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Showing posts with label awesome friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awesome friends. Show all posts
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Mad Dogs & Elephants
Boy, sunning yrself & swimming all day sure builds up a thirst! And nothing knocks the dry outta yr mouth like Mad Dog 20/20. Yummy fortified wine in a convenient twist off cap. It's like low rent port. After you get used to the burning sensation, that shit tastes pretty damn good! Nothing beats cheap hooch w/ good friends.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Disaster Area
I don't know about you but I had a great Memorial Weekend! I had some amazing beer, Saranac Summer Brew (it's a shandy!), relaxed w/ some great friends and BEST of all we had some great great great food.
SB busted out our new chicken roaster for the grill. There's even a tiny pan that holds beer, so we can still have beer can chicken. SB used a super secret rub & WOWEE, it was incredible.
SB also barbecued some ribs, finger fucking lickin' good man! I provided the sauce, the key ingredient is Doctor Pepper. I wish I could have scored some Mr. Pibb but that's life.
And to top it all off, our friend (let's call him Stoney) made his world famous pepperoni and sausage Stromboli. I can't knead dough to save my life, so any chance I can get some home made baked goods, I am all over that shit!
Good eats!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Non-Stop
It's Tuesday and I'm already wiped out!
The weekend was super packed w/ lots of goings ons. Friday night, I went to a Wine, Whine & Dine party. I only knew 2 people there including the hostess but that did not stop me from having a good time. And not a forced good time either, this was GEN-U-WINE. I came home at 2 am.
Saturday, I got my hair did.....at 9 am. Ugh! I felt like poopity poop but at least I looked fabulous. I unfortunately did not get a nap in before we went out again to our friends' home for "boiled" dinner. The corned beef was sooooo delicious, I think it was the cloves that did the trick. Another late night.
And yet, my old tired body did not want to sleep in. Grr!
Pi Day, or March 14th (3/14), happens to be SB and mine dating anniversary. That's right, bitches, we celebrate 2 anniversaries! We had kicked around the idea of going bowling before going out to eat. But something about going on a date to the bowling alley in the early evening on a Sunday seemed depressing. It's much more fun to go to 11pm Rock n' Bowl. Bring on the black lights, classic rock & cold Coors Light!
Anyway, we headed off to The Standard. I've great things about the food & service and it seemed like the perfect spot for a special occasion meal. We stared off w/ a Manhattan for him & a glass of Prosecco (sparkling white wine) for me. SB was highly annoyed that his drink was $10. Agreed! Since I'm trying to slim down for the wedding, I forewent the fried yummy apps for a pecan, endive & bleu cheese salad. It was great but there was sooooo much of it. I probably only ate 1/3 of it. I also a little taken aback when our server asked if I wanted the rest of the salad in a doggy bag. Uh....not so much, thanks. SB had shrimp lollipops in a panko & coconut crust. SB proclaimed it tasty, though he was worried about poking his eye out on a skewer. For my main, I had lamb chops, a baked potato & broccoli. Now, normally you can only have one side but I really wanted more veggies. I expected a charge for the extra food but $5.50 for broccoli!? Come on! SB wanted braised baby short ribs but they were all out :-( So, he settled on a black pepper crusted filet w/ garlic mashed potatoes. SB really likes his crust! I took dessert to go. I like the idea of snuggling up on the couch in my jammies w/ a sweet treat.
Chocolate cream tartlette, think about that while yr driving to work!
The weekend was super packed w/ lots of goings ons. Friday night, I went to a Wine, Whine & Dine party. I only knew 2 people there including the hostess but that did not stop me from having a good time. And not a forced good time either, this was GEN-U-WINE. I came home at 2 am.
Saturday, I got my hair did.....at 9 am. Ugh! I felt like poopity poop but at least I looked fabulous. I unfortunately did not get a nap in before we went out again to our friends' home for "boiled" dinner. The corned beef was sooooo delicious, I think it was the cloves that did the trick. Another late night.
And yet, my old tired body did not want to sleep in. Grr!
Pi Day, or March 14th (3/14), happens to be SB and mine dating anniversary. That's right, bitches, we celebrate 2 anniversaries! We had kicked around the idea of going bowling before going out to eat. But something about going on a date to the bowling alley in the early evening on a Sunday seemed depressing. It's much more fun to go to 11pm Rock n' Bowl. Bring on the black lights, classic rock & cold Coors Light!
