Cake + Mini + Zipcar

Smells delicious to boot!

Yummy

Panna Cotta

I successfully made panna cotta last night and it was super easy. I
found a recipe on allrecipes.com and made it last night. Adam and I
enjoyed it tonight with some black raspberry jam.

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Crabcakes, homefries, fruit at Ettas

Doughnuts also live at Top Pot Doughnuts

Zipcars live at Top Pot Doughnuts

Hungry Bakun is very Hungry

Adam was trying to keep track of how many different restaurants we'd eat at in 2010. He's a little behind, well way behind, but I've been keeping a list of places I've eaten at with or without Adam on my iPhone. As of today, I think it's at least 55 different places that serve food. Given that's it's only halfway through March, I'm not sure if I'm completely grossed out by myself or morbidly excited. How are we not fatter? I don't know.

Lip Balm - The Final Part

plasticann: Hey, you want some Lip Balm.
Adam: Sure....hey it's not tinted.
plasticann: It's for you! I got you the non-tinted one.
Adam: Thanks, but the tube looks lipstick.
plasticann: I guess you could use it at night and keep it at home.

Nothing I can do about the packaging, but Adam seems to be appreciating the untinted lip balm product

The statue at Davis acquired a few festive accessories.

Tinted Lip Balm Part 2

plasticann: [swiping on lip balm after lunch] Want some?
Adam: Isn't it pink?
plasticann: It won't show.
Adam: OK! [puts some on]
plasticann: Nevermind, looks a little pink.
Adam: [furiously wipes mouth with napkin and exclaims] It's pink, I can see it!
plasticann: Sorry!

A Young Man's Thoughts Turn to Love...[Posted by Zara]

We had some surprise out of town guests this past Saturday, and Zames was unable to attend his friend Zora's fourth birthday party. Never imagining that the two, though classmates, had ever interacted, Zara neglected to inform Zames he was missing the party. (Zames is pretty oblivious to girls as playmates at school; he's too busy shoveling sand or digging in the gravel pit or riding a tricycle around the bike path.)

Fast forward to today, when Zames asked about the party. Hearing he had missed it, he fell into full emotional devastation, sobbing hysterically. Mama Zara, quite confused and surprised by all these crocodile tears, comforts Zames and asks why he is so upset. Zames says, "Zyler is my friend and I play with him all of the time, but Zora is my girlfriend!"

Thus Mama Zara promises to invite Zora over for a playdate complete with birthday cupcakes to make up for the party Zames missed. Zora is a sweet and saucy dark haired little girl with ringlets, quite appealing. Zames's "type" noted at age 4 1/2.

Snacks-Work

There's not a lot at work in terms of snacks and I always get really
hungry so I've been building up my supply. I like a variety of healthy
and unhealthy treats, but I especially enjoy keeping an inventory list
on my iPhone organized by snack category.

Snacks-Work as of 3/8

Banana
Grapefruit
Oranges 3

Yogurt 1
Applesauce 3
Cheese 3

Lara bars 2
Pistachios
Almonds
Cashews
Dried fruit
Orange slices candied

Sunchips
Goldfish
Oreos
Animal crackers
Japanese crackers
Caramel corn smacks

Gummy candy
Orange chocolate
Dark chocolate

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A room of my own

Woohoo! Adam moved his treadmill today and I am so excited to have a
room of my own. Time to decorate. Thanks Adam!

Adam: (in bed) My lips are chapped.
Plasticann: Mine aren't ever since I started using my fancy lip balm.
Want to try some?
Adam: It's ok, we're sleeping.
Plasticann: (leaps out of bed) No I'll get you some. Here!
Adam: (applies in the dark) Smells nice, lemony.
plasticann: You can only use it at night.
Adam: Huh? Why?
Plasticann: Hee hee, because it's tinted pink.

