thank you for your thoughts and prayers. my halabuhjee (grandfather) had always been so active and independent that i always imagined he would live to be a hundred years old. we never thought that when he was diagnosed with parkinson’s a couple years ago that it would take him from us so quickly. i’m sad that i’ll never see my grandfather again but i take comfort in knowing that he lived his life to the fullest and was able to fulfill a lifelong wish before he passed. i want to share more about him when i have the time, but for now i’m just stopping in to say hello and let you know how i’m doing. the funeral was on thursday and the burial was yesterday. the most difficult part of the two days was witnessing my grandmother’s heartbreak. i wish there was more i could do to comfort her.
i’m going to be in cali for the next week or two. there’s been lots of family time and more ahead which means lots of korean food, there are also many trips to yogurtland planned 
i forgot to pack my camera cord but i’ve been borrowing my sister’s dslr so i should be able to update somewhat frequently.
this is what i had for breakfast the first couple days i was in cali- it’s korean ginseng chicken soup. traditionally, samgyetang (chicken soup) is made by stuffing a whole chicken with rice, chestnuts, chinese dates, gingseng and garlic. you then boil the chicken in water, skim the fat, and then simmer until the meat falls apart. my mom’s version is missing some ingredients but it’s still yummy and comforting.
thanks for reading and thank you again to those who commented on the last post- i really appreciate your kind words <3
my grandfather passed away early this morning. i hope you will keep my family and especially my grandmother in your thoughts and prayers.
hi guys. i’m having a difficult week….i’m flying home to cali tomorrow evening so i have a lot of stuff i need to finish up. i’ll update y’all tomorrow on that but for now i’m going to take the easy way out and post some food pics.
went grocery shopping yesterday…
carbs:
the rest:
favorite buys: ginormous honeycrisp apples…probably the last of the season…and i finally found pomegranate chobani.
i was a bad food blogger this week…these are the only pics i took out of everything i ate:
i made my first oats in a jar.
with a mashed up banana and some chocolate chips. it was good.
pumpkin macaroni & cheese. snuck some shredded pumpkin into it…tom couldn’t guess the secret ingredient
hummus & veggie sandwiches with an apple and some miguel’s tortilla chips that i was sent to sample. these are the everything flavor which i have already purchased and enjoyed before. i will review all three flavors when i get to try to them all.
my favorite dessert of the week…edy’s pumpkin ice cream (can’t believe i’m still on my first carton!), crumbled ginger snaps and whipped cream.
hope you guys are having a great friday night! i’ll update before i leave…see you tomorrow!
this past sunday i attended sunday funday yelp brunch at the rattlesnake. i’m going to take the easy way out and cut and paste the invite:
With the holidays fast approaching (and yes, we mean Thanksgiving and all the festivities that surround Christmahanakwanzika), there’s really no need to create any more hullabaloo in our schedules this time of year. That’s why, on November 8, 2009, we’re heading over to The Rattlesnake for a chill Sunday Funday of brunch and booze!
Get ready for the best Sunday of your life, which WILL include:
…a lazy afternoon with your fellow Elites
…belly-bursting, tummy-tantalizing treats courtesy of Chef Brian Poe
…the hottest new way to get sauced at brunch: Bloody Mary’s and more made with Beija Cachaça, plus some bubbly concoctions courtesy of Mionetto’s iL Prosecco!
and now here are the pictures:
the bar was crazy busy!
i stood at the bar for-ever but i never did get a drink 
i eventually had to move on to the food.
lots o’ bacon! which i resisted…
these were two small plates, i promise!
plate #1: eggs, potatoes, refried beans (my fave!), rice, and the most amazing bloody mary eggs benedict on cornbread.
plate #2: tortillas, taco fixin’s and fruit
i made breakfast tacos and had the fruit for dessert yum!
everything was delicious. the bloody mary eggs benedict were definitely the star of the event but i was also impressed by how perfectly cooked the more traditional breakfast items were. i mean, eggs and bacon are pretty basic…but few places actually get them right. especially in mass quantities! rattlesnake definitely seems like it would be a solid brunch spot. honestly though, i don’t know if i would return- i wasn’t impressed by some of the staff
there’s leighann, yelp boston’s very own and very sweet community manager doing her thing:
y’all need to check out yelp.com if you haven’t already. not only is it a totally useful website but it’s such a fun community as well. seriously…if you’re looking for a way to procrastinate at work check out their talk threads- they are ridiculous!
it was a great event and i was stuffed after all that food! tom and i took advantage of the gorgeous weather and walked off some of the calories. it was sunny and warm out, so uncharacteristic for november in boston- there were people in tees and shorts!
we walked through the public garden, boston common, downtown crossing and would up at faneuil hall.
i don’t know what i’m doing in this pic but i wanted to show you my vintage cowboy boots. i found them while cleaning out my closet- i love ‘em!
there’s faneuil hall behind me!
we shopped and watched some of the street performers. this guy’s an escape artist. tom was impressed.
nf chai latte! i got my first red cup of the season! woohoo 
and i got a cookie. not a starbucks one though…those aren’t really worth it.
these were were worth it though. kilvert & forbes cookies = incredible
and these cupcakes were too cute not to snap a pic.
mmm….m&m cookie! my favorite
my posts have been so lame lately. i was planing on getting some pictures of my weekend up…but then i woke up to some sad and disappointing news in my inbox and i sat on my couch and moped all day instead.
unfortunately, there’s nothing i can do about the situation now, so i’m going to move on. i promise to have a “real” post up tomorrow!
