The 1st Phone Book

According to my office supplier’s calendar, the 1st phone book was issued in New Haven, CT on this day in 1878.  And WHY is that important to know?!!!!

I couldn’t swing the PM post yesterday, there was WAY too much to do. Ted and I didn’t get out of the house for our Friday night dinner until 7:30pm.  In preparation for tonight’s event, there were two items that would be better if made the day before, the 2 cheese and leek tart and the molasses whipped sweet potatoes.  They are now in “holding” until later tonight when they will be reheated and hopefully, take winning reviews by our tasters.  Fingers crossed.

I’ll begin with last night and work into Saturday morning.

After all was chopped, mixed, baked, we set out for dinner at Bella Cucina.   Both of us had the featured wine, a Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon.

 I typically enjoy their frutti de mar however hadn’t had salmon…break…gotta see to my sour dough…..hmmm…it’s getting a bit too brown too early… the salmon…oh yeah… I hadn’t had salmon all week so my menu choice was the grilled salmon, seasoned with cajun seasoning (a bit TOO over seasoned) and broccoli.  It was good … nothing to write home about.

We did have a few laughs over the content on one of the blogs off my blog roll. It was too funny …  a little rude but we were chuckling over our naivety.  Check out SoGoodBlog if you’re curious but PLEASE understand I only laughed about it, I don’t condone it.

Now for Saturday morning.

Shane and I took off for our usual run.  I admit, the winter has finally defeated me.  The Utica streets were covered with snow.  It was, again, like running in sand.  We only managed 4 miles as for every step forward we went 2 backward. 

Funny thing…No… annoying THING, is that Utica doesn’t plow. We pay enormous taxes and our roads aren’t cleared, nor are our walkways.  BUT… you can see the cut off point at the corner of our street where Utica meets New Hartford zoning…

Utica meets New Hartford

See the cleared road? = NH. See the snow? = Utica. 

Sorry it’s a blur – Shane pulled as I snapped.

Anyway…. we came home, and this is the fun part.  Ted was working out so we went downstairs to see what he was up to.  We’ve been watching Caesar Milan (The Dog Whisperer) and thought we’d have some fun.

Check it out..

Work it, Shane!

He liked it!  I got on after we took Shane off, and he hung out with me downstairs. When I had gone 2 miles and hopped off, he got back on!  Too cute! He wants to start training!

For breakfast, I had a beautiful plum..slightly sour, but good.

What's Up?!

After the plum, it was a veggie omelet.  I didn’t have any Ezekiel bread this morning because I’m planning on a high carb (lots of bread!) evening. So I had some pan heated, left over buttercup squash. It was really good – wish I had cooked more!

Now I have to get crackin’ with set up, etc. for this evening. You all have a great day and I REALLY hope you’ll visit tomorrow, later Sunday, when I post our Wine and Food Tasting Party Pictures, Recipes, and Fun.

Have a great day!

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Beer and Fortune Telling

In our recessive economy, what might be a real good business venture for this year?  Apparently the beer industry and fortune telling sectors are doing quite well.  Alcohol and ESP… hmm?!     

Enough business news, lets move on…

This morning was my Friday off from working out.  I took Shane out for a 3 mile walk which wasn’t the most pleasant so far this week.  Two tiny snow tornadoes were spotted. Swirling snow zipping along in front of us like early morning ghosts in the streets of Utica, it was obviously windy.  Traction was poor because the roads were iced over.  We saw people shovelling their driveways from the plows that had put a small wall at the end so they couldn’t get the car out.  We saw one shivering cold young lady waiting for the Utica bus.  Two men were out walking, one with a little dog that he picked up and carried.  All Upstaters are wondering when will it end at this point.

Breakfast had to be a hot one to get through and warm the bones.  It was Bob’s Red Mill Steel cut oats with a TBS of Buckwheat groats. They were cooked with sliced plums. 1/2 of a yellow and 1/2 of a purple.  I topped the oats with Nutty Granola.  On the side, I had the other two plum 1/2’s and tried to detect a difference between the two varieties. It was subtle.  The yellow was more firm and the purple, slightly sweeter.  Both were good.

My protein shake was a Jay Robb Chocolate with FUZE. 

Plum Varieties

* Those aren’t “JellyFish” David. 😉

BRM Steel Cut, Buckwheat Groats, Cooked Plums and Nutty Granola

I took a picture of my snack today (for about 10:30AM) because I was able to find one of the best Greek style yogurts yesterday while at Price Chopper.  It is “Chobani“.  If you enjoy yogurt, this one is worth trying.  I added some almonds, dried fruit, as well as a TBS of Nutty Granola.

Chobani Snack

I did get quite a bit accomplished prior to the drive into work. Baked 2 pie shells, cooked 3 sweet potatoes, added the 1st Dough formation and kneaded my San Francisco Sour Dough, vacuumed the formal dining room.  I’m movin’!!!!

So the agenda, not sure if I’ll be posting tonight. Definitely will find time in the morning. But Sunday – make sure you check in later on Sunday because Saturday evening we have a Wine and Food Pairing event and I hope my post is really worth the read.  You should be able to find some interesting recipes, eats and wine pairing information.  Stay tuned… and have a great FRIDAY!!!!
I just ran the spell check and there is DEFINITELY something wrong with my brain today! 

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