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Snow Covered Trees

Mattie Grows a Garden

Adam and I were thrilled to receive Valentine's Day artwork from the kids. Particularly impressive was the book Zess wrote and illustrated called Mattie Grows a Garden. Zara reports that Zess wrote the entire thing herself, pecking at the keyboard and asking her parents how to spell words. Zess even had her dad take the illustrated book to his office to make color copies for everyone. That's right, we received a color copy. The copies were so good, we were under the impression that Zess wrote a book just for us. I know, pretty narcissistic of us to think so. Anyhow, the book's pretty engaging, there are plants, seeds, kites and a girl name Mattie. What more could you want?

Cheesecake in a jar

Yum! Thanks Corinna.

Last of the Ice Cream

We're enjoying the last of our caramel apple ice cream tonight...until next October when it comes back to JPLicks.

Reform

Efforts to reform wayward ways, sweaters folded, jeans hung and dry cleaning picked up.

Punk! Moi?

I met up with some friends from b-school tonight at a very crowded pub downtown and I can now empathize a tiny bit with how the kids on Jersey Shore keep getting into trouble because it sure is easy to get into an argument a bar. To explain, I was shopping all day downtown so my rucksack was very full and I had it hanging from the back of my chair. The following is what happened:

Guy: Hey, excuse me, can you scoot in, there's not much room here.

plasticann: [scoots in] Sure, sorry about that.

Guy: Hey, can you scoot in?

plasticann: [turning around] I'm sorry, is there not enough room?

Guy: NO! Your backpack is in my lap, NO there's not enough room.

plasticann: [finally understands and removes bag from chair] I'll move it under the table, I'm sorry to inconvenience you.

Guy: Well, you don't have be a punk about it.

Wow, I got called a punk at a bar and it was only 7pm. That has got to be a plasticann first. Now I'm home and ready to enjoy my hot mint tea and some delicious peanut milk chocolate.

Chocolate with Caramelized Peanut & Sea Salt

I've been looking around town for this Green & Black's candy bar ever since I saw a write up last month in the Metro. Last night, we stopped by Pemberton Farms on the way home and I finally found it there, Pemberton has an overwhelmingly large fancy chocolate section. It's really delicious, the peanuts are caramelized with a hint of smokiness and the sea salt is a great complement to the sweet milk chocolate. It's like a fancy Mr. Goodbar which were always my favorite of the miniature Hersheys.

Cobbler

I just discovered the cobbler can put thin rubber soles on my leather soled boots...brilliant. My shoes will last so much longer. I'm going to bring in my other shoes and get them tricked out.

plasticann's clothing maintenance reminders to self

1. Fold and hang up clothes
2. Don't use pants as a napkin substitute to wipe off fingers sticky from eating donuts

Countdown...implications for lunch

I'm in the process of switching jobs. My new one starts next Tuesday back near Kendall Square and my last day in Downtown Crossing is Thursday. Therefore, I've been carefully planning my last few days of lunches as the end draws near. Today, I went to Sam LaGrassa's for my favorite pastrami sandwich. I forgot how delicious their pastrami is, I'm sure going to miss it. I also plan on enjoying one last Chacarero BBQ Beef sandwich and lastly, I have a Milk Street Cafe gift certificate I need to use.

Clothing Explosion

I just had a wardrobe planning session with a personal stylist/shopper this afternoon to update my look. Above is the aftermath from pulling out all my clothes. She was really nice and diplomatic and realistic, but one theme that kept coming up was, "if you take care of the things you own, they'll look better." Things like folding my sweaters neatly, hanging up my pants, ironing, dry cleaning, etc. She had lots of other great thoughts and ideas, but the following conversation will give you a good feel for my major weakness...clothing maintenance:

PS/S: This is a great jacket, I love it.

plasticann: Oh yeah, I haven't worn it yet, it's new.

PS/S: Ummm, why is it already wrinkled if you've never worn it?

plasticann: Hmmm, I think I left it in the bag for a while before I hung it up.