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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

holy moly!

I'm eating a KIND fruit+nut bar, and it is DELICIOUS! it's the almond and coconut flavor, and I'm totally impressed. it's not too sweet, has the right chewiness to crunch ratio, and tastes fresh. I love coconut, and the bar scores big there because rather than coconut shreds, it has coconut chips. take a look at the photo, you can see how big the coconut pieces are.

mmmmm

yesterday at the gym

I had a most crappy workout! maybe it was because I had a dinner party on Sunday and didn't sleep well and ate lots of falafel and bagna cauda (garlic, anchovies, extra-virgin olive oil, and butter - yes, it sounds gross, but it's actually delicious! photo of sauce below, we used it for dipping veggies)? I hate myself for not taking photos of everyone hanging out. how silly can a girl be? we had a feast, and lots of good conversation, and yummy wine, and it all made me nearly cry to be leaving my neighborhood. I live in Fishtown, and while it's not the most scenic place on earth, there are some mighty great people around! I'm moving in a week.

but back to working out. I ran like a mile yesterday, then gave up. that's it. that's all she wrote yesterday. I felt like a big bailer, but then gave myself permission to stop, and said, oh well, at least I went to the gym. sigh.

egg whites

mmm, I just ate two scrambled egg whites for breakfast. which reminds me, I keep forgetting to ask someone (or I suppose I could look it up) what egg white puffs are. I notice that Kate enjoys them quite often.

I'd post a photo, but I left my phone in the car. for some reason, I hate going back to the car once I've gotten in. in terms of things I'm lazy about, it ranks up there with being too lazy to go to the bathroom until just before my bladder begins to send out emergency signals.

in a random note, I'm wearing my danny devitos today, but with clogs and not boots. I put them on this morning with the intention of wearing a pair of boots, but got so absent-minded on my way out the door that I just shoved my feet into shoes that were sitting there.

imagine these in bright red and you'll have a picture of my feet in your mind. not elegant, but I do love my shoes (they remind me of pee-wee herman).

Monday, March 1, 2010

french fry guys

so, the most disquieting thing about my kombucha experience is that I was looking closely at the bottle as I opened it (slowly, a-hem), and I unfortunately noticed that there were disturbing things happening during the opening process.

do you see those two mop-like clusters of something hanging out above the label? this stuff was floating about, coming up to the top, and cavorting about inside my drink like the McDonald's french fry guys (front row, picture below).

not to sound too picky, but I didn't want the sensation of one of those devilish creatures touching my lips as I quaffed my beverage.

anyway, the taste wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting. not that I knew what I was expecting. to tell the truth, it tasted like a Lambic Framboise Ale. I was thinking, am I going to get drunk if I drink this entire thing? I didn't get through the whole drink, but I am going to try it again soon. John kept exclaiming everytime I opened the bottle (we were in the car, running errands), 'woa, that stuff really stinks!'

there are apparently many health benefits to drinking kombucha (I didn't feel anything, but I only had like three ounces of my bottle), but I think that the part I like best is that it's scientifically classified as a 'zoogleal mat.'

I found out last night that I have more than one friend who is currently fermenting up their own kombucha. apparently, you use a 'mother' to start a new brew. each time you bring a mother through the fermentation process, she makes a 'daughter.' by this convenient process, you can always be in the kombucha, baby!