two for two for two dollars

Winnie and Greg are here! We're staying in tonight because they didn't get here until 9:30pm, but I'm making chicken cutlets and cauliflower and some other business and we're going to drink wine and catch up for serious.

jillybean

I'm happy to see Jilly and we always have a great time, but she worries me. I'm making her eat corn and beans and the world's best granola, and only half-managing.

game night, bitches!

Nothing beats a good game night with friends, playing Apples to Apples and Cranium and getting Stewart Grace cranky when you stop him from berating your boyfriend about red card choices. And especially when there's pot luck involved and the pot luck includes chili, chinese broccoli galette, cheeseburger casserole (on the fly because the cheeseburger pastries didn't work out), orzo, salad, and other deliciousnesses.

the pretty inside the ordinary

Bryan and Mari's wedding was so lovely, especially the delicious organic catering by Auntie Em's and the amazing location (the Smog Shoppe) that looked like an abandoned auto-garage from the outside but inside was an amazing garden setting with living walls full of cacti and succulents. The ceremony was the quickest I ever attended, but heartfelt nonetheless, and I was so happy to hang with my friends, my love, and the always lovely and fascinating Aimee Bender.

ay caramba!

I went to my cousin Mike the chiropractor in the afternoon and I made fish tacos for dinner at night. Artur said they were the best tacos he's ever eaten in his life, and I don't think he was just being nice.

switcharoo

Fun Thursday this week turned into Fun Thursday with Sara Johnson and a homemade lamb stew, which was delicious, and which I made her out of gratitude that she'll be watching Special for a day while I'm away this weekend. In other news, I lost three pounds AND I'm back on track with cousin Mike at the chiropractic center, which is helping my terror-neck get somewhat less terrible.

all around thursdays

Fun Thursday was even more fun because Joanna, Artur ate one of my favorite fish dishes for dinner and then went to see the Groundlings (and I love their all improv shows on Thursdays.) Afterwards, Joanna and I watched America's Next Top Model while Mouse went drinking with his buddy.

aftermath (subtraction)

Kris called me about losing the Malibu money, and I'm upset about it, true, but not at him and Josh....they tried their best and it all just came up suck. Eun Jee came over sad, though, and we had better things to do than worry about money because she needed some relationship cheering up in the form of heavy drinking and dinner (which was fish again, but this time with fennel and olives.)

the return of Fun Thursdays

I'm so glad Artur's sister Joanna is back from Poland so we can resume Fun Thursdays, during which we do things like watch America's Next Top Model, drink copious amounts of Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc and cook sauteed rock cod over spiced broth and jasmine rice. Also, it was Artur and my six month anniversary, and I love him a lot...which is why we're kind of officially moving in together soon.

Countdown

One week to go before my oral qualifying exam, and I should be studying, but instead I'm hanging out with all the Ettman siblings, complaining about rampant cell phone use and discussing cuts of brisket. Oh well.

PassEaster

It is Easter at Artur's parents' house, and I cooked everyone pork chops. Sadly, the side of my mouth is still burned from making chocolate- and toffee-covered matzoh with sea salt for Josh Rivkin's Passover seder the other day.