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Awards, wine, food, expanding waistline..hangover
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 | Food, work | No Comments
No, this was not the recipe I was intending to conjure by the time Saturday hit.
You would think by the time I’ve experienced more hangovers than high school crushes I’d have my hangover remedy at the ready.
Today has been especially painful because my memory of the night before is vague and frighteningly unfamiliar. I remembered vitamin B, vitamin C, water and ibuprofen, but it went from a fishbowl headache to incredible nauseousness back to headache. Magic toast with peanut butter helped me in the morning, but I did get ravenous later in the day but stuck to crackers and seltzer water.
But, let’s start with possibly how in the world I got to the point of obliteration yesterday evening.
So, Thursday. Nevermind my days have been overflowing with the planning details for the event our firm is managing, but with a headcount expectation brimming at 450, it’s all becoming too apparent as to just how many planning details are needing to still be in order before the middle of next week. We are actually at the countdown to the event and 12 days is where we are at. “One day at a time”… I keep repeating, “One day at a time”.
But back to Thursday. So, work had seats at the P- R - S - A - Spot- light Awards evening event and our firm won 2 awards presented that evening, which was exciting and incredibly validating. Dinner was good, the event was hosted at The Treasury Ballroom. The social hour at the start was incredibly long, alotting time to enjoy two fantastic glasses of Shiraz, which were uncomplimentary, which was surprising. They had servers weaving through the clique’s of people with delightful hors d’oeurves and then dinner contained a delicious salad, then I received the veggie plate of grilled veggies above a bed of mashed potatoes and the meal closed with a generous portion of whipped chocolate mouse frosted with a dot of heavy whipped cream. I couldn’t resist.
I at least got some running in this week. I worked out Sun, Mon, Tues & Wed, knowing full well Thurs and Friday would be out. It’s still a constant battle with my jeans, tops and well just about everything in my closet at the moment.
Friday was met with much wine, fabulous food and good company… unfortunately, it closed with a disconcerting blur.
Afternoon, our firm enjoyed a nice ladies lunch with all of the firm’s female colleagues and one of them brought in their 4 month baby girl. We met up at Petit Provence. A haven for European style coffees and delectable pastries, lunch was good, I enjoyed their farmers salad with apples, nuts and Gorgonzola dressed with a vinagrette and accompanied by various breads, which I simply couldn’t leave unconsumed.
Evening, I was privileged and honored to accompany our biggest clients team and my team to the cookbook launch of The Chef’s Bounty latest release, The Vintner’s Kitchen: Celebrating the Wines of Oregon, which took place at The Governor Hotel.
To say there were some wineries there to celebrate the event is an understatement. I tried several wines and then all throughout dinner there was wine being poured generously, like it was a bottomless glass. So really it’s not my fault I’m a little impaired today.. right? Dinner was delightful, all the pieces to the dinner are featured in the cookbook and I was elated to learn that each of us received our own copy of this cookbook in our gift bags.
It was an impressive event. I got to socialize with our client and spend time with my colleagues. I only am ashamed as to how indulgent I was with the wine. Because nevermind I had more than enough wine prior to and during dinner, I seemed to need to proceed with basking in my wine glow ever more post event because our client team was staying at The Governor and thought having drinks to end the evening appropriate.
I admit I was relaxed, I was having a great time and truly appreciated my colleague’s serving my transportation needs, so I allotted myself a little too much freedom with my drink. Which meant blacking on the adventure home, the cake, ice cream, cheese and crackers I believe I consumed to help combat a hangover and soak up those last glasses of wine I consumed.
So, it’s Saturday and getting into the day took a little more effort, nevermind I feel like I’ve gained 15lbs. overnight, in fact even trying on outfits that fit last summer, don’t fit me now, it’s simply depressing.
I figure I’ll be in full form tomorrow and will at least work to get a workout in tomorrow, Mon, Tues & Wed, because Thursday, I fly to New York for an event I’m working over the weekend. The countdown will haunt me for the rest of this week and next weekend. I’ll be glad to have some time for me and see C & S & Dunc on Sunday, before I fly back on Monday.
Golly it’s a busy time, I will keep this lesson handy and hope I don’t have anything to be too ashamed of from Friday. 
