 I struggle when I have not-so-nice things to say about places as I try to keep this a positive blog. But... I always say that if something is bad enough I'll let people know. Brent and I attempted to eat at Snack Bar the other night and it was a colossal fail. Granted we were expecting slow service based on all the yelp reviews we've read but I have to say it was a bit worse than what I expected.
3 Comments Austin Restaurant Week: Jeffrey's 03/07/2010
I'm going to let the pictures and comments speak for themselves in this blog. All I have to say is I love Austin Restaurant Week and the opportunity it gives to try great places at a reasonable price!  Complimentary amuse bouche, part I: gruyere fritter. It was like a flaky cheese infused croissant.  Complimentary amuse bouche, part II: asparagus and leek puree. I could have easily been happy eating just a whole bowl of this!  Gerber Daisies for Baby G's shower! (I bought them but the G correlation was unintentional. Does this mean I subconsciously smart? Hmm, maybe.) My day started late, and once it started it didn't stop! Family "G" is having a baby and a delightful baby shower was held at Blue Dahlia. (I've talked about Blue Dahlia before here and here.) This was a perfect setting for a small gathering and we sat in the back courtyard. I enjoyed that the shower was intimate enough that it gave me a chance to meet new people and catch up with friends I hadn't seen in a while. There was only one activity and it was really cute. We all painted on onesies for the baby and it was a great way for some to let out there creative juices. My onesie resulted in nothing but a big, green, G. Perfect for my caliber of painting talent (another unintentional G correlation on my part G for green, I'm a subconscious g-g-genius I tell you!)
Serendipity while cooking for others.. 03/05/2010
 Live Hot and Sour Soup- riduculously spicy and delicious. As far as I can remember, I've always enjoyed cooking for other people. I find something emotionally healing and peaceful in preparing a good meal for my family or friends. The progression for this started when I was young. Both my parents worked and though at the time I thought it was terrible, I took on the responsibility of many of our family meals. I did always love making an entire meal when everyone actually enjoyed it. Besides, if you cooked you didn't have to clean and that was the worst part!
Birthday Weekend! 02/28/2010
 Birthday dinner #1 Well, due to bad weather and flight cancellations, Brent and I did not make it to NYC for my birthday weekend. By an amazing act from a higher power, we were refunded for both my non-refundable plane ticket and our seemingly non-refundable Broadway tickets to go see Wicked. While I was initially disappointed, I think it all worked out for the best given the yucky weather in New York and my Texas girl inability to really deal with 20 degree weather. All that being said.. the picture below shows how my weekend started and how Brent more than salvaged the weekend!  NYC! 02/26/2010
 Hi everyone! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my flight to NYC doesn't get canceled for tonight. If we get to go, expect to see some great food on the blog late next week. Needless to say my blog will be silent over my long weekend if all works out right. Have a great weekend everyone- Laura Louise Lane Shutter Island 02/20/2010
 I am no movie reviewer and most of the time I don't generally talk about movies I have seen but I feel this one deserves a post. This is one of the best movies I have seen in some time, in fact, I really want to go back and see it again! I didn't realize it was a Martin Scorsese film until we were at the theater and the movie was very different from what I was expecting from the previews. I expected some crazy film effects and scary images and that's not exactly what I got. Instead, I was delighted to see a film that paid homage to one of my favorite film directors, Aflred Hitchcock. There were definite aspects in the way various scenes were filmed as well as the mode in which the story was told that was reflective of Hitchcocks signature style. Other aspects of the film that I truly enjoyed were the depth and colors in so many of the shots. I truly lost myself in this movie. I highly recommend you check it out! Green Vegetarian Restaurant.. San Antonio 02/18/2010
 Qunioa burrito: Quinoa, beans, avocado, cashew cheese, organic spinach, tomato, and sprouts all wrapped in a jumbo whole wheat tortilla. Last week I had the opportunity to go to a conference in San Antonio and had the delight to visit Green Vegetarian Restaurant. This blog is going to be short as I'm going to let the pictures of the food speak for itself and well, I'm not feeling that great today so don't feel my descriptive verbiage flowing.
The food was fresh, healthy, and reasonably priced and I was so glad for the recommendation from my new friend, Ahsan. Green isn't far from the Riverwalk, where I was staying, and it was a nice change of pace from the myriad of unhealthy and expensive choices on the touristy Riverwalk.  Mile 18 and look at the confident, beaming smile! My friend Lupe ran the Austin ATT marathon this year. I'm just so unbelievably proud of her and the fact that she trained for this on her own and did so great! The most I have ever run is a half marathon and Lupe's great accomplishment has inspired me, once again, to attempt the feat. Did you know that less than 1 percent of the population completes a marathon? Go Lupe!
 Brent and I wandered out for dinner, unwittingly, the night before Valentine's Day. What were we thinking? Everywhere was packed and after trying to eat at about five different places we ended up at Buenos Aires Cafe.
When we first walked in we saw what is this quaint lovely little dining room that of course was completely full. With high hopes we went to the host stand and asked to put our name on the list and devastatingly we were told it would be 45 minutes. Normally, that would be fine but seeing as we had spent the last hour or so trying to eat, we were starved. We looked at each other desperately and non-verbally agreed we were just going to eat at subway or something quick. We thanked the young man and said no thank you. We began walking out the door and another young man ran us down and gave us some very, very good news. | About This Blog
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