how do you really feel?

i dreamt that allie and jay lived next to me and josh. and then josh strangled allie. for three minutes. and she died. but then she was alive again and it was REALLY awkward when the four of us hung out (like we did every night). and then we all moved from the same apartment complex to the suburbs together. and it was still awkward. allie just couldn't let that strangling thing go. 

odd.

tears

the furnace is older than sin and the heating system leaks. it needs a new roof. it needs more work than we can afford. 

a week of no sleep and a morning of utter disappointment ended in tears on josh's shirt and some TLC from mom. 

i wanted this to be our place so badly. sigh.

off to tex-ass for a week. maybe it will be a good distraction...

jinx

so we made an offer on a place we both really liked! it's the top two floors of a victorian near watertown center. we want it. but there were about 9 other groups in the first 20 minutes of the open house, so we may not be the only ones.

we tried not to talk about it, tried not to plan furniture and commutes and closet space. we don't want to jinx it. we will know more Tuesday night. i will keep you all posted:)

wow

lipstick jungle is a really bad show. 

i miss SATC.

food, food and more food

of course. it is completely fitting that while i recap my week in food, i am sitting in front of the TV watching Chocolat. such a fantastic movie on so many levels. 

the girls came over on wednesday for a cooking party! the menu was as follows:

• goat cheese, honey, pears and dried cranberries rolled in a puff pasty (me). these took longer than i expected to bake, but after a change in oven position by sasha, they browned and were devoured.
  
• a wonderful rice, with nuts, garlic and spices (YH). it made the whole kitchen smell so fragrant. 
  
• a curried pumpkin soup. although this one took a little longer to make than we anticipated (tarah broke the cardinal rule of dinner parties!) it was still rich and creamy. and filling.
  
• sasha put together a wonderful fish with spices and lemons. it baked beautifully in some foil and we went at it with gusto
  
• a simple salad with a sweet, thick dressing. 
  
• and i made an apple pie with criss crosses! it came out really well. 
  

the beautiful chefs at work. 

the amuse bouce of this mixture my mom mixed together last thanksgiving. i got the idea of rolling a mixture like this from ina. i made her version of this with pesto and sun dried tomatoes a few years ago.

our first casualty, the spatula lost its head in the soup. 









in other food news: after my french bisto cooking class, i was itching to try something i learned. coq au vin it was! it came out wonderfully, but the red i used was a little stronger than i preferred. i used boneless thighs instead of a whole chicken, since it was just the two of us. i paired the chicken and rich sauce with my mashed potatoes, and we ate like kings.



and at the start of this week of food (well, technically, the end of the one before) sasha, fernando, josh and i went to B&G Oysters for a huge, gluttonous dinner of seafood, raw and cooked, wine and desserts. what i loved most about this place was the open kitchen. we were at the bar and had a great view of everything.





and last but not least, i josh and i made tagliatelle and meat balls tonight. instead of setting the pasta roller at 5 and running it through the cutters, i made it a little thinner at 6 and cut it by hand, thick and ribbony. i know i say this everytime, but this was the best fresh pasta i have made so far. the thickness of the noodles were insanely delicate and the width of the noodles gave it tangibility and body.

josh hard at work, making and pan frying the meatballs for the sauce.

need is relative

so umm.. does it come in black?

i wish...

I know Sarah Silverman is not everyone's cup of tea, but you have to admit that this is funny. Matt is such a good sport...

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