Ominvore’s Hundred Vs. Slashfood’s 100
Monday, September 29th, 2008 | Food | 3 Comments
Omnivore’s Hundred, a list of 100 “must-try” foods written by a British food blogger. I found this to be very interesting and have seen it buzzing around in the foodie blog world, so I thought I would give it a whirl.
The first list is the British Top 100 and I’ve bolded the foods that I’VE eaten and crossed out ones that I’d never even remotely try.
The Slashfood is the American version of the list. So I decided to do the same thing with the American Top 100. You can participate in one or both or none. Leave a comment here and let me know what you think.
Here’s what I did for the Omnivore’s Hundred:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese (flesh of a boar)
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root Beer Float
36. Cognac with big cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried Goat
42. Whole insects I really cannot see why this is on this list????
43. Phaal - Indian Curry dish - I’ve had curry but not a traditional curry dish, I would say
44. Goat’s milk - From my grandpa’s farm
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu (japanese dish, it’s a pufferfish.. no way, no-how)
47. Chicken tikka masala - Ry and I are on the hunt to find and try… hopefully soon.
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear - grew up in Az. Couldn’t not have that.
52. Umeboshi - japanese pickled sour plum, apparently good for whatever ails you, especially a hangover.
53. Abalone - My mom had a collection of abalone shells, it’s like tuna but better.
54. Paneer - yum!
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal - from a long.. long time ago, like when I was 12.
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine - a dish consisting of French fries topped with fresh cheese curds, covered with brown gravy and sometimes additional ingredients
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin -????
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frog’s Legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake - YUM
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost - Brown cheese from Norway - Cheese? of course I’ll try it.
75. Roadkill - Now that’s just silly
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky - Love those Pocky sticks “)
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse - gawd no.
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake - tastes like chicken
So, being a vegetarian can limit the options of items I would try, but it’s fun to learn about all the different kinds of foods out there, especially those that run familiar in the Uk.
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So Here’s what I did for Slashfood’s Top 100:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at Slashfood’s post linking to your results.