’til then, here’s something that is the opposite of sad. in fact, it made me laugh for the first time today:
girly boy butt pictures. i have so many questions i want to ask the person who searched that phrase.
some would include:
what are girly boy butts? do i want to know?
how many google result pages did you have to click through to find my blog?
did you find what you were looking for?
and if not, how much would you be willing to pay for some girly boy butt pictures?
i may know someone…
this:
but oh how yummy it was
yup, tom and i had wings for dinner tonight. we wanted to try out a new place that opened up…well that’s my excuse anyway. thankfully, i ended up filling up on those carrot sticks and not as many wings cus the “after-burner” buffalo sauce was crazy hot. it had jalapeno seeds all over it that i tried in vain to pick off. anyway. i may have had to gulp down my glass of wine to counter the heat and now i’m having trouble staying awake!
i promise to be a better blogger tomorrow! i’ve been getting some projects finished! goodnight!
hi guys..hope everyone had a great weekend…i sure did. today, tom and i went to rattlesnake for a yelp brunch. we ate some yummy food and hung out in boston for the rest of the day. the weather was absolutely perfect today, so we just walked around the city, acted like tourists and did a little window shopping.
i saw this ad in city hall plaza and had to snap a pic for the blog.
how would you fill in the blank?
well, that’s all i’ve got for now. i’ll post more pics tomorrow. good night!
my morning went exactly as planned!
first up, dunkin’ donuts. i got a small ff pumpkin latte and fall munchkins!
sprinklessssss <3
i ate the whollllle box.
j/k
with coffee and donuts in tow, we headed over to the old navy grand re-opening in framingham. they remodeled the store and gave out door prizes to the first 200 customers. i was wondering if there would really be people lined up…and there were! i never wake up this early on the weekends so it always surprises me to find out that other people do 
we made it just in time! early bird just barely gets the worm!
(please pretend i don’t have wet hair- eww)
at the door, we were handed an envelope that corresponded to our ticket number with a”prize” inside. as i was walking in, they they announced that there was still a $200 and $500 shopping spree left so i had my fingers crossed since my odds (10 people left) were pretty good!
was i a bigggg winner?!
ehh…
i won a pair of denim. i swapped with tom though cus that boy needs new pants and took his free tee.
it was a circus in there- literally! old navy was so crowded and there were balloon animals, games, a cotton candy machine and a popcorn machine. i asked for a balloon and looked like a total dork walking around with my green balloon and a bag of cotton candy
oh! and they had a bedazzling table! i bedazzled a comet on my free spiderman tee that i picked from the kid’s section.
would you believe i was the only one who wanted to take advantage of the free bedazzling? are kids these days too cool for stuff like this? i was sooo excited!
yay! on our way out we were handed a slice of cake. i didn’t need more sugar…but umm…free cake!!
after the old navy fun, we drove to sweet meadow farm in sherborn. this cute little farm is only 1.5 miles away from my apartment and i had never visited before!
i picked up some fresh eggs and a butternut squash.
there was one lone goat in there with the chickadees…
look! an egg! so cool being able to see where my eggs come from
the girl below was such a ham. she really likes getting her picture taken.
i made brunch with our eggs when i got home. we had scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, and i had tomatoes while tom had toast.
here’s a video of a rooster crowing at the farm. if you haven’t guessed…i’m easily amused
did/do you have a bedazzler?
of course i did! i think it might still be at my parent’s house.
happy saturday guys!
i have a random morning planned…
first, we’re going to dunkin’ donuts and getting fall munchkins and pumpkin lattes. fall munchkins are just like regular munchkins except with fall colored sprinkles. do you ever wish you could order just two or three munchkins instead of having to buy a whole box of them? i wish this all the time so i’m taking advantage of a special occasion to get a whole damn box.
actually, it’s not really a special occasion at all…it’s really quite lame. last week, i was walking by old navy and found out that this store was having a grand re-opening celebration. the first 200 people get door prizes and the flier i was handed totally makes it seem like there will be a line outside. i began to wonder who the hell wakes up early to stand in line outside of an old navy? and then i realized that the only way to find out is to stand there myself. so i’m dragging tommy along to wait outside of old navy (with our munchkins and coffee) and *fingers crossed* get one of those cool $5 t-shirts that say OLD NAVY on it. 
hey, i’m #notinSF this weekend so i gotta create my own excitement!
afterward, we’re stopping by a local farm to pick up some free range eggs, and making brunch at home.
should be fun, right?
have you ever camped out in line for anything?
a few years ago, my sister and i drove over an hour to a walmart north of LA for a paris hilton book signing. the night before, we had showed up too late to meet her at a book signing in hollywood and i was heart broken. but as we were driving away, we noticed a line outside of virgin and ended up meeting the cast of will and grace instead i love LA! anyway, someone told us about the walmart thing, so we went and it was huge. i had a blast waiting in line with the other crazies. everyone was wearing pink and half the girls had their teacup chihuahuas in tow. i also stood in line and met paris a second time at my local mall when she was launching her perfume. i now own two bottles of paris hilton perfume, which smell horrible, but she told me she liked my dior clip-on earrings so it was absolutely worth it
<3 debra messing
LOVES IT <3
i keep paris in my bathroom
so how’s that for the most random post ever? i seriously wasn’t planning a post on paris hilton…i just felt like rambling.
as planned, i had my turkey-less “gobbler” aka thanksgiving sandwich for lunch.
the yummy layers between the arnold’s multigrain sandwich thin:
- sabra jalapeno hummus
- cranberry sauce
- alfalfa & radish sprouts
- stuffing
- mashed pumpkin
with carrot sticks and cucumber slices with jalapeno hummus on the side for a little crunch crunch.
just as yummy as i imagined! it’s a bit windy and chilly out today and this was the perfect “comfort” meal.
what are your weekend plans?
i won’t be in san francisco, but i do have some fun things planned (including a food related event!) i’m ready to get my weekend started!
