Yet another prime weekend. Even if I did spend the majority of Saturday nauseous/hungover/dying.
Of course once it hits Thursday at 5 pm my weekend has officially begun. And thank goodness too, work is horrid. Sitting in front of a desk 8 hours a day, not the ideal way of spending my time. So Thursday evening started out with Dinner with Kim Z. and Liz at a small middle eastern restaurant followed by Coldstone Creamery Ice Cream! YUM. And every Thursday Grey's is on, so Kim came over to watch that and we were able to skype with Lene!
Friday was super productive for me. I did laundry, picked up my new glasses/contacts, went grocery shopping, and went to the Apple store to pick up my new external hard drive while getting my computer fixed, for FREE! I also was able to watch Winter's Bone, starring Jennifer Lawrence that I've been wanting to watch for a while now. After that, I made some brownies and read for a bit. Then of course I got to see Candace, Kaitlin, Cassidy, Sanam and Kim. Oh and I got super schwasty, hence the hungover Saturday I suffered through. Although I do remember everything that happened, it all seems a bit blurry.
Even though I felt sick until the evening, it was a nice day. Kim took care of me, made me breakfast and helped me clean up my room. We then meandered up to her new place and unpacked a lot of her stuff and went through all of her clothes. We also decided what she needs to buy for her room, and we're heading to IKEA tomorrow! For dinner we made an amazing dish: Red Wine + Goat Cheese Risotto with caramelized onions and mushrooms. The recipe doesn't call for caramelized onions, just mushrooms, but we both love onions so we thought why not?! It came out amazing. It doesn't look as appetizing as the photo, but I never think risotto looks especially appealing. The taste is amazing though! I will definitely be making this one again.
Saturday night I spent at Kim's... ;)
So yesterday (Sunday) morning we biked out to Harvard Sq. where we went to the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnography and the Harvard Museum of Natural History. It was so much fun! I'm really glad that Kim likes nerding out at museums like I do. The Peabody Museum was nice, especially since I was able to understand everything thanks to Anthropology, but the Museum of Natural History was definitely my favorite. There where awesome animals in jars, butterflies and beetles pinned up, skeletons of dinosaurs and dodo birds, and taxidermy of any animal you could imagine! There was also a beautiful exhibit on the Glass Flower Collection created by Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph. They started creating the flowers in 1886, and their work is amazing! The collection is of different species of flowers, all made of glass. I was in awe, all of the flowers looked real. So real I was seriously doubting that everything about them was made of glass! Incredible work and talent.
After the museums we went to brunch at the Russell House