Slashfood’s 100 must-eat American foods
1. New York pizza
2. Hoppin’ John
3. New Mexico green chile
4. Homemade buttermilk biscuits
5. Tasso
6. Whole Main Lobster
7. Calabash-style shrimp and hushpuppies
8. Kansas City barbecue ribs
9. Hot glazed Krispy Kreme
10. San Diego fish tacos
11. Cheese curds
12. Key lime pie
13. Philly Cheese Steak
14. Memphis pork BBQ sandwich
15. Lowcountry boil
16. Huckleberry pie
17. New England clam chowder
18. Boiled Peanuts - now who would do such a thing?
19. Buffalo burger
20. Eggs Benedict
21. Pastrami on rye
22. Corned beef and cabbage
23. Pancakes with maple syrup
24. Everything bagel with cream cheese and tomato
25. Thin Mints (preferably frozen)
26. Frito pie
27. Potato knish with mustard
28. Silver Queen corn on the cob
29. Soft pretzel from a street cart
30. Fresh-picked blueberries
31. Sourwood honey
32. State fair funnel cake
33. Chesapeake crab cakes
34. Candied yams
35. Oyster dressing
36. Snow cone or snowball
37. Wild Alaskan salmon
38. Sautéed morels
39. Persimmon pudding
40. General Tsao’s Chicken
41. Frozen custard
42. Italian sausage with peppers and onions on a hoagie bun
43. Chili dog - from a long time ago.
44. Buffalo wings with blue cheese
45. Spam musubi
46. Saltwater taffy
47. Fluffernutter sandwich on Wonder Bread
48. Black and white cookie
49. Frybread
50. BLT with thick-cut applewood bacon
51. Baked beans
52. Pumpkin pie
53. Collards with vinegar and Tabasco
54. Tex-Mex fajitas with skirt steak and sautéed peppers
55. Fried green tomatoes
56. Succotash
57. Shrimp and grits
58. Hot water cornbread
59. Barbecue chicken pizza with red onions
60. Chicken fried steak
61. Carnitas burrito
62. Apple butter
63. Geoduck
64. Soft-serve ice cream cone dipped in chocolate shell (especially Dairy Queen)
65. Pecan pie
66. Catfish supper at a church or firestation
67. Oysters Rockefeller
68. Homemade cranberry sauce
69. Pimiento cheese
70. Moon Pie washed down with R.C. Cola
71. Pickled watermelon rind
72. Cracker Jacks at the ball game
73. Smithfield ham
74. Meatloaf and mashed potato blue plate special at a diner
75. Chicken and waffles
76. Po’Boy
77. Green bean casserole with French’s fried onions
78. Stuffed sopaipillas
79. Turducken
80. Shad roe on toast
81. Sweet potato casserole with or without marshmallows
82. Cioppino
83. New York cheesecake
84.Pan-fried river trout
85.Jambalaya
86. North Carolina pig pickin’
87. California rolls
88. Burgoo
89. Penuche fudge
90. Fried peanut butter and banana sandwich (the Elvis)
91. Scrapple or livermush
92. Elk medallions in red wine reduction
93. Muscadine grapes
94. Cheeseburger at backyard barbecue
95. Open-face turkey sandwich
96. Burgoo Chicago deep dish pizza
97. Cobb salad
98. Peach pie a la mode
99. Macaroni and cheese with Tilla - mook sharp cheddar
100. Root Beer Float
So, this can be relatively limiting if one is a vegetarian, but it’s fun nonetheless
Simply a matter of time
Monday, April 21st, 2008 | Food | 2 Comments
It makes me sad to think that the downturn in the economic health of our country/ state has negatively impacted the places we have so loved.
I usually stay pretty up-to-date on the restaurant noise that is Portland, and I attribute that solely to reading “An Exploration of Food Drink” blog.
The latest is that Pix on Hawthorn has closed. The Brazen Bean on 21st and Glisan is now finding a new home. It once flung savory and sweet cocktails to it’s swanky patrons while providing a safe haven for cigar puffers on their quaint porch. The short of it, rent is too spendy and they are moving. Items are being moved to storage until they find new diggs and then will continue the cocktail conjuring. It’s really quite sad though.
Virginia Cafe has moved and while it still may stil have the name “Virginia Cafe” it still will never be the same.
They are gutting the building that the Brasserie Montmarte once thrived.
I honestly don’t know the details on why Brasserie closed. I think it might have been a project that was moved into too quickly and the funds to support the project ran out faster than beer at our house which is FAST.
It’s really a shame, I loved the Brasserie, we went there for R’s and I’s second or third anniversary. This was when Ryan asked what I wanted to do for our anniversary and I said I wanted to experience Paris, so R took me there, and it was a delightful time. Let me clarify that the anniversary was in dating, not married. I have fond memories of Brasserie and I have fond memories with friends there, so it really is a shame, but that’s how the cookie crumbles.
The restaurant business has to be one of the riskiest, especially now-a-days. Already Lagniappe on Alberta has closed, and has been branded a new name with a new menu, the Alberta Oyster Bar is under new ownership and well I guess that is all I know about right now. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that our thriving indie artists scene or block remains flourishing throughout the financial constraints of our community.
With the global climate change I know our local farmers will be hurting for decent crops this year, but I’m going to try to continue to buy as local as possible. I want to keep our community going and growing, even throughout the weather hardships.
Happy eating.
Planning perks
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 | Food, work | No Comments
So, back from the business trip.
April 13th’s Sunday’s BIG booth event (the last Texas event) we staffed and provided samples throughout the event time. We had to cut slices of cheese for sampling and my colleague and I had horrendous blisters in just a few minutes in starting the whole cutting process. This was a wine and food sampling event so the attendees enjoying our sampling got more and more interesting as it got later and we learned that the amount of wine available to the attendees far outweighed the food.
We had food, so we had long lines and by the end of the day, lots of tipsy slurry individuals coming up to ask us about our samples. Hilarious and disconcerting at the same time. Over 5 hours with no real breaks and no chance to eat anything since we left the hotel that morning we were ready for a break. IT was, overall, a good event. All went well for the most part and I appreciated working with my colleague who is a serious and hard worker.
We then hit 2 shipping places to get our collateral shipped back to Portland and while the customer service rep at the second shipping location had a serious bad attitude, we got it done, shipped and then we headed to dinner.
We had mexican for dinner, I was pretty beat and didn’t care really where we went for dinner, I just know I really wanted a good quality drink. It was a cooler day too and the Sangria truly hit the spot. I ordered two and had cheese tacos even after I scarfed down an almost entire bowl of tortilla chips and salsa, yes I was hungry.
