yaaaaawn. spring break....

so, today marks the last day of my first law school spring break. what do i have to show for it? well...

-i watched a LOT of tv
-i read 1.2 books (non-school)
-i outlined ONE section of ONE class (soooo not enough)
-i did reading for ONE class (that might change if i gain motivation in the next hour)
-i went to a school talent show type thing (where i saw a really cute boy perform "dick in a box")
-i drank. often. and a lot. (hey! its spring break! leave me alone!)
-i played the WORST game of pool in my life.
-i helped a friend buy a 7-foot mirror that looks HOT and SEXY in her apartment...
-i ate SO MUCH GOOD FOOD. actually, let's just pause and reflect on the food...
-where to begin....let's start with eating with matt. first, we went to Mizu near union square. SUCH good sushi!! they have this AMAZING scallop roll...excuse me as my mouth waters.
ive been here once before with matt (at night) when its a pretty hot crowd of 20-somethings with fun music. for lunch, its a lot more chill, but still soooo good. Next, matt and i (and mike!) went and got thai food here in brooklyn at joya. sooo good, too! i had spicy noodles with
shrimp and spring rolls.
-i went to "brunch" with erin last weekend on the upper west side. im blanking on the name of the place, but i had eggs benedict, but with smoked salmon instead of canadian bacon. holy mother it was good. i've since been told that this is a relatively common dish, but i dont think ive EVER seen it on a menu before. but i think ive fallen in love...
-i also met up with andy and a friend of his from DC. i think ive mentioned before that both andy and i are on a mission to find the best burrito in the 5 boroughs...and i think what we had last week may be the winner thus far. It's a place in park slope (brooklyn for those of you not in-the-know) called Rachel's Taqueria. i believe they also have another location in
brooklyn as well. not only was the burrito itself good, but their hot sauces were HOT!!
amazingly, wonderfully, happily hot. and i loved the way it was decorated! im not sure if they were real or not, but the walls looked as if they were covered in family pictures. a HUGE
collage of pictures. it was thoroughly enjoyable and i cant wait to get back there for another burrito. from there, we went to a coffee shop a few blocks away. i dont remember the name of it, but they offered quite a bit of chocolates, so i had to buy one as well--dark chocolate and pear, and the pear tasted sooo fresh. it was good. it had been kinda nice out that day, so we decided to sit out back in the garden area. yeah. that lasted maybe 40 minutes before i started FREEZING, so we left. we went back to andy's apartment to study, where i promptly fell asleep on the couch, and he fell asleep at the table....oops.
-"other" foods....
I actually had dinner made for me by a very nice boy (and, no, there will be no details) who made me this amazingly good vegetarian lasagna. he made it with an alfredo sauce and lemon goat cheese....soooooo good. with the left-over ricotta mixture, he and i made this kind of baked-rotini dish that was quite impressive as well.
i had brunch at panino'teca here in brooklyn. i dont even have words to express my
happiness with this place. i got...wait for it...."luxurious baked eggs." i wont be able to adequately describe it, but i will try. essentially, there is a small dish, about 1.5-2 inches in diameter. at the bottom is a piece of crostini topped with a poached egg topped with cheese. and then its all baked. wow. thats all i can say. holy mother effing WOW. if you are living in the brooklyn area, and you are reading this go. NOW! just...wow... and the coffee!! holy crap! my *other* mission here in new york (other than finding the perfect burrito) has been to find good coffee. well, i found it. i havent had coffee that good since i was in europe. actually, for my family members, the taste of it made me feel like we were back in the villa in toscana having breakfast...all that was missing was some bread and cheese. so, i found the waitress, adn she said that they actually bought their coffee from a little italian coffeeshop around the corner, Damico. so, i went and bought some of their coffee, and i have been happy ever since.
(real quick, before i move on, i want to continue RAVING about panino'teca. the day we went was another warm morning, so we decided to sit out in the back garden. it was unbelievable. we were the only people out there, and it was a quaint little garden, and it was SILENT except for some quiet sounds from the kitchen and birds chirping. it felt like a private garden that wasnt in the middle of brooklyn. and the sun was shining and it was warm, and there was a cat walking along the fence....i dont think there was anything that could have made that moment better. the food, the coffee....crap. my mouth is watering like crazy!!)
i think that was all of my eating-out...although, i feel like im forgetting some things...

needless to say, spring break was a good time, and im a little sad that its over...however, in just about an hour, i will be heading off for some more good eating! my absolute favorite sushi place just happens to be two blocks away from my building--iron chef house (which, sadly, does not have a web page for me to link to!!). im totally looking forward to it, plus! i get to have dinner with sara! which is always fun.

alright, i have now taken WAY too long to write this (that is also because i've had some technical problems--i accidentally hit "publish" half way through my writing, then, when i tried to recover it, it deleted chunks, and THEN, im super retarded and i accidentally highlighted a portion and deleted it....whoops...) anyways, im done. time to start getting ready for dinner. but, i wanted to leave you with one last little item.

as many of you know, i love love LOVE project runway. and i am deeply saddened that it hasnt come back on in months. but, i recently found this great little parody of the show that some of you may enjoy!