I can't believe I haven't written in so long! But even as I start this post, I'm fading quickly. We have been unpacking and unpacking and unpacking. BLAH!!! Things are starting to take shape, though, and I've realized that while we have a lot of STUFF, we don't have a lot of FURNITURE. And the living room really, really needs some. This could prove challenging since Dude is insistent that we get stuff to go with our current couch - which doesn't really go with our new living room AT ALL. We need sorta retro/cool/big set o' stuff. I know that I will prevail (I always do) but our living room is a little echo-y until then. I saw a super cool sofa, chair and ottoman on Craigslist from the 1950s. All together it totals $550 and the upholstery is in great condition. I was all excited to go check it out in person, but then Dude said that he's a little skeeved out even thinking about used fabric furniture. I was all, "Even if it's professionally cleaned?!" And he still said yeah - kinda - maybe - it depends. Anything new that I like is going to be way out of our price range (I'm just that picky) and I don't want to wait forever. What to do? Is it gross to buy used fabric furniture? In a way, I guess it's sort of like buying a used mattress...something I would not do. Hm.
Anyway - my niece D has been here for the past week and it's been AWESOME. She's 15 and incredibly helpful with the girls and genuinely fun to hang with for me. Tonight we had Family Game Night with Mom, her boyfriend, Bri and Dan (Sissy couldn't make it) and we had SO MUCH FUN. D kept cracking me up the whole time we played Apples to Apples (a great game, btw, if you don't know about it). She's going to Mom's house tomorrow, returning Friday for three more days before she goes to see her dad in San Francisco. I'm glad I'll get her back for a few days - I'm going to miss her! Belly and the Bug are going to miss her too. They LOVE having her here. Even Dude has been enjoying her being here (he usually gets over having house guests about 3 days into it).
D and Bri and I went out last night for some drinks at
Noble Rot (n/a for the girl, of course) and then to
Powell's. I bought a super cool book called
My Last Supper. The question was posed to a bunch of kick-ass chefs - "What would be your final meal on earth if you had the choice?" I've played this game many a time when I worked in the restaurant biz, so it was fun to see the answers given by top chefs. I highly recommend it.
This morning, D and I went to
Voodoo Doughnuts and got a house-selected sampling of fried goodness and conducted our very own doughnut tasting at home with Dude. I even took notes. Here's what we ate:
1. Maple-Bacon doughnut - long doughnut with maple glaze and two strips of bacon on top. DIVINE!!
"Hello, luscious!" ~ Dude
"Even the bacon itself is really good; perfectly cooked." ~ D
"The perfect combo of sweet and salty and BACON." ~ me
2. Mango-Tango doughnut - mango jelly-filled pastry with mango sugar and white frosting on top.
"A little sweeter than I usually like." ~ Dude
"Not my favorite." ~ D
"The stuff on top is too tart." ~ me
3. McMinnville Cream doughnut - cream-filled with maple frostingf
"Now THAT'S a nice cream doughnut." ~ me
4. Old Dirty Bastard doughnut - doughnut with chocolate frosting, crushed-up Oreos and peanut butter drizzle
"Tastes like a peanut butter cup for sure." ~ Dude
"Fruity. Meaty. I'm just kidding." ~ Dude
"I like this one because it's not sugar frosting-y." ~ D
"It's hard to eat this without a glass of milk." ~ me
5. Marshal Mathers doughnut - small cake doughnut with white frosting and mini m&ms
"Pretty basic. I like that it's small." ~ D
"I agree; the most normal doughnut of them all." ~ me
6. Fruit Loops doughnut - doughnut with white frosting and Fruit Loops
"I really like this one. I like that the Fruit Loops are not super crunchy.
They feel like they've been on top of a doughnut." ~ D
7. Voodoo doughnut - man-shaped pastry with icing face, pretzel stuck in the torso like a voodoo doll and raspberry jelly filling.
"With the chocolate and raspberry - it's really good!" ~ D
Upon seeing the inside: "That's taking doughnuts to a whole new level." ~ Dude
And there you have it. We all loved the maple-bacon the absolute best. It was SO good, people. Here's a picture of D with our bounty before we dug in...
I was in a massive sugar frenzy by the end. The last time I felt like that was when I was planning our wedding and did a cupcake tasting all by myself. Whoa.
What else? I'm sure there's lots more, but it's 12:40am and I must retire. My face is getting closer and closer to the keyboard as I write. I have no doubt the two will connect in the very near future if I don't go to bed. And it's my understanding that drool and computers don't mix. Nighty-night.
1 comments:
Ya know.. there are couch covers that you can buy. I mean .. i KNOW you want a new couch, but i think this might appease you until you find the PERFECT couch.
Those donuts look awesome!! The Maple Bacon even looked tasty but the Voodoo one looked the most entertaining!! Enjoy your visit!!
Lotsa Love,
Swi
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