Luckily American Airlines was on time and running smoothly for us Monday the 14th. I got up by 4:30am and we left by 6am and made it to the airport to drop off rental car by 6:25, although with a small heart attack while trusting my instincts driving to the Austin Airport. I had a moment of hesitation and pulled off the freeway to check directions and turned on the GPS and low and behold I was going the right way. I just needed to trust myself better.
I think that’s what makes driving with a GPS extremely frustrating. You loose faith in your intuition and question all your decisions. When the signs aren’t obvious then you rely on the GPS which only led me to taking wrong turns and taking an extra 10 - 20 minutes to get to destination. ANYWAY, I digress. We had about a 4 hour plane ride from Austin to Seattle. No free snacks only soft drinks which is where most airlines are going to to keep costs down. Which makes sense.
We had about an hour at Seattle. We checked the monitors for the correct gate, well that was wrong so we were sent to another gate only to learn that our plane is getting re-inspected so there will be a delay. Oh well, I’d rather be delayed to ensure our safety, FOR SURE!
So I’m getting back into the swing of things at work. Traveling with my work colleague was good, I learned a lot more about her and about me and about working with her, which is good since we’ll have future trips together.
So while Monday was spent unpacking and doing laundry I stayed up as late as I could before I completely passed out and woke up ready to take on the day on Tuesday.
To celebrate making it back safe and sound Ryan and I ended up being at work until 6pm on Tuesday and I really wanted a black & Tan so we decided to meet up at Moon which was good.
I certainly enjoyed my black and tans and spending time with Ryan BEST OF ALL, when we decided to leave to catch the bus home, dearest neighbor Miranda happened to be swinging by and what do you know picked us up with her momma and transported our smokey, beer laden butts home. Talk about lucky and how nice it is to have friends as neighbors! THANK YOU MIRANDA and MIRANDA’S Mom!
SO, today my work colleagues and I conducted a site visit for an event we are planning for work that will be taking place in October. We got to tour the Widmer Breweries’ event spaces. They had two spaces in which we could conduct the event and the “brand” manager who we spoke to was just delightful. He really wants to work with us and have the event at Widmer, which would be AWESOME! But, best of all, in parting he gave me and my 2 colleagues each a half rack of beer to take home. Talk about closing a deal! I mean that was soooo incredibly generous. We are in awe and one of my colleague’s doesn’t even drink beer, so her hubby will be a happy hubby this evening.
It’s just another testament to the many perks I am enjoying in my new role. I’m definitely feeling incredibly lucky.
Reading, wine and friend therapy
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 | Food, School, work | 2 Comments
Saturday’s MBA Seminar spurred a ton of interest in new reading material. I already have about 10 books staring at me telling me to finish them. Some of them are brain candy while some are appropo to career development. In case you are interested they are, as I’m sure you will recognize some:
So, with that I’ve written down more books to add to my reading list,
Well, I think that is all I can muster right now. Of course there are a number of other “brain candy” fiction novels out there I would love to read, but if I can get a good handle on business strategy I can make my MBA actually work for me.
WINE
Met with previous work colleagues for happy hour at Dessert Noir. Which happens to be owned by an employee of my prior employer. Crazy. It was fabulously priced with both drinks, wine and cheap food. The house wine was a Merlot and it was discounted and fabulous. Couldn’t complain.
Learned more about the challenges and heartaches at “work” for my girls and my heart went out to them. It was great fun though celebrating my new career adventure, celebrating one friend’s big 40 and the other’s big “divorce” which is a journey I certainly wouldn’t ever go through. It’s hard to believe my parents chose that journey 3 times in their life or actually twice for mom and 3 times for dad.
I’m just so pleased that without going to work and seeing these magnificent people every-day we’ve still made efforts to keep in touch and get together periodically and support each other. That’s what I’ve appreciated most in working is building friendships to last longer and become stronger without the “work” connection.
I’m truly fortunate.
Birthdays and Garlic
Friday, January 25th, 2008 | Food | No Comments
Celebrated two friends’ birthdays yesterday!
Happy Birthday L & Snooks!
