7. Do something extra special for Alex’s 30th birthday. 15. Go to 5 new restaurants. 16. Try 5 new cocktails. 51. Visit a foreign or domestic city I’ve never been to before. As previously chronicled, I “surprised” Alex with a trip to Chicago for his 30th birthday (#7, #51) which conveniently fell on Labor Day [...]
In the last month, I’ve been crossing off 101s left and right. A brief overview: 4. Take my dad out to 5 different events Instead of buying my father unneeded polo shirts or yet another WWII book, I like giving him “event” gifts where we can spend time together. For Father’s Day, I purchased tickets [...]
14. Eat at the Chef’s Table at Nicholas. So often, we take food for granted. We eat for necessity, we eat out of boredom, we eat for comfort. However, sometimes we slow down and experience food as something a bit more transcendent. For our anniversary, Alex and I dined at our favorite place, Restaurant Nicholas. [...]
11. Retry 5 foods I don’t like to see if I can like them. I have problems with certain food textures. Like Jello. It is evil and disgusting and jiggly and repulsive and makes me gag. It stems from either a bad case of food poisoning or a stomach bug that both my brother and [...]
10. Try 5 foods I have never tried before. 15. Go to 5 new restaurants. (This post is a several days late, but grades are due and I’m still working on essays.) April16-25 was Jersey Shore Restaurant Week where participating venues offer prix fixe meals (usually $30 per person) in order to entice customers [...]
15. Go to 5 new restaurants. This past weekend, Alex and four co-workers ran in the Jersey Shore Relay Marathon from Seaside Heights to Asbury Park. Thankfully, the rain, rain went away and the guys finished the 26.2 miles in under 4 hours. Naturally, after running 6+ miles, Alex and Joe worked up quite an [...]
11. Retry 5 foods I don’t like to see if I can like them. For Meatless Monday, Alex made crispy rice with mushroom and carrots (recipe is available on I Cook, She Eats). No problem with all of that; not only do I eat all of that, but they were ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. What surprised me was [...]
15. Go to 5 new restaurants. 16. Try 5 new cocktails. 50. Visit a museum I’ve never been to before. Alex and I are not spontaneous people. We like to make plans, lists, itineraries, schedules. We threw that to the wind and planned a quick getaway at 10pm on a Saturday night. As Alex was [...]
It’s not that often (or ever) that I wake up at 4:30am and can say, this is a great morning. Today was. Lately, I’ve had a few sluggish days at the gym; today, I was determined to turn that around. New personal best: 1st mile: 9:44 2nd mile: hit it at 19:45 (that’s a 10 [...]
28. Stick to my Weight Watchers diet and lose at least 10 pounds. 36. Work up to running 5k (just not in a race). Although I’ve been unhappy with my weight and lack of fitness for a few years now, I hadn’t done anything about it. Buying my house and starting grad school in 2004 [...]
