Slice of Summer

It feels like a lifetime since I had a good steak. I'm definitely becoming summer deprived, especially bbqing. And the other day, I relished in what little bit of summer I could with a mango martini and a damn good steak.

To commemorate Valentines Day and our 4 year anniversary :), my boyfriend took me to Earl's for dinner. Man, I have only been there once a long time ago and it was amazing, it was one of those meals that I go home and think about how good it was.

We had warm spinach and feta dippy stuff with warm crunchy little toast things. Then we both got steaks with potatoes and veggies. I hadn't had a steak since summer and it was feaking awesome. It had that wood grilled flavour. ***** out of *****

Mushrooms, Martinis and More

So my pay day coinciding with my mother's undying love for minestrone soup at Olive Garden created a perfect situation to try something new for my blog. I've been slacking at the whole actually trying something thing. I'm a Taurus, and we don't like change. I wanna eat cereal, PB&J, hot dogs and salad FOREVER. (oh, and now sushi ;) )

I didn't try something totally crazy because I was a starvin' marvin' and all I wanted was stuffed mushrooms. I actually really, really hate mushrooms. In salads, on pizza, in soup, in stir- fry I hate it. ALL OF IT. Except stuffed mushrooms from Olive Garden and Red Lobster. I would harpoon anyone between myself and a cheesy stuffed mushroom. But i promise you the ones from Sobeys tastes like ass.   

nom nom

: )

Unlimited salad and stuffed mushrooms sounded like a plan, but there's nothing new you say? But wait, there's more. I got a freakin' marshmallow martini. I know, I didn't know they had those either. I was actually pleasantly surprised how tasty it was. I've had their chocolate martini before and it was just too sweet and too much liquor to taste good. This martini has 2 oz. in it but it wasn't an overwhelming taste of alcohol like the chocolate one.

It was frothy, and the right amount of sweetness. I did get a little sick of it after a while because it's a flavorful drink, but I would most def get one again. Good on you O.G.

A blog about ketchup

Being the picky lass I am, there are not only things I won't eat, but there are alot of things that I won't eat without a condiment. None more so than ketchup. I'm seriously obsessive. Hot dogs, burgers, fries are meaningless without ketchup. This is what I do :

Put ketchup on the bun. Close the bun. Open it back up and put more (the first layer just gets soaked up). Put a big pile of etch up and dip it.

When I went for a week to Cuba a couple years ago, I totally forgot to bring ketchup. People told me to make sure I do, and I was just like meh, it won't be a big deal. Boy was I wrong. They had a limited amount of this ketchup like stuff in red bottles, and if there was none in the bottles there was like a tomatoey paste in a dish. Sickening. So I started hoarding the bottles in my beach bag, and sharing with other hotel friends that did the same. Next time I'm going to bring the Costco size ketchup.

Love u ketchup :)

Directions Conference

breakfast remains

Eating in social situations always poses issues for me. It can be so so awkward, whether it's at someone's house or at an event like yesterday. The Directions Business Conferences was yesterday and a few crecommers, including me, won a draw for a few tickets. So a handful of us Cre Comms mixed in with about 500 business students, had a day of interesting info sessions. There was even a session for Moksha Yoga CEO's, which I found particularly neato. But as for lunch, it was all one meal, unless I lied and say I was a vegetarian or celiac. Man, a buffet would have been awesome.

So  breakfast when I got to Canad Inns was baskets of muffins, croissants, and plates of fruit. This day was starting off excellent. I had a blueberry muffin (that I actually thought was chocolate) some pineapple, cantaloupe, watermelon, apple juice and my first coffee of three.



bad pic, but i was being inconspicuous



Lunch rolled around and I found my seat, and I thought it was weird that the dessert was already on the table placed around the center piece. Omg what a horrible centerpiece. Ridiculously fake plant things in a in a square glass container with dark blue glass pebble things. If they took out all those fake plants, filled it with water and a few floating tea lights, oh dayum it would look good.

So my plate was placed in front of me and I was really not excited. It was lasagna, and I despise lasagna. But I was a starvin' Marvin so I was planning on eating everything. I was really disappointed though how it was all placed. As I've been getting older I don't mind when certain foods touch, but like the lasagna was all up on the salad. So, I had leave a strip of salad that was infected. Then they had a delicious bread stick placed on top, but of course it got all soggy from the lasagna. I was just not impressed. But overall the food



cheese cake

was pretty good. I think I liked it so much because it was Canad Inns food, so it wasn't too fancy, just plain. Not too much tomato sauce, or spice. And I also had my third cup of coffee, which was probably not a good idea for my belly.

Well as I already said I had a good look at the dessert and it was my least favourite: cheesecake. I've tried cheese cake many many times, and it always looks so yummy and I really want to like it but I just don't. I've tried it at weddings, at my grad, store bought and even my grandma's homemade. But I gotta say I really liked this cheese cake. My fellow cre commers said it wasn't the best, but I think it was the best cheese cake I've had but probably because it didn't really taste like regular cheese cake. More cake-ish and sweet like whipped cream or something.

Overall, it was an alright meal, not my first choice but managed without starving. I'd give it ***