Oct 26, 2009
After breakfast with maysan, we went back to jc's house in order to
pack our bags and go. His house, btw, is great, even if the L runs
behind it all night long.
anneh's brother rob was picking us up for lunch and then taking us
to the airport. While we were waiting, tuttle called. I told him to
meet us for one last lunch (he just got a job so it was a good excuse
to celebrate).
When we got to the restaurant (Lula cafe, I highly recommend), I
decided that the brunch menu looked too delicious to pass up and
ordered the pork pozole with scrambled eggs. I have to say, I could
eat this every single day. It was that good. As was the bloody Mary
that went with it.
Oct 26, 2009
This morning I hit snooze about a hundred times before I could finally
drag myself out of bed. Anneh and I were waking up early in order to
meet her friend maysan (and her two very inquisitive and very hyper
kids) for breakfast. After a short dilliberation and amazing parrallel
parking job, we ended up going to victory's banner (her friend is a
vegan and this is one of those Sri chimoy assoicated places so we knew
there would be lots of options). I ordered the pumpkin wheat
shortstack with two over easy eggs. It was good, but not terrific.
afterwards, we drove around where her son zayd tried to convince me
that his name was zip and mine was ice. I ended up not believing him.
Maysan also lives near obama's house and so we did the touristy
driveby. Her other son wanted to know why we couldn't go inside. He
didn't seem to believe me when I said we weren't invited.
Oct 26, 2009
Anneh and I stayed out late, woke up early, and ate all day. Obviously
we're now in need of a sugar pick me up. Thank goodness we could spend
three bucks in order to split a gourmet cookie. It wasn't that gourmet
tasting (nor worth three dollars), but it passed about five minutes of
this boring trip and gave us a sugar high, so I guess it did the trick.
sidenote: I am posting this from the plane, yay for the future!
Oct 26, 2009
After yesterday's brunch, Betty and anneh dropped me off at tuttle and
erin's place. From there we hopped on bikes and went thriftstore
shopping. Afterwards, we went to simone's (a restaurant/bar with a
pinball theme) where I had a drink called breakfast for dinner. It was
vodka, tomato water, sage syrup, salt and pepper and a piece of bacon
garnish. It sounded odd and I was expecting something closet to a
bloody Mary, but it ended up being sweet, fragrant, and delicious. It
also paired really well with my Pilsen burger (a burger with guacamole
and jalapeños).
afterwards, we headed to the rainbo where we met up with anneh and
her friends. We stayed out way late and then ended up going back to
jc's place where we devoured cupcakes Betty brought us from dinkel's.p>
Oct 26, 2009
Yesterday anneh's mom Betty drove into town to meet us. She hurricaned
around the house delivering gifts and hugs and then we went to brunch.
We ended up at M Henry where I ordered the harvest special with two
poached eggs. It was good, but there were far too many flavors on the
plate. The chicken apple sausage was drizzles with red wine sauce, the
crepes were filled with butternut squash and smoked bacon, and then
there was a pool of salsa verde sitting on the plate too. They all
sort of worked together, but it wasn't really necessary.
sidenote: I am really sad that I did not get a picture of Betty.
