that was just cruel

the meterologists.

not cool. not cool at all. Monday morning i jumped out of bed within seconds of my alarm going off. and that never happens. i ran across the room threw open the shade in hopes of seeing 19th st covered in a white blanket of snow. and what do i see?

nothing.
absolutely nothing.

not even a flake. just grey skies, a wet fire escape and the sky just spitting. so thanks weather people. thanks alot for making my morning crap. i couldn't wait to pull the wellies on and run through the snow. but no. instead you got me all excited thinking this huge nor'easter woudl dump up to 6" of snow on nyc. so enough with the hype.

and if wasn't bad enough, the forecasters and local news teams who you know were just kicking themselves for not coming up with quality news because they were relying on reporting school closings and down power lines due to accumulation. instead, they just kept going on about why it didn't snow. "well you know folks, the temperature just didn't drop as much as we thought it would."

Thanks for that. just kick me when i'm down.

here's to better forecasting and the next big dumping.

for dinner?

my mom came up to visit this weekend for some much deserved girl time. we shopped, walked around and caught up, good times overall.
i have to say my favorite part of the weekend would have to saturday's dinner. after some wine and apps at my place (edamame-ole recipe care of mom/cooking light made by me --it's a guacamole recipe using edamame instead of avocado, very yummy) we took the m15 downtown to Max Brenner.

what made this dinner quite so good? i'll have you decide for yourselves. here's a bit from the menu, and what we ended up feasting on.

Chocolate Pizza with Peanut Butter and Sliced Bananas

Hazelnut Cream Crepe
a think french crepe stuffed with melted chocolate chunks and hazelnut cream. served with vanilla ice cream, toffee bananas, vanilla sauce and candied hazelnut crunch bits.

it was friggen fantastic. dessert for dinner? why not. who needs a main plate when you can have the sweet stuff firs? we deserved it and life's too short. it was unbelievable. i just finished off the remaining couple bites of the pizza, i think i'm skipping the main again tonight.

i'm not going to be able to sleep tonight anyway, nyc is supposed to get hammered by a snow storm, dumping up to 6" by rush hour. any mention of snow quickly turns me into an first grader waiting impatiently next to the local news for the school closings.

new york covered in a blanket of the white stuff is one of my favorite things- everything goes so quiet and turns the hardest people soft.

well have a good one, have to go put pj's on inside and out and backwards in hopes of more snow.

I'm going to be a good wife... one day

not only for my sarcastic sense of humor, but because i can roast a chicken like nobody's business.

I had a small dinner party at my house this evening, just 3 of us, who vow to rotate houses to try new recipes. but you know what? i'm damn good in the kitchen. everything was homemade, on schedule with no reheating needed.

what was on tap you ask? for starters we had a nice slice of brie with whole grain crackers and sliced apple with a mix of spanish olives for those who craved a more spicy note.

the next course was a mixed baby green salad with fresh shaved parmigiano reggiano with a lemon dill dressing.

following the salad, served in chilled bowls i might add, was a roast chicken, stuffed with thyme, a head of garlic, lemon and sage roasted on a top of a bed of chopped onions, carrots and parsnips. a side of rosemary roasted diced new potatoes accompanied the meal.

honest to God the most moist and juicy chicken i've ever had. paired with a couple bottles of wine, you can't go wrong.

chocolate dipped strawberries topped off the evening care of a deb and were delicious. so i'm going to bed with a full but comfortably stuffed tummy.

with the promise of blogging a bit more. it was nice break.
i really should've taken a picture of my bird, it was just beautiful.