My 4 part epic journey

Kids. I'm about take part in an epic journey.

One that has multiple parts.

And it starts tomorrow. Holy Heck it's here.

Part 1:

London Town Baby!

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I start this journey in London. Me and Maggie

are headed there tomorrow night and we'll

touch down and meet Jillian in the morning.

It will include a glorious stop at the Muffin Man

and it will definitely be 36 hours of tasty beer.

Friday evening begins the real journey 

Part 2:

Thailand!

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We'll spending 10 days traveling throughout Thailand-

the land of a million smiles. It will include mass amounts

of Pad Thai and all the other tasty treats I am lucky enough to 

find.

Part 3:

Cambodia!

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The three us will travel overland and across

the border to view one of the seven wonders

of the world. Angkor Wat. It's insane beauty will most 

certainly captivate us for the short time we have there.

Part 4:

Phi Phi Don

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We finish this final journey relaxing on the beaches

of Ko Phi Phi Don. This is one of my favorite parts

of this trip. It is most definitely going to be paradise

and a perfect end to a perfect trip. 

Fear not friends! I'll do my best to write it all down and 

give you an insane recap of this trip. I am most positive

this will be an adventure full of great stories. I hope they are

so wild I can only share 10% on here. 

I'm too busy to date.

I've been told I'm too busy to date.

What does that even mean?

I didn't believe it to be true until today.

Ok- I still don't believe it but I did have

an eye opening moment into how busy life

can get. 

I had a meeting with my boss regarding my 

upcoming schedule. I'm traveling a lot lately.

I'm heading to Thailand soon. I travel in March/April.

May. June/July. Holy heck.

It's great.. I'm not complaining trust me.

Travel was my first love. And I'm

 really looking forward to heading to 

Alaska, back out west and more.

But back to my point-

Can you be too busy to date? Too busy

to let someone into your life? Apparently.

But I refuse to give up and give in to my

schedule. I might just have to realize

that I should be dating someone in another

country. No? That won't work? Shoot.

I started this blog to write about my healthy

love for life. It has mostly become about my

crazy life and love of food and beer. So while 

my life is still healthy, there is just less love

and lust for dating and more for food

and beer. 

Speaking of food.. tonight I had a tasty

delicious dinner.

I made more Kale Chips. Mashed cauliflower

and Gardein mandarin chicken. It's

faux chicken but it's seriously as awesome

as an any real chicken dish. Now time

for HIMYM. Boo-yah!

Are you too busy to date? Do you date even though

you're busy? What advice do you have for busy people?

Finally took the plunge

I think I blinked and it's Sunday. 

I finally made kale chips yesterday. I

was scared to try kale and finally took the plunge!

Amazing! New fav veggie.

Recipe:

1- pre-heat oven to 350

2- break kale off of stem. 

3- put on baking sheet that is lined with parchment

paper.

4- season with olive oil, salt and anything else you like.

5- bake for 10mins. ENJOY!

So simple and delicious!

After dinner I went out to spend one last

evening with the Europeans. We met at Towne

for drinks and dinner. Just drinks for me. But the

atmosphere was great and the food was tasty.

We went for more drinks at Dillon's after.

Miriam and I enjoying our ciders.

Maggie, Me and Candice. Go Ahead Girls.

It was nice catching up with friends and saying

goodbye to my Europeans. I miss them already!

Today's lunch was put on hold until after 2

because I couldn't decide what to eat. And then it hit me.

I was having a serious craving for Clover for lunch.

I also realized the Grillo's Pickles opened near clover.

I went and ordered 2 spears to go. Then from Clover I

ordered the chickpea fritter to go.

This was easily my lunch of the week winner.

It was very filling and was the perfect lunch.

I recommend hitting up both places. Clover

is frying the pickles from Grillo's but only after

3pm. Unfortunately, I arrived at  2:40 and it wasn't

time yet. But it's something to look forward to!

Question of the day: What kind of lunch do you usually

crave?

Date nights

Life has been crazy busy lately!

My social life is booming due to the

fact all my friends from Lucerne are in Boston.

We've been filling up on good food.

We went for Lobster since they don't

get to have it much. Lobster would

be my lunch of choice every day if it were

possible for my life and wallet.

Thursday we had our annual work meeting which

included bowling and food at elephant walk.

The bowling was pretty good. I could have

done better considering once I was part

of the bowling club. Not a joke.

Dinner at Elephant Walk was amazing! It

was such good food. And I'm happy to report

that in less than 2 weeks- I'll be sitting in Thailand

eating the most delicious pad thai ever. And likely

for two weeks straight.

At dinner I found out Barbara has recently learned

to make balloon animals. A lady of mystery!



It was a great night with work and it helped

me to remember that I'm lucky to work in

such a great place!

I was TGIF-ing hard yesterday.

So I indulged in a tasty treat from Whole Foods.

For some odd reason their idea of a sample

actually means full size.

Yep- those are "samples" from whole foods.

It was a good thing to include in my Friday.

And it was easily the love of my week.

Since I'm not having real date nights,

 me and Ashly went out for our own "date"

night. It included amazing indian from Mela.

It's in the South End and I highly recommend it.

But- the owners also own Diva and the Dosa

Factory among others. So visit one of them if you

can.

Then it was time for the main event...

Beauty and The Beast in 3D.

I also saw Lion King when it came out.

Guess what folks- Finding Nemo and Titanic

are also going to be released in 3D.

