VALENTINE'S DAY EDITION:

I'm def. not a chocolates and teddy bear kind of girl. In fact I dont even like sweets that much. It's all about the salt baby. so in preparation for tomorrow (and yes, i do have plans with the new guy), here's my idea of the perfect valentine's day....

1. A bottle of... you guessed it, Pinot Noir. Scotch works well too.

2. Something from Agent Provocateur. NOT IN RED.... Let's keep it grown up people.


3. A room at the Ritz. In case that 1,000 dollar silk robe shown at the top isn't available, i'm sure the terry ones in a suite will do.

4. A steak from the 21 club.


As Lady Gaga once said, a good valentine's day would include "a good fuck... and some carbohydrates"

FOOD FAVORITES. WINTER EDITION

so I have many secret (or not so secret) internet obsessions: fashion blogs, youtube makeup tutorials and food videos on foodnetwork.com.

On most of the makeup tutorial sites, there are the makeup "haul videos" that for some reason are endlessly entertaining, and also the "monthly favorites". These are fun. These are pointless. so here goes a food version of my favorites:

1.Pinot Noir. I know! What a cliche, but honestly, i don't know what i would do without wine, let alone red wine, and as we all know pinot noir is king of reds. pinot noir is better than therapy on a cold dreary night.

2. Good crusty bread. A good loaf of bread can make any meal better. scrambled eggs on toast is boring. scrambled eggs on a hot crusty slice with olives is delish. roasted chicken with... crusty bread croutons? how about bread pudding?

3. Butter. Obviously this goes without saying.

4. Sharp Knives. Nothing bums me out more than trying to mince something with really dull knives.

5. Cheese. I will not include all of my favorites and make this an overarching topic because otherwise i would be here all day. I can say with total honesty that i have never tasted a cheese i didn't like. make it moldy, smelly, creamy, nutty, hard, soft. they are all perfection. I really do feel terrible for people who are lactose intolerant. There is nothing better than a piece of cheese, and while this wasn't planned, if you combine everything on this list, it would make for a pretty awesome saturday night.

who knew thomas jefferson was the founder of mac and cheese ?

argh, fuck this weather.

seriously, i'm not over it.

i went to work at 1am (happy wednesday to me), only to leave work at 9am to see 3 inches of ice on the ground (if you don't believe me, google CT weather for february 2nd), and my entire car encased in a solid inch of ice. It took me 25 minutes to thaw out my car before driving all the way home at 20 miles per hour. on the highway...

my current screen saver is this:


(tahiti)
which is not really helping matters.
Maybe i wouldn't be so bitter, except that i feel like the world is taunting new england.. like those commercials about Florida, or checking out my fav fashion blogs that usually distract me from the depths of darkness. Except seeing those bitches in shorts isn't making me forget that i got hailed on while i attempted to scrap the ice off of my windshield in 20 degree weather.

i would LOVE IT to see how hot they can look in 4 feet of snow (again, i'm not exaggerating), and an ice storm. yes, i slid down my driveway, in my office parking lot, and on the highway.

Not to sound like a little byotch considering the rest of world news. I just want some sunshine.

ok, rant of the day... you know you need a vacation when you look out your window and it looks like this:


YES, i went outside and took pictures of the freakin snow storm from hell aka all of january in new england.






which is only so robert frost until you see this:

Time to talk about the new boy. What shall we call him? Not A, because, well... that's me (and it's all about me, isn't it).

Maybe R, as is a play on his nickname... Ramen? Almond Joy? His name rhyms with both.

Things are good, but as every post before this has proven, there is a time when someone will disappoint me. Not to be a negative Nancy, but that time already happened.
He made a bad impression on my friends. He wants to have a re-do dinner with all of us that will be better than the last time (re: he showed up drunk following happy hour with his co-workers), but im wary. If it doesn't go well the 2nd time, then i'll be forced to re-evaluate this situation, and I don't feel like re-evaluating right now. It's going too well besides this snafu.

It's going really really well.

I could fall down the black hole of being a hot mess right now but i wont.

dam you hormones for making me fucking crazy this week.

via agent provocateur.

i don't care what anyone says. wearing kick ass undies makes you stand a little taller. this weather blows.