10th and Park

Monday Motivation

My new mantra: ‘Or maybe I’m just really fucking cool.’

An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler. I'm a sucker for food books, and this was no exception. Very similar to MFK Fisher, probably owing to the fact that the author cites her as an inspiration on the very first page.

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. I thought this was one of my mom's favorite books, but after reading it I found out it's not, and that she doesn't even care for Ann Patchett at all. Someone must have recommended this to me - I don't know why I would have picked it up otherwise. Luckily I did like it, and am reading more of Patchett's work.

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson, aka the Bloggess. Very funny but definitely not for everyone. It's basically her blog in book form, so if you don't get her humor, you won't laugh out loud like I did.

1. Read 27 books | Progress: 4/27.

More beer!

Found four more beer pics in my camera roll from April and May.

Top left: Ruby Redbird in Todd's apartment in Charlotte

Top right: Southampton Double White at the biergarten

Bottom left: Tiger beer while grilling in the backyard

Bottom right: Fisherman's Navigator from the beer-of-the-month box

3. Drink 27 kinds of beer | Progress: 21/27.

Goal 3 Update: April & May

Tons of progress on my 27 beers list (my favorite goal). This is also one of the goals that I constantly forget to take pictures of, so while I've proably already accomplished 27 different beers, I've only managed to document 17.

A visit to the Brooklyn Brewery helped me cross off nine beers in one day! I had one of everything except the Blast. The Weisse and the Ama Bionda were delicious, and the Oishi was my least favorite.

The office happy hour is always a good source for random beers that I wouldn't otherwise try, like this giant can of Sapporo and this Flying Dog IPA. I don't really go for IPAs but this Belgian style wasn't too bad.

We finally installed the bottle opener that I gave Colin for Christmas two years ago. There's something about a wall-mount that just makes opening bottles more fun. This beer came from our beers-of-the-month box, a Christmas gift from Caitlin & Lauren.

A Memorial Day tradition: Labatt! We spend every Memorial Day weekend in my Mom's hometown of Lewiston, NY with all of our extendended family. It's right across the river from Canada, near Niagara Falls, so my family tends to drink a lot of Canadian beers.

On Sunday nights, you can usually find us having pizza at Dozzino. Great food and BYOB! Colin snagged this liter beer from the specialty beer store in Jersey City, and it was DELICIOUS!

3. Drink 27 kinds of beer | Progress: 17/27. Brooklyn Beer x9, Sapporo, Raging Bitch, Indian River Shoal Draft, Labatt, White Gold

April 2 - 8

Crossed a lot of veggies off my list this week!

4. Eat 27 vegetables | Progress: 18/27. Cucumbers, zucchini, celery, sweet potatoes, asparagus, potatoes, edamame, baby corn, sprouts, avocado.

Also snacked on a few bananas.

5. Eat 27 fruits | Progress: 8/27. Bananas.

And finished my first book of goal 2! I enjoyed The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta because it was very character based, though it did take a hard left turn in the last thirty pages or so. 4 stars.

1. Read 27 books | Progress: 1/27.

Scenes from the weekend

Between Sean & Laura's housewarming party, going out with Phil, and then meeting up with Phil (again) & Alison, I manged to knock another four beers off of goal 3.

3. Drink 27 beers | Progress: 7/27. Coors, Heineken, Shock Top, Allagash.

Not to mention knocking off a few fruits with the fruit salad at my future step-nephew-in-law's 2nd birthday party.