Every Life, Every Fun: February 2010

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

All NJtransit Buses Suspended

Snow day, I hope. Better not come out of my paltry vacation days.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

From Studio 19 in CBS Building

Biggest Snowflakes Ever

They've the circumference of one to two and a half inches.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Saturday, February 13, 2010

For the Burning of Stuff for the Ancestors

Orange Citrus Party!

Blood oranges, clementine, satsumas, mineolas, and oranges, oh, my!

Plastic Menagerie

Some grandmas collect glass and porcelain, mine collects and displays old toys from kids meals.

Faux Clementine Tree

My PoPo makes clementines grow in her house whether they like it or not. My mom says she has too much time on her hands.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Shoveling Out the Spaceship

I made the snow couple while Jon cleaned off the car.

Edgewater Black-out

Crazy that you can see who was on the blown transformer.

Playing On the Roof

Probably not the safest idea. Still fun!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

And No Street Lights

Power and cable came back to the neighborhood around an hour later.

Power Outage In Neighboring Buildings

An Hour and a Half Later

Home. Weird how bright it is outside. Must be all the snow.

Freakin A

9:41 AM me: fuckin a

Jonathan: fuckin a

you went downtown first to see?

9:43 AM me: yeah

but it's so weird

9:44 AM as i was getting back into the subway, a man who was walking out said that there was a free ride in the other turnstile.

and there was!

9:45 AM Jonathan: crazy

me: like a fairy godmother--i didn't have to waste subway fare.

Jonathan: nice

me: and i'm at work at my usual time too!

Jonathan: lol yeah

is anyone there

9:47 AM wow just saw all your blogs

verycool

me: yeah just a few people

i hope i can get out soon

Midtown

Ferry parking lot is pretty empty. Midtown should be behind there somewhere.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

FAIL: No Hot Chocolate Today

Instead of hot chocolate, I am in line for the bus before a miserable blizzard is to come.

The PA says: outbound busses are delayed due to police activity in the tunnel.

I picked a shitty day to work late and miss hot chocolate. I was looking forward to Earl Grey tea hot chocolate terribly too.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Hot Chocolate Festival: Chili Pepper Hot Chocolate

This hot chocolate was good but unsurprising. I think we've all had a "Mexican" hot chocolate before. Still, this one is pretty good.

The cookie is amazing. Not as genius as the pretzel croissants, but still tasty.

Lisa, what do you think?

Ooh, so thick. It coats your mouth in chocolatey goodness. The chili peppers are a pleasant surprise--in my mouth!

The cookie is like one of the best cookies I've ever eaten--and I've eaten a lot of cookies.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Verdict

This isn't bad at all. In fact, it is pretty good: lemon tart plus chocolate is what I'm tasting.

Jon, what do you think?

This hot chocolate could actually be more lemony and less sweet of you ask me. It lacks the bitterness of lemon peel that would pair nicely with chocolate. It tastes very close to those "after dinner" candies, the old crunchy stick things that came in three or four flavors, one of which was lemon. It tasted exactly like the lemon stick.

Hot Chocolate Festival: Lemon Hot Chocolate

TimeOut New York basically pooped on this drink in their review. I'm not a huge fan of citrus and chocolate, but I think it's still worth checking out if we do go to Basta Pasta for dinner. My goal was to try to get all the flavors--or as many flavors as possible, but the whole "don't waste your time" vibe of the article is discouraging me. Basically, it's really cold out, and I'd rather not shell out money for a crappy flavor. I will be with the #1 lover of citrus and chocolate though, so we'll see!