July 10, 2007
Squishee
Current mood: hyper
So I tried the newest best thing ever this morning!! I got to stop by the Kwik-E-Mart that is currently occupying my local 7-11. I was checking out all the various Simpson related stuff and decided to get a Squishee (aka Slurpee) but sadly, no Chutney Squishees. I purchased the best thing - a blue Squishee. Oh yeah, I know they have blue Slurpees all the time but this one was vanilla! Yum! It was blue, cold and vanilla!!! The only thing that would make it better would be coconut rum so you could have a blue, vanilla, alcohol-y freezy goodness!!
July 14, 2011
Kind of funny. Earlier today we had an offsite event for work. They provided lunch and at the end I had a coconut and blue raspberry snow cone. Kind of squishee-esque. It was really yummy and had a great time seeing our upcoming releases and chatting with co-workers that I never have a chance to talk to.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Quest for French Laundry
For quite a few years I have wanted to go eat at The French Laundry. To me it just seems like it would be one of the most amazing food experiences I could or will ever have. Growing up I was never a finicky kid. I would try almost anything and even if I didn't like it I would try it again just to make sure. I loved cooking for myself getting creative in the kitchen.
One summer while home alone and bored I got together with some of the local neighborhood kids and started up my own restaurant. I would made little bite size portions of various lunch items and seat them and charge them money for it. Sort of an amuse bouche of pb & j and mac and cheese. I made up menus and the whole bit. I remember my mom wondering why I was going through the food so quickly.
Another summer between 8th and 9th grade I believe I again was bored and decided to make croissants from scratch. I loved the time it took to make them and layering, folding and rolling ofnthe butter layers. The best thing is they looked and tasted as close to perfect as you could get. Yum!
So, I've always had this love and appreciation of food from an early age. So many celebrations, events, birthdays and even deaths bring food into the inner circle. I try hole in the wall restaurants and I try dress up restaurants. Street vendors, food trucks, chef's tastings - I'll try it all. So, for me at the very top has been Thomas Keller's French Laundry located in Yountville in Napa, California. I had originally wanted to go for my 40th birthday a couple of years back. That didn't pan out due to not enough foodie friends wanting to go or willing to drop a fair amount of cash on one meal. Now, ready to turn 43 I realize that I really need to go, if only once to try it out. I'd like to go with someone who would appreciate it as much as I would and who isn't a picky eater. That being said I don't know if that's going to happen anytime soon and I may have to venture forth to this restaurant on a weekend trip alone. A little sad as one of the great joys about trying new food is talking
about new food. That's part of the whole experience, don't you think?
One summer while home alone and bored I got together with some of the local neighborhood kids and started up my own restaurant. I would made little bite size portions of various lunch items and seat them and charge them money for it. Sort of an amuse bouche of pb & j and mac and cheese. I made up menus and the whole bit. I remember my mom wondering why I was going through the food so quickly.
Another summer between 8th and 9th grade I believe I again was bored and decided to make croissants from scratch. I loved the time it took to make them and layering, folding and rolling ofnthe butter layers. The best thing is they looked and tasted as close to perfect as you could get. Yum!
So, I've always had this love and appreciation of food from an early age. So many celebrations, events, birthdays and even deaths bring food into the inner circle. I try hole in the wall restaurants and I try dress up restaurants. Street vendors, food trucks, chef's tastings - I'll try it all. So, for me at the very top has been Thomas Keller's French Laundry located in Yountville in Napa, California. I had originally wanted to go for my 40th birthday a couple of years back. That didn't pan out due to not enough foodie friends wanting to go or willing to drop a fair amount of cash on one meal. Now, ready to turn 43 I realize that I really need to go, if only once to try it out. I'd like to go with someone who would appreciate it as much as I would and who isn't a picky eater. That being said I don't know if that's going to happen anytime soon and I may have to venture forth to this restaurant on a weekend trip alone. A little sad as one of the great joys about trying new food is talking
about new food. That's part of the whole experience, don't you think?
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