By mlb, on February 27th, 2008%
Images of our most recent trip to Astoria, with captions and everything!
Latte at the Astoria Coffeehouse.
Breakfast sandwich at the Astoria Coffeehouse.
jwa makes a bagel sandwich…guess where?
More bagel sandwich!
Hey! The Hotel Elliott has Stash Tea…neat.
Me by the bridge.
The dock and a big ship. There were a bunch of them (about 5) lined up. We thought maybe it was to be lead out across the bar? Or maybe they were all just sleepy?
jwa and I on the Elliott roof…
Seals….could they be . . . → Read More: Astoria Pictures (and Some Breakfast Food Items…and Some Seals!)
By mlb, on February 24th, 2008%
Now this is one of the ultimate comfort foods, ever. I actually tried to make a chicken pot pie before — maybe 5 years ago — and it was a complete disaster. Flavorless, too much work and just kind of meh. It’s taken me 5 years to want to attempt another one. Wow, am I glad I did! This chicken pot pie is anything but meh…it is awesome!
It’s also a great project for a Saturday or Sunday, it seems like there are a lot of steps, but it goes very quickly. Plus, you can use up lots of vegetables, pretty much add any combination that you have. I subbed frozen lima beans for the peas and added about 4 stalks of cut up (about 1 inch pieces) of . . . → Read More: Chicken Pot Pie with a Feta-Parmesan-Herb Biscuit Crust
By mlb, on February 22nd, 2008%
Look…it’s a wedding post
So, it looks like this wedding thing is actually happening. Eek! About 2 1/2 months to go. Let’s see, I have a dress (first fitting scheduled for the beginning of March), I have shoes, and jwa has assured me he has a plan that will result in him having an outfit to wear. Oh! And we got our rings the other day too. Hooray!
We’re going to Astoria tomorrow to meet with the Hotel and the caterer to finalize all the little details. Invitations will go out 2/29 (ha! Leap Year!) and I have finally decided on what to put in the favor boxes I bought over six months ago.
Do we really need favors? Probably not, but the boxes were just so damn cute. Oh and . . . → Read More: Two Months and Counting…
By mlb, on February 21st, 2008%
We try to bring lunch during the week to save money and to eat healthier. I have also been trying to enforce a fish 2x a week for lunch rule. Eh, most times it’s more like once a week, but we’re trying! Sometimes this means tuna, not the ( good awesome kind) and sometimes that means other things.
This is my new favorite other thing and I think jwa like it a lot too. That is no small feat. He is very skeptical of fish (especially fish tagged with Cheap Fish Project, which this is — $5/lb, frozen, at Trader Joe’s).
I’ve also discovered a new, fun thing to do with orzo — toast it in the pan with olive oil before cooking it with the boiling water. It . . . → Read More: What’s for Lunch? Orange-Rosemary Grilled Mahi Mahi over Toasty Orzo
