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Weekends, Dinners, Plans, and Maybe A Baby.

My weekend plans have been getting derailed for weeks now with something or other. This weekend I was supposed to be in Solvang. In case you are wondering, I am not. And I won’t be there next weekend either. In fact, I won’t be there until Labor Day weekend.

Then I have been trying to get together with friends for dinner. Hasn’t happened. I have been wanting to go to this lovely place down Melrose for some time now. Since no one else was able to join me, I just went by myself. The Colonial was amazing! I would post pictures, but honestly, how many pictures do you need of me having flatbreads and champagne? And it wouldn’t even be a picture of me, but of the table with the customary purse, flatbread, glass of champagne, and book. I am reading Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot. The man never ceases to amaze me. Barnes that is, not Flaubert (who I enjoy, but cannot really say I am amazed by).

Anyway, for dessert I had a cheese plate. I didn’t know they had one, even though it would make perfect sense that they would, so I should have asked. The waiter saw how much I was enjoying my flatbread and asked if I wanted some cheese on the side. I nodded, he brought it over, and Oh my God! I think I may have moaned when I took my first bite. The few people sitting around me thought it was adorable, and I spent the next half an hour in cheese ecstasy. Oh…

Tomorrow night I am having dinner with Tanya (maybe), but I couldn’t bring her here. The “maybe” is because her baby is due today, so she may go into labor at any time. Unless the baby decides otherwise, we will have dinner tomorrow night, but very local to her house (just in case), hence why I could not bring her to The Colonial.

We email back and forth each day, but I still have a lot to tell her. Many things have taken place over the past couple of weeks that I can’t really blog about (which is driving me crazy!), so a nice sit down dinner with a friend will be a good thing. Not that I didn’t have a wonderful evening tonight, but talking with another person would be very nice.

I did talk to the nice couple sitting at the table next to me a for a bit. She asked me about my hair, which I told her was not actually my natural color (why do so many people assume this?), and then they showed me pictures of their daughter who lives in Tel Aviv. She has hair similar to mine, but naturally, and looks like a younger version of Nicole Kidman, and just as gorgeous.

I have never been to Tel Aviv, but I have known plenty of people who have, and they all told me it was wonderful. Maybe I will get to go one day.

In the meantime I will just worry about putting everything else into place.

I Eat On The Outside

As I was eating salsa out of a bowl for lunch, I realized I have some pretty strange eating habits. I tend to eat parts of dishes, and usually the parts that most consider accompaniments.
I eat salsa and guacamole by themselves. No chips. I used to eat a lot of cake, but soon realized I was just eating it because I like the frosting. So I wised up and decided to save a step; now I just eat frosting straight out of the can, no cake needed. I eat cereal without milk. I eat the insides of sandwiches. But on other days I just eat plain bread for lunch. I drink white wine with steak and other red meat dishes. I eat chocolate for breakfast. And cookies for dinner. I eat frozen yogurt because I like the yogurt chip toppings. I eat cheese by itself, just because. I eat whipped cream by itself. Sometimes, I eat sour cream by itself.
Ducky is too young to now any better, but Munchie has started catching on. Now she eats frosting as a snack, stopped putting milk in her cereal, and the other day I caught her eating the inside of her hot dog. Oh dear, what have I done…

Getting Kids to Eat Seafood

When I was little I used to love fish sticks. I assumed all kids love them. Then I had my daughter. She is not a fan. In fact, she won’t eat seafood at all. She doesn’t even like tuna fish (another all time favorite of mine growing up).
Last night my husband and I found another seafood dish, and we thought we should try it. It involves Mac and Cheese, one of her favorites. Lo and behold, we have found the one seafood dish she will eat, and double score for us, it is very simple to make.
Ingredients:
Kraft Mac and Cheese
2 cans of chunky crab (any brand)
Directions:
Prepare Mac and Cheese as directed on packaging
Add crab meat
Serve
Enjoy!
What are some of your favorite easy to make seafood recipes?