uh, hello awesome weekend! gosh, it sure was splendid. saturday was just miserable, weather-wise - there was practically a monsoon that hit the city, and it poured rain for hours. i beat it in the morning with a quick whole foods trip and then a fantastic yoga class.
then it was one of my bff's from work's birthday, so we celebrated with dinner at centro vinoteca... where i enjoyed a delicious plate of vegetables. ugh. major vegan let-down. we had a group of 10 sitting in a square banquette, and i was the furthest away from the waiter, so when i thought i'd placed a vegan order and he insisted it was impossible to make that dish without cheese or butter, i had to yell back and forth with him as he mocked the fact that i didn't eat meat or cheese and HOW DARE I even enter an italian restaurant and think i could order dinner. he literally told me there was nothing he could do for me. uh, ok. so i ordered a side of asparagus and pouted, mortified that this had happened in front of such a big group. i really have tried not to be a douchey vegan (i should totally trademark that phrase), but the waiter was such a snot and made me feel like a jerk! he came back a few minutes later and said he could get me a plate of sauteed vegetables, which i begrudgingly accepted. then of course, that delicious plate of cauliflower and broccoli rabe cost me $18 - more expensive than the pastas on the menu! wtf? so not ok. anyways, apart from that, it was a really fun dinner. we then trudged through the monsoon to the far far far west side of manhattan and parked ourselves at the rusty knot. and hung out with anne hathaway.
ok, by hung out, i mean she was sitting like 10 feet away from us and we just gawked at her because no one wanted to bother her. she's ADORABLE. love her. wanted to let her know that i watch the princess diaries every time abc family plays it, but i managed to sidestep that embarrassing conversation. the bar was so much fun! fantastic drinks, totally chill atmosphere, and definitely return-visit worthy. you know what they say: if it's good enough for anne...
birthday boy.
tiki glasses makin' out. because we're actually 8 years old.
an aptly-named dark and stormy. SO GOOD.
no good can come of a flaming punch bowl with long straws.
mermaid hot tub (after the flame had gone out, of course).
picklebacks. i don't have the guts to try one.
we tried to top the evening off with a trip to dance our faces off at bowery electric, but after waiting in line to get yelled at by bouncers and making it downstairs to a dance party with the weirdest soundtrack ever (think oldies... which are fun, but not 10 of them in a row... i can only SHOUT so many times), i called it a night at about 2am.
luckily for me, the dark and stormies didn't hit as hard as i was anticipating... so sunday was a majorly productive day. not to mention, the weather was OUTSTANDING, which never hurts. after cleaning and yoga-ing, oddly enough, i decamped to my kitchen and spent the afternoon cookin' and bakin' up a storm. i made
chocolate cupcakes (again), some
super tasty black bean and sweet potato veggie burgers (hello easy lunches all week!) and then capped off the evening with
my all-time most favorite pasta dish, shared with some of my all-time most favorite coworkers, while drinking my all-time most favorite wine and watching, er, a pretty great show... COMING HOME! cue Cry Fest 2011. it was fan-freaking-tastic.
not gonna lie, after such a great weekend, this morning was a little bit of a shock to the system. but it wasn't bad at all, considering i booked a trip to austin in june AND i'm heading to san francisco twice in the next month. oh life. you sure are grand.
and with that, i'm going to continue impatiently waiting for "william and kate: a love story" to start on lifetime. oh yeah. it's gonna be unbearably awful and amazing at the same time. so let me leave you with a snapshot of my love story... with new york. happy week!!
