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Things & Stuff

  • walking to work

    On Friday, I walked to work. It’s three miles from my home, and when I got to work I felt like I had accomplished a major feat. It took me about an hour, and while it was definitely not easy (I’m really out of shape! And all those hills!), it was fun and the weather was gorgeous. It was 36 degrees out when I left, and I bundled up with my Marmot vest and jacket and gloves and scarf and hat, but half a mile in, I stripped it all down because I got so hot! Justin picked me up from work that evening, which worked out perfectly.

    Anyway, I took my camera with me. 🙂

    November 21, 2010
    Everyday Life
    Austin, Canon Rebel T1i
  • Casa de Luz

    Lunch last week at Casa de Luz included kabocha squash soup with pumpkin seeds and salad with white and sweet miso mustard dressing (topped with shredded beets, jicama and carrot)…

    As well as quinoa salad with almonds, great northern beans, sauerkraut, blanched greens with sunflower sesame seed sauce, and steamed cauliflower, carrots and zucchini.

    Casa de Luz is where I go when I need some peace in the middle of the day, or when I’m hungry for veggies and soup, or when I’m feeling bad about my body and want to have a virtuous meal. It serves many purposes with its macrobiotic vegan food, but mostly, it just tastes really, really good. I could cook each of these things at home – but when would I have the time and energy to cook all of them for one meal? Soup and salad and veggies and greens and sauce and pickle and grains and beans? It feels decadent and wholesome at the same time.

    November 17, 2010
    Food + Drink
    Canon Rebel T1i, edibles, restaurants
  • music monday

    Above: brunch at La Condesa

    I really don’t like Mondays. But I do like these songs. Particularly the second one. That is all.

    Camera Obscura – Eighties Fan

    Baby Dayliner – You Push, I’ll Go

    Keegan DeWitt – Say La La

    November 15, 2010
    Music
    edibles, restaurants, Yashica FRII
  • Tomo Sushi

    So a while back, we had a lovely meal at Tomo Sushi, and Chef Steve told us we should come back and do an omakase menu on a Thursday, when he gets his fresh shipments from Japan. Yesterday afternoon, Justin suggested sushi for dinner, and so it was off to Tomo we went!

    I like that the place is so small and comfortable. You can order fun rolls like the “Ex-girlfriend” and the “Who’s ur daddy?,” or you can have more nuanced meal with Chef Steve picking out his favorite dishes to try.

    fluke :: pomegranate seeds :: hot mustard :: radish sprouts

    Blue point oysters :: sriracha :: cilantro :: spinach :: soy

    hamachi belly :: grapefruit :: serrano pepper :: radish

    snapper :: salmon belly :: fresh wasabi :: aji :: white seaweed :: flamed flounder fin :: shiitake

    mussels :: prawns :: squid :: cabbage :: shiitake :: broth

    the leftovers 🙂

    sea bass :: uni :: sea snail

    cappuccino cake :: green tea ice cream

    Needless to say, we had an AWESOME dinner. 🙂

    November 13, 2010
    Food + Drink
    Canon Rebel T1i, edibles, restaurants
  • Wednesday Twenty.

    This was my Wednesday, in 20 photos.

    It feels like fall in the mornings.

    This is the man in the moon.

    I had to stop and get gas. I looked up.

    And I looked across the street.

    Music for my morning commute: Teenage Dream. Thanks, Glee.

    There’s a dry cleaners next to my Starbucks.

    Lots of people waiting in line.

    They’re already using Christmas cups.

    Walton’s has such good branding.

    It was oddly foggy.

    I like to have plenty of options for writing utensils at work. And a handwritten to-do list, though it usually fills up a whole page.

    I had lunch with Andy and Lars at Somnio’s Cafe.

    Andy had orange pork tacos.

    I had a vermicelli bowl with tofu.

    Lars was a little grumpy.

    After work, the moon was out.

    Bela was guarding the front door when I got home.

    We made French toast for dinner, along with espresso with a bit of milk and a bit of Michael’s Irish Cream.

    We watched a few episodes of Mad Men. We’re still on season two.

    We got snacky, so we went to 24 Diner for some chili cheese fries, bubbly and beer. Actually, it was my sister’s comment on my last post, about her dinner of chili dogs and beer, that made us crave chili cheese fries and then go get them. So it’s her fault.

    After chili cheese fries, it was back home, and time to blog. All in all, a very good Wednesday. 🙂

    November 11, 2010
    Everyday Life
    Bela, Canon Rebel T1i, cats, edibles, friends, restaurants
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