April 2010
187 posts
in which friday already wins
… a colleague told me i am looking rather thin this morning
this a huge improvement, no really it is ….
you see, last week someone in the cafeteria asked me if i was pregnant
and another lady in the caf asked me if i was gaining weight
the bad girls
10 years from february 3 out 4 bad girls went to italy
(we dubbed ourselves the ‘bad girls’ after being bridesmaids in a wedding from hell)
(picture taken in pompeii)
k is now a mother of two living in the outskirts of DC
(at the vatican)
r (on the left) is now a mother to a little girl living in the outskirts of hot-lanta
goodness, we look like babies in these pics
i miss...
since when does facebook = twitter
i don’t log into fb very often (unless i am notified via email that someone leaves a note)
when i do actually log in i wonder why is it that out hundreds of “friends” the same few constantly, incessantly update their status
shouldn’t they be on twitter instead?
just sayin’
in which lower back pain strikes again
it only takes one false move ….
sitting on my chair w/ a lumbar pillow, trying to not to fixate on it
contemplating sucking it up and going to the gym anyway …
but don’t want to be worse off tomorrow
however it provided an excuse to sit on the sofa and catch up on top chef masters and play around with the ipad last night!
tuesday prime time
after the gym i settled on the couch (mc was in long island so the remote was all mine!)
i fed my stomach w/ celery and carrot sticks and fed my mind watching shows that are mind boggling devoid of anything real and yet i watch weirdly enjoying other people’s train wrecks
the hills - on top of heidi’s cosmetic surgery fiasco, the girl actually admitted several times to planning to...
the world's 50 best restaurants (2010)
usa is on the list for:
alinea
daniel
per se
le bernardin
momofuku ssam bar
the french laundry (down 20 from last year! wha?)
wd~50
eleven madison park
the world’s 50 best restaurants
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
– Confucius
weekend in review
friday - dinner at pio pio, finally! recommend matador combo which can very well feed 3 people, chicken is outstanding and sangria is delicious. there’s a reason this place is always packed.
saturday - union square farmers markets, afternoon drinks at brother jimmy’s, birthday party at veranda - the party was a good time, however, would not recommend hosting a party there, the door...
confession
i may or may not have watched more episodes of the hills marathon than i needed to, what is wrong w/ me?
only in new york
yesterday we were at highlands clinking to another year of my existence on this planet. we were in a tight cozy corner by the bar.
the waitress came over told my friends d & c that a guy a the bar wanted to buy them a drink, which guy i asked? the two guys in button downs and fleece vests at the bar i was told.
wrong, it was the strange looking fellow, he came over and introduced himself. ...
REAL SCIENCE TEST ANSWERS
“When you breath, you inspire. When you do not breath, you expire.”
“H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water”
“To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube”
“When you smell an oderless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide”
“Nitrogen is not found in Ireland because it is not found in a free state”
“Water is composed of two gins, Oxygin and Hydrogin. Oxygin is pure gin....
“When I get sad, I stop being sad, and be awesome instead. True Story.”
and...
– Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother (via quote-book) (via sassymissashley) (via allthingsalishan)