would it have to be? Any cake baked by Marty Metzl.

4. What kind of cook do you consider yourself to be (i.e. gourmet)? I think I'm pretty good at it! Not gourmet, but I usually succeed in my attempt.

5. Eggs for breakfast? Scrambled with black beans and then with salsa, cheese and a tough of sour cream!

6. Are you an adventurous eater? Yes.

7. Would you consider yourself a food snob? I can be. If eating out, I don't like a lot of "chain" restaurants. Like Olive Garden. I don't consider that Italian.

Okay, I tag Emily and Marty! Your turn....

The 16 days or so of Christmas...errr food

So, in the legal department where I work, the other ladies came up with the fantastic idea of bringing food to the office in celebration of the holidays. Now, with most companies, this means bringing in food on a certain day. Well, not at my work. We are bringing food in EVERY SINGLE WORK DAY until the end of the year! Can we say holiday 15? 15 being the number of pounds I am bound to gain if i indulge in it all. Thank God for Christal who, yesterday, brought in a tray of strawberries, cantaloupe and honeydew (how she got fruit not in season and that tasted so good is beyond me)! She also brought in hummus and then some muffins to satisfy those who thought they might have been jipped by the fruit tray. oh, wait, she also brought VEGGIES. Yay!

Okay, so my turn is tomorrow. I made a hash brown casserole, home made chocolate chip scones and a veggie pizza appetizer thing. I am excited to see how they go over. I feel pretty darn good about my culinary skills that were displayed tonight. It's been FOREVER since I cooked or baked anything. I've been without my own kitchen for awhile now.

Sidenote: Someone at work told me the other day that usually everyone who comes to this company puts on 10 lbs! Oh no, not me honey!!!

So Merry Christmas and Happy Eating. Remember these tips for a holiday party:

1. Drink plenty of water beforehand (so instead of going back to the table of food, you're forced to go back and forth to the bathroom).
2. Eat a little sumpin' before the party (I think people say this so that when you go to the party you don't look like the cow that is eating EVERYTHING in sight because it's Christmas and you're supposed to eat this much!)
3. Stay with veggies and fruit (Oh please. Like we're really going to do this. It's Christmas and it's all about cookies, pastries, dips and doo-dahs).

30 cont'd

So, the other night I got together with Lainey Pants, Murphacious, Jeneenee and Robaroo for another birthday celebration at Zambra's. I met Rob and Jenee a couple years ago. Holly, a friend from Charlotte, was in town and she Murph and I were walking around downtown. She had to use the facilities and we walked past Izzy's. Of course they had a bathroom, but we were kindly, but firmly informed that in order to use it, we'd have to purchase. And that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

I love Rob and Jenee. On top of having the coolest coffee den, they're good people. Honest, real and fun. They are my friends and I'm proud of that. There have been many mornings that I've started out at Izzy's and ended up being late, but haven't cared. I'd rather start my morning out there! I'm a regular and they know my drink. I think this is the first time I've been considered a regular in that they honestly can 99.9% of the time bank on me ordering a Soy Latte. It's great to be known.

Anyway, back to Zambra's. We had a waiter named John, whom we dubbed Jean for the evening. We ate lots of tasty tapas and had lovely wine and even dessert. We scribbled on the tablepaper and laughed a ton. We wore crazy things in our hair. We took lots of photos. We laughed some more.

I'll miss these friends particularly. They've really added to my life in a short period of time.

I'm blessed.

The end.