Monday, June 11th, 2012
Central Park East - 7:01am

Good morning, folks.  Sorry about last Friday - I just plumb forgot to post anything.  I think I was wrapped up with the fact that I'm officially DONE with classes for the remainder of the summer.  Sure, I'll have to take one more class next year - quantitative biology - but for now...I'm free!  This weekend was eerie - I didn't have anything to feel guilty about not doing.  It was a great weekend.  I went out for dinner Friday night at a place called Hummus Kitchen with the other first years.  The food was quite good, actually.  Living with a man like Brian Yurachek, I'm often not terribly impressed with restaurant food - it takes a lot for me to think it was actually worth the money.  Brian is such a gourmet that he honestly cooks much better and healthier than most restaurants.  Here's an example - last night for dinner he made fresh mozzarella, basil, and tomato sandwiches on olive foccacia that he toasted with garlic and balsamic vinegar.  They were absolutely delicious.  Here's some examples of the things this man makes:

That's homemade salsa with black beans, jalapenos, corn, cilantro, red onion, garlic, & tomatoes along with what the salsa goes with, codfish tacos with red cabbage and cheddar.

 That is what I had last night.  (topped with a bit of parmesan)

 This is the man with his dog.

 This is salmon over a bed of sauteed spinach and garlic with angel hair pasta.

 This is homemade chocolate mousse layered with raspberries (you can't see the other raspberries in it)

 This is a biscuit (a rare but delightful treat) - I don't want to hear any of your Carb-hating Ralph Oyler. 



I digress - so Friday night.  For dinner at Hummus Kitchen we split - lamb and garlic hummus, spicy marinated Moroccan carrots, lentils, and roasted cauliflower with green tahini.  Then I had as an entree the falafel (I'm still thinking about it).  Fried mashed chick peas with onions, garlic, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and tahini.  After dinner we went to see the movie, Prometheus, which is supposed to be the prequel to Alien.  I was super-psyched, but was quite disappointed.  It was not a good movie.  The plot was incoherent.  The only entertaining thing that DID happen at Prometheus was that I got carded at the ticket register.  When she first asked how old I was, I laughed and said "15."  Then she looked at me and asked to see my ID.  Hilarious. 

Anyway, when I got home, Brian had gotten me a Friday treat.  (He always gets me and Sofie a treat on Fridays).  It was a chocolate covered pretzel (my favorite), with miniature Reese's pieces stuck on it.  Finally went to bed around midnight, then woke up at 7 to go run the 10k, which went fairly well (until the last 800 meters, which were uphill and made me want to barf).

All in all, a fantastic weekend - mainly b/c of my peace of mind.  We have one more thing to look forward to this coming weekend....we go to pick up Bear on Saturday!! 

Have a great day!