Monday

Today has been a typical Monday. Plenty of stuff at work to keep me busy, but time seems to be dragging. It's raining. I'm sleepy. And I want to curl up with a good book or a movie. There are a few things getting me through this day...

I just bought these tickets to sail around Manhattan on a vintage sail boat. Summer date night? Check.

Other fun NYC activities to think about this summer...
 
Kayaking is free from this city location.

For a rush of adrenaline, you can try a trapeze class (idea via ACupofJo).

I love food. So this food walking tour and tasting seems like it would be fun.

I also discovered the "Living In..." portion of Design Sponge and have been filling the idle time in my day immersing myself in some of my favorite movies. I've also gotten some inspiration for a serious movie marathon - a lot of my favorites have been posted here.

Hopefully, I make it through the rest of the school day with enough motivation to make my evening somewhat productive.

Zooey is my spirit animal

 via themeetcute

via lostinamerica

In one of my lives...

I still receive emails from sites like Mediabistro, (leftover from my old job) and most of the time I just delete them with a little twinge of happiness, but this morning this one caught my eye: 

"Kick-start your food writing career in 2012 with our online Food Writing class starting January 9.

You'll create a portfolio of articles including a food feature, restaurant review, personal essay, recipe-driven story, and profile of a food personality with instructor Andrea Strong, the creator of The Strong Buzz."

This brought me back to the days I spent in my cube, wishing my life away, thinking of jobs that I would really enjoy and possibly be good at. Careers like "Menu Writer," "Food Blogger," "Taste Tester," "Restaurant Reviewer," even "Cafe Owner" all crossed my mind at some point. I don't think that I've completely given up on the idea and maybe I'll revisit the idea again sometime soon. But for now, I wont pigeonhole myself by just writing about food ;) 

For now, I'm going to make a breakfast smoothie concoction with: 

- Plain Greek Yogurt

- Pineapple

- Banana 

- Spinach (I swear you don't even taste it) 

- A small amount of protein powder (to add to the consistency) 

- Ice / Water

Happy Birthday to my Mama!

(Kate Spade, Spring 2012)

We celebrated my mom's birthday on Sunday (even though it's today - schedules are crazy things) with some delicious cake and presents. And the only thing better than warm, right out of the oven chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream is perhaps a sliver of that same cake the next morning with your coffee, yes?