Anyway, we headed off to The Standard. I've great things about the food & service and it seemed like the perfect spot for a special occasion meal. We stared off w/ a Manhattan for him & a glass of Prosecco (sparkling white wine) for me. SB was highly annoyed that his drink was $10. Agreed! Since I'm trying to slim down for the wedding, I forewent the fried yummy apps for a pecan, endive & bleu cheese salad. It was great but there was sooooo much of it. I probably only ate 1/3 of it. I also a little taken aback when our server asked if I wanted the rest of the salad in a doggy bag. Uh....not so much, thanks. SB had shrimp lollipops in a panko & coconut crust. SB proclaimed it tasty, though he was worried about poking his eye out on a skewer. For my main, I had lamb chops, a baked potato & broccoli. Now, normally you can only have one side but I really wanted more veggies. I expected a charge for the extra food but $5.50 for broccoli!? Come on! SB wanted braised baby short ribs but they were all out :-( So, he settled on a black pepper crusted filet w/ garlic mashed potatoes. SB really likes his crust! I took dessert to go. I like the idea of snuggling up on the couch in my jammies w/ a sweet treat.
Chocolate cream tartlette, think about that while yr driving to work!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
BBQ
Both SB & myself had Veteran's Day off & I decided we needed to go on Wednesday night. This coincided w/ the grand opening of Dinosaur BBQ in Troy. We met up w/ Albany Jane to enjoy some good grub.
It was so crowded that we had to make own parking space. In yr face establishment!
Upon entering Dinosaur, you get smacked in the face w/ the smell of smoke. It's incredibly awesome.
There is a mighty fine selection of beer.
I had the chicken (BIG thumbs up!) and it came w/ 2 sides. I chose the greens, which were very acidic almost like a sauerkraut, & mashed sweet potatoes. But they brought me cole slaw, (HATE HATE HATE) & unfortunately, they ran out of the sweet potatoes. So I substituted baked beans, holy crap, they were spicy & had bits of pulled pork in it. SB wanted brisket and pulled pork & Albany Jane ordered the sausage and pulled pork. Oops! No more sausage....no more brisket. They both had ribs.
The service was great and the waitress was incredibly apologetic for having to refuse our requests.
I'll be back.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Labour Intensive
This year, instead of going away, my dear dear close friends (& their 3 y/o!) came to visit us and our "new" house.
It's fun to entertain a 3 y/o, we spent most of the weekend at the neighborhood playground.
The above pic is my friend, not me., FYI.
SexyBeast is King of the World! I too also made it down and over the twisty rock wall o' doom. I had a panic attack and almost didn't make it! Believe, even though this is an elementary school playground, that shit was hard to finish. This got me thinking, SB and I are going to hit up our local rock climbing wall facility.
We also had some kick ass Thai food. I like mine spicy spicy spicy! And Bangkok Thai's green basil curry did not disappoint. I had a Dirty Girl Scout and my friend had a Bikini-tini.
We also hit up the Schenectady Farmer's Market. It's tiny but it's great & I think the prices can't be beat. If you live the upstate NY area, do yrself a favour and pick a container of gluten free non-dairy potato dip by Zorba's Natural Foods. I got the horseradish and dill flavour. HOLY WOW!!! So freakin' good!
I leave you all to ponder this:
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Soused
Here's some pictures of me and SB and his friends in Lake George. I'm crabby!
SB made brisket & ribs.
I'm really full of meat!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Foods
SB and I were out and about the other day & wanted a semi-quick lunch. We just happened to be near a P-Chops when I remembered they have a some pretty decent take n' bake pizzas. We got the "loaded" style: peppers, olives, mushrooms, pepperoni, salami and sausage.
But I was all "EWWWW mushrooms!" And SB was all "Fie on olives!" So we piled mushrooms on one side of the pie and the olives on the other.
Problem solved and it was pretty good eats for kinda homemade.
Albany Jane (hee I figured out how to link finally!) & her husbear came to casa de me for dinner & I got to show off my sangria making skills and SB was his usual manly grilling self and made up some awesome awesome spiedies.
My Awesome Sangria:
A bottle red wine ( I prefer Red Monster)
3/4 C lemon juice
3/4 C Cointreau
1/2 C sugar
1 whole sliced orange
1 whole sliced lemon
Mix & refrigerate for 30 - 60 minutes before serving.
But I was all "EWWWW mushrooms!" And SB was all "Fie on olives!" So we piled mushrooms on one side of the pie and the olives on the other.
Problem solved and it was pretty good eats for kinda homemade.
Albany Jane (hee I figured out how to link finally!) & her husbear came to casa de me for dinner & I got to show off my sangria making skills and SB was his usual manly grilling self and made up some awesome awesome spiedies.
My Awesome Sangria:
A bottle red wine ( I prefer Red Monster)
3/4 C lemon juice
3/4 C Cointreau
1/2 C sugar
1 whole sliced orange
1 whole sliced lemon
Mix & refrigerate for 30 - 60 minutes before serving.
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