I Love birthdays. They are an excuse to drink well, eat well and have cake. You even spend the time well… because you are with friends!
So we started out at Greater Trumps. I enjoyed a nice glass of their Cuvee. Greater Trumps is a McMenamins so its nice to know when you know you like something, you can get it at all of their fine establishments and lucky for me that is the Cuvee!
After R braved the cold and wind after a hard day at the office, he met up with us for a much needed respite with beer and some conversation before he headed home to do more work. While the rest of us, in honor of birthdays, headed to Gino’s for some fantastic Italian fare!
Boy and did that fare well and quite amazingly with a Caesar salad smothered in garlic!
I got to pick out the wine for us to share and of course how could one go wrong with a 2005 Barbera D’alba. Mmmmm soft slightly fruity with a light finish. Yum!
While, however, I was disappointed that my butternut squash soup with sage didn’t include the fine print of (with pancetta) luckily sitting across from me was snooks and at least he enjoyed every last bit of soup for me. I may be into poultry now after 14 years as a veggie , but, I’m certainly not entertaining introducing any merence of pork, or beef into my diet. While it was a horrid shock to have a first bite of soup contain bacon it gave me no joy to even think of ingesting more of that.
THANKS SNOOKS!
I then proceeded to enjoy my ravioli stuffed with potato and chestnut cream, YUM. Was I too full for dessert? Certainly not! So I enjoyed every bit of Gino’s chocolate souffle cake, washed down by the perfectly brewed and creamy cup of sensuous coffee. The perfect end to an almost perfect meal!
To face the wind and cold was no picnic after such culinary luxury.. but we made it and I was welcomed home by a hard-at-work Ryan and the cringe on his face as my lips neared him for a kiss….. Oh yeah.. there was a ton of Garlic wasn’t there!
A little bit of Shakespeare
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 | Entertainment, Food | 1 Comment
Tuesday was a day of adventure and intrigue. The day entailed a nice interview surprise. This had to be one of the most relaxed, easy and just plain wonderful interviews of the interviewing stint I’ve experienced. The job sounds fantastic as does the firm. I would love to be considered for this opportunity, however, as with all the interviews my expectations are not exceedingly optimistic. I simply have my fingers crossed.
The real excitement of the day was first the happy hour with Miranda at Oba (they have excellent happy hours, as you get a discount on both drinks & food. I had coconut prawns and ceasar salad accompanied first by the House red wine (which isn’t anything to write home about, so I settled for a cabernet as my second drink of choice and it was a good choice at that). Miranda had the Ceasar and then the chicken tacos which she said was really good.
Followed was an adventure into the 16th Century. An enchanting evening filled with mistaken identity, love, double-entendre’s and perplexity around sexual identity. The garb was true Shakespearean (not totally true as there were no cod pieces). The lines were delivered with intention and the minstrel kept the air full of romantic mystery and magic.
Twelfth Night is a Portland Center Stage must see, as is their Web 2.0 website. I love that you can add comments and opinions to their discussion feeds. It’s really a great way to connect with the audience and enable the audience to connect with the productions.
I definitely recommend Twelfth Night.
Dinner with Neighbors
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 | Food | No Comments
Last night we had a nice evening getting to know our neighbors just kitty corner from us. They live in a charming 1920 house, unfortunately they are receiving the brunt of construction happening just next door to them where a skinny narrow house is being built. I honestly don’t know how someone could envision a house on such a narrow plot of land, obviously someone with big dollar signs in their eyes.
They are a sweet couple, just married in Denmark and will be having a second wedding here in the states at Kennedy School. We are excited for them. They have the sweetest chocolate lab named Lucy. They are both graphic designers and Ryan & D (the husband) were able to get into some geek talk. D was a graphic designer at The Concordia Foundation, in fact, so alot of the Foundation employees know him. On a side note I start my internship there on August 7th. I’m really looking forward to it.
I think I was more excited about being able to cook a feast for people. First off, I LOVE my crockpot. You just throw stuff in there and turn it on and in a day’s time you’ve got a meal. It’s especially nice for Ryan, as he has been able to enjoy two meaty feasts due to the crock pot. The first meal in the crock pot that I made was BBQ pulled pork, which apparently was delicious. That took I think almost 20 hours of cooking in the crock pot. Yesterday I made a Carolina BBQ Pork, which was from the reactions I got, delicious as well. Makes me smile. I think I went a little berserk, because I also made
Greek salad, Mushroom fettucini, an asparagus salad with tomatoes and goat cheese, corn on cob, I grilled two portobellos for me the veggie Baked rolls to go with the pork, and a chive potato salad that I forgot to bring out. So yes, I enjoyed the opportunity to cook. I still think it’s a hobby I will further enhance upon being done with School.
