Sunday, August 30, 2009

Not Woof, but Drool

Alissa came to visit on Wednesday. We did a lot of things (like walking, karaoking, sleeping), but mainly we ate and drank a lot.

Here's what I had...

Wednesday night
Lula
spinach salad with goat cheese, dried cherries, walnuts and carmelized shallots
scallops with summer squash
Sauvignon blanc

Whistler
Pimm's, ginger beer, Hendrick's gin, cucumber water

Thursday night
Irazu
potato tacos with mole and gaucamole, beans, rice, salad
BYOB'd wine

Friar Tuck's
Tanqueray and Tonics

Some taqueria on Broadway
nachos with extra guacamole (consumed in cab)

Friday night
my homemade pizza with balsamic carmelized onions, prosciuotto, parmesean, basil
wine

Map Room
Alpha Kings

Rainbo
Anchor Steams

Saturday
Orange
Eggs Benedict
Orange coffee

Target
Diet Coke

Graham Elliot
Gin Blossom cocktail: prosecco, St. Germain, hibiscus gin, blackberry liquer
truffle oil, parmesean and chive popcorn
lobster corndog on arugula salad
scallops, ham hock, potato salad, fried pickles, cornbread sauce
deconstructed strawberry shortcake

Matchbox
Ginger Gimlet

Bar deVille
The Songbird (something else with gin and St. Germain... quel surprise)

Tuman's
PBRs

Bacci
half a slice (I know, we can't believe we could eat again after that dinner either)

Continental
a PBR (and then I fell asleep on Alissa's shoulder... and then in the cab again 5 minutes later)

Sunday
Cozy Corner
3 slices of bacon, 2 scrambled eggs, 1 piece of french toast
cooooffffeeee

Intelligentsia
cooooffffeeee

Portilo's
hot dog (Chicago style)
fries
chocolate cake shake

Couch now (via Trader Joe's)
flax tortilla chips
hummus
baby carrots
Mendocino/Saratoga Brewing Company White Hawk (IPA)

Needless to say, I will be eating nothing but vegetables for the rest of the year. Okay, maybe just week.