It was a lot of fun minus the crazy girl who sang

and acted out the entire movie for the crowd.

I've already killed it at the gym today with a

10-mile bike ride and some time on the elliptical.

I shall reward myself later with a delicious bev

of choice.

Hope you are having a healthy and happy

weekend! I also hope no one is Tebow-ing too much.

Two favorite Tuesday

Two Favorite Tuesday.

I wish it was called - I drank a delicious pint of

 beer. But I didn't because I'm watching what I ingest.

Saturday is the free day. Which usually includes beer.

I wish today included beer but it didn't.

That's one of my favorite things but I'm not

counting it today. Maybe I should re-name today?

Anyways- all my friends are visiting from Lucerne

which is great. My job entails being part of a team

that all work from Switzerland. I am the lone wolf

in Boston. So it's alwas nice to visit and eat food

and drink beer together. Which is what we did last

night at Meadhall. A fav of mine in Cambridge. Over

100 beers on tap? Yes please. I had the shipyard

that you see above.

Ok- two favorite things Tuesday. Let's do this.

1- Hanging with friends at exciting events.

I mentioned I was going to Frozen Fenway over

the weekend. It was awesome! The weather was killer

and lots of friends were around.

Umaine won. Then I almost got in a bar fight. True story-

I kept reminding UNH fans that they suck. Bad move.

But I made it alive to the Baseball Tavern for a few

bevs (beer) with friends. Closing time came and we stumbled

on to the street and decided it was the prime photo opportunity.

Ok-I basically threw my camera at the bouncer and he snapped

a few shots.

Classy bunch of kids.

It was a great weekend.

2- Spin bikes at the gym.

Sometimes I'm a gym rat. And I eat really

healthy 90% of the time. Ok maybe 85%. But it's

because I seriously love taking care of myself.! I'm not

 trying to lose weight but I do love feeling good

about myself and accomplishing things. Working out sucks.

Seriously- it does. But the after results and the feeling

of accomplishment is what counts.

My gym has these killer spin bikes. You can watch

a video and spin. It's like a class for one and it's awesome.

You do have to push yourself but I was sweating like crazy.

10 miles. Done and Done.

So I guess what I'm saying is enjoy

some beer with your friends and also take

care of yourself.

It's caveman approved

Today is Frozen Fenway! I've been

looking forward to this for months!

My Alma Mater is playing- Umaine. And

I'm hoping for a big win against UNH!

It's a great day for hockey. The weather is beautiful

out there and I can't wait.

I'll have more on the event tomorrow.

Today I have two AMAZING recipes for you.

First- Palee-Oats!

I love real oatmeal but when I saw this recipe

that Tina posted, I had to give it a whirl. Lots

of people are following the Paleo diet these

days. Here's a great recipe:

Ingredients:

1/4 cup almond milk

3 egg whites

1 small banana (mashed)

cinnamon

vanilla

In a saucepan mix milk, eggs, and banana.

Then mix in cinnamon and vanilla. You can add

more spices or nuts or berries if you want.

Keep whisking until it fluffs up to your liking.

It will look like oats I promise. It should just take 3 or 4

mins to get to a good consistency. It's so fluffy and delicious.

I added 1/4 cup oats to mine and a tbsp of PB.

Holy Hell. Amaaaazing!

You might be skeptical.. but seriously this is my new

favorite breakfast. It just beat out my protein pancakes.

Plus- it's caveman approved.

Second: Easy Breakfast Cookie

1/4 oats

1 egg white

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp vanilla

cinnamon

raisins

Mix the ingredients together

Spray a bowl with canola spray and mold like a

 cookie. Microwave for a minute. Don't cook it

too long or it will get too crunchy.

I topped mine with PB of course. I had

one before the gym for a quick healthy bite

to hold me over until my real breakfast.



Enjoy these awesome recipes.

I'm off to get ready for a day of hockey.

And probably beer and fried food.

I can't be healthy all the time.

Do you have any special diet you follow?

Any tips for quick, healthy recipes?

My own Champagne Supernova

Happy New Year!

Can you believe it's 2012? Well

as someone born in the 80's I thought things

would be a heck of a lot different. Flying cars

anyone? Taking a pill for dinner instead of

real food. Ok- well some people

already do this.

I brought in 2011 with a bang! I was

surrounded by fantastic people and

great bevies. We started at Maggie's and

Jillian's place. With ate some food and

sipped champagne.

 Then we had more champagne.

I had my own little champagne supernova.

It was worth it.

We got into our finest. I opted

for a sparkling number... and more champagne.

At least my champagne included fruit- OJ.

Did I fall in love on NYE? No- there wasn't

a lot of man candy at the party. And what few men there

were- women out numbered them by at least 7. This

meant everyone was after the same guy. So-

we all decided to go home with each other

and eat pizza together. I couldn't think of a

better way to spend the end of 2011 and the

start of a fresh new year.

Yesterday is another story... ouch.

I don't think I moved from my bed until 6pm.

That's when Ashly and I ventured out for

some food. I had a terrible day of eating.

But- it happens.

We went to Foundry on Elm. It was eh.

I had a burger so that was hard to screw up.

But Ashly had the Fall Turkey Sandwich.

It tasted like a plate of salt and pork. So

we went to J.P. Licks after because it was

the only way to fix the bad meal.

Today I've already gone to the gym and

got my groceries. I'm about to take a nap

because this head cold is killer!

Happy New Year! I hope you are off

to a great and memorable start. Keep being

awesome!