Hey girls!! Yesterday I basically went off the grid (i.e. no Facebook and my phone was on silent). This wasn't intentional. These things just happen sometimes. Especially to me. And I kind of like it. :) Anyway, I came back to the world today and saw that I missed VMars making their movie goal, Jen's healthy snack blog, Leigh's Disney man and Kiki's TJ face wash. (On that note, lately I've just been straight up putting TJ vitamin E oil on my face.) Whew. You girls were busy yesterday.
It's so funny that Jen has been posting all of these food blogs, as I was really thinking about doing the same thing. Great minds, Jen. But... I kinda want to do it on a larger scale.. so I'm playing with the idea of starting my own blog about the food I've been making lately. We'll see if that happens.
As for now.. I'm just going to use this opportunity to catch up with my lovelies! (Fair warning. I did not plan this blog out ahead of time. There will probably be no central theme or narrative and therefore lots of rambling.)
I feel like I've actually been doing a ton of little things lately. I know you are hanging in suspense about this "food I've been making". Let's start at the beginning. In July, I will have been a vegetarian for two years. (Woot! That's for you, Piper!) In May, Chris will have been a vegan for a year. (Previous to that he was a vegetarian for... 5? 6 years?) While I would never call myself a vegan, I feel like an honorary one as Chris and I basically only eat out on special occasions. A normal week consists of us making every meal we eat and about half of the time I make a lunch to take with me to work. So while I'm not a vegan, I eat vegan a lot.
And Boogie... because she's cute and I miss her and my parents caught her in the drawer where they keep her treats. :)
Several weeks ago we saw that there was going to be a vegan cooking demonstration in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. (Kiki's hood!) She met us there and I don't know about Kiki, but I basically fell in love with the very nervous Annie Shannon and her very calm, cool and collected husband, Dan Shannon. They created a cookbook where they veganized Betty Crooker. It's called : Betty Goes Vegan. Kiki and I both took the bait and bought the cookbook (and got it autographed.) For a while now, my domestic side has been going into overdrive. (I think Piper kicked it off by triggering all of my maternal urges.)
Therefore I've loosely decided to do what many women (and men) have done before me and cook my way through the cookbook. The first meal I made (on Valentine's Day no less) was... horrible. Sweet potato risotto something or another. Euch. However! Since then, everything has basically been delicious! Last night I made German Potato Salad and Maple Pecan "Chicken". Funnily enough, I wasn't crazy about the chicken because it was too.... chicken-y. I feel like I just passed some sort of vegetarian test I didn't even know I was facing.
Maple Pecan "Chicken" with Goodfellas Crositini ... and I think the potato salad pictures are on C's camera.
Chris and I have been collaborating on a lot of projects lately. One of which is a documentary we're making on his old roommate, Camilla Ha. Camilla..... is basically one of the most fascinating and exciting people I've ever even heard of. She is and artist on every level: musician, drawer, painter, filmmaker, sculptor, installation. For the past several months, Chris has been working on a Mens Dance documentary to present to Rahm Emanuel about.. well, men's dance programs in high schools in Chicago. He recently wrapped it up and I could tell he was feeling really cagey to start a new project. I suggested Camilla because it just seemed like the obvious choice. Several weeks ago we filmed her dancing with drag queens. I made my first stop motion movie of a book of drawings she made and I think we've finally figured out how to put this puppy together. We didn't want it to be a straightforward documentary... more a piece of work in and of itself reflecting her. I'm really excited about it and can't wait to do more with it.
Camilla, a very angsty blonde and Bobby... if he were a drag queen.
An awkward (yet in my opinion, awesome) photo of a queen durning a play Camilla was in.
....and. ya know. these guys. and yes. this was the middle of the afternoon.
For my dad's birthday, Chris and I covered one of his favorite songs. Chris did all of the music and I sang (yikes!!!!) and "engineered" the song. He's teaching me to use Pro Tools (and Final Cut) so I can be a sound engineer (or film editor) in my spare time. Singing, out loud, for real, for people to hear was a fear I wasn't even fully aware I had. I was trembling when I was holding the microphone. But. I did it. And it sounds... ok. :) One day when I'm feeling more confidant, maybe I'll let you guys have a listen. My dad loved it and immediately forwarded it to all of his friends, much to my mortification.
Other things of note... I'm going to be taking ballet lessons at The Joffrey soon. I bought the lessons and my ballet shoes! Before Christmas, Chris's dad gave me some ballet lessons in our apartment and I really liked it. Seems like a nice, relaxing hobby. (Just kidding guys. I know ballet is super rigorous. But I've never had ballet lessons before!) C and I just found out yesterday one of his best friends got engaged. They live in London... so I desperately hope this means a trip to London is in my near future. (Or Indonesia!! The groom is Indonesian) I've been reading a lot of books about Paris during World War II lately. Also I want to read more about The Great Leap Forward in China. I read a book about that recently and all of the famine that ensued. It makes me very conscious about not wasting food...
And finally! I know you girls have been bandying about a trip to Disney to run the marathon. I've been thinking about it, and I just don't think that's something I can do. I know you guys said we could just (basically) walk it, but I feel like if I did something like that, I would want to actually really attempt to do it. And I know I'm not going to train enough to even remotely be ready for that. I have my sights set on something more like the 5K color run. I hate to be a party pooper. And of course I think you girls should do it if you want to! But, if we want to go somewhere fun and do the color run, I'd be much more willing to do that. (I know the deadline has come and gone for the NYC one). Or if you guys even wanted to go somewhere and not run, I'd be cool with that too. We could go to Maine and visit Jean, or go west and do something in California - Jen if you wanted to get away from LA, we could go to Napa or something. Hell, perhaps we can stay at some crap-o hacienda in Mexico and just eat pudding and margaritas like Charlotte. I'd love to do something exciting, but I've been thinking about it and I know I can't commit to a marathon.
Portland, Maine
Napa Valley
Not sure where... but somewhere in Mexico....
xoxo...
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