D made a most scrumptious fresh fruit cobber, it was delicious with some vanilla ice cream, YUM! He had berries, nectarines and all sorts of deliciousness with a perfect light crumble topping.
I enjoyed a really nice Chardonnay by Bogle with dinner, it was really delicious, so much so, I polished off the bottle. It always concerns me when I do that, but really there are only about 3 glasses of wine in one bottle, so I figure it okay.
Lately, I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of Cooking Light Magazines I have all over the house, by tearing out the recipes I would most like to try to make and putting them in a binder. So at least once a week I’d like to grab a recipe and go, there are some meat ones too that I’d like to try, I’m pretty sure Ryan won’t mind at all.
We sat outside and I couldn’t believe the bee action we were getting. I brought out an “off” repellant but I think that only works with Mosquitos and not bees. They didn’t get too aggressive, but they did make it as a slight nuisance.
Before our neighbors came over, I realized how much I am liking not driving anywhere if I don’t have to. I drove out to Beaverton to meet with a PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) representative who had contacted me to do some volunteer work for them, of course she had me drive to her office out there on 153rd & TV Hwy and be there by 4:30 no less. The traffic was horrid, so I hit Cornell and took that over to Murray to TV hwy to 153rd and met her at VTM, a PR firm. Fancy shmancy place, with an open like work space and everyone looked so professional. Total opposite of the mego company I worked for. Anyway, it’ll be an easy project where I just update some of their records it’s basically to get me networked and get to know more people in the PR industry and have them recognizing my name.
That’s how you really get jobs these days.
Anyway, so now I have a house full of leftovers and we’re having friends over for dinner again on Friday, so it’s a busy week, but I love it. I love to share food with people, that I know, and if I’m the one cooking…even better.
Kick em when their down…… I guess
Friday, April 27th, 2007 | Entertainment, Food | 4 Comments
Clear anticipation awaited.
What happy hours I have spent this week. With my past work colleagues on Tuesday, which only led to a break down that evening.
Then Homework galore on Wed. To happy hour on Thurs. with a delightful friend who just got back from her vacation in China. Seeing Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu. Let me tell you…the food ..well alone, I don’t know that I could handle it.But it sounds like she had a most fabulous time. Unfortunately, later today, when my sweet friend drove me to Kell’s where Ry and his colleagues were celebrating the launch, I got the call. The call from the potential job I was sort of “either ” “or” about. Ideally I would have loved having the opportunity to receive an offer from. However, no, the offer went to someone more qualified. I deflated. Of course I responded with nothing but positive return and best of wishes to them and their endeavors, but there is something deeper still.
Sure, I may not have felt this was the “perfect” job and most certainly this may not have been the perfect job for me, but receiving that message of “we found a better candidate” only tells me I was not good enough. Thus only deflates me. How can apply for other jobs if I am not good enough for this job.
I cannot let myself be enveloped by limited hope! I must believe. I will continue to do so on our trip. For it is what will help me get through the next week.
Sorry,no photo today.
Anthony Bourdain got it right….
Monday, April 16th, 2007 | Entertainment, Food, work | 3 Comments
Sitting here watching Anthony Bourdain while in Paris only makes me incredibly jealous.
How does one find a job where they can experience every sensory aspect to a culture that can divulge in all things luxurious. Especially those of the sites, sounds and culinary palettes. The meat market was incredible. These butchers go in to buy freshest of fresh meats while enjoying a glass of wine at 7am in the morning. Where bakers get up at 3am to begin baking their dough that was made the night before. Pain au chocolate..baguettes….. Amazing. He visited a restaurant that would have been closed by our FDA officials as all cheeses were at room temp. there was a dog in the restaurant and the meat was served almost bloody.
Ah, if only to be Anthony Bourdain, or actually just to live the life of being able to experience cultures at their heart. Where the food is. You all know how I love food.