A Few Days (Plus 1, Thanks Dies) in Paradise

Last Friday, Diesel and I got on a plane headed to paradise. When planning our beach vacation, we randomly picked Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean.
Turks and Caicos is actually an archipelago of eight small islands directly north of Haiti, which, like many of the little islands around it, is a British colony–the Brits [...]

5 Days on Turks & Caicos

We got back safe and sound and have even posted our pictures on flickr. Blog post to come, but if you believe a picture tells a thousand words, here is a link to 86,000 words…

Loving It

My new Dwight Schrute bobblehead. Diesel got it for me at the NBC store for my new office.

My First NY Race!

I got just about four hours of sleep last night. The Hotel on Rivington that we had been complaining about decided it was ok to play “Umbre-lla, ella, ella, eh, eh” and other annoying dance hits VERY loud until 3am, when both Diesel and I called the front desk to complain. Reciprocating the [...]

The Tag-Alongs, aka Diesel and Kelly

When you spend so much alone time with your spouse, sometimes hanging out with other friends is necessary to deter or at least dissipate any temptations you might have to kill your significant other. Having moved here recently and having few friends makes these breaks a bit less regular, but sometimes, Diesel and I [...]

Caribbean Here We Come

This Friday Diesel and I take off to Turks and Caico. This will be our first time in the Caribbean.  We took advantage of the shorter flights from the East Coast to go on a resort vacation. It’ll be four days of sun, beach and relaxing. Looking forward to it!

Restaurants

Has it been two weeks since we mentioned restaurants in here? Where does the time go, etc…
Babbo
This was a celebration. We’d both wanted to eat at Babbo for awhile and when Kelly got offered a job, we decided now was the time. Calling late Thursday night, we were able to get an 8:15 reservation on [...]

La Technique: Oeuf

The egg. It’s pretty simple, yea? Take egg, crack, pour into heated pan with a little butter, fry and eat. Add bacon if you have time, a slice of toast too and you have your classic American breakfast. If you’re not vegan, you’ve probably eaten a few thousand eggs in your lifetime. If you are [...]

La Technique: Preservation?

Even though this is an amateur series of classes, it still helps to do a little homework. Ya know, read the next lesson ahead of time, make little recipe cards, maybe even try some of the recipes you made in school at home. Elle surprised me again here, clarifying butter, making hollandaise & eggs benedict [...]

Coffee

We don’t own a coffeemaker. I should probably buy a little 4-cup guy, but 1. I’m lazy and 2. I convince myself that leaving the apartment in the morning to get a cup is a good thing. I’ll connect with the local coffee shops and maybe some others out there. And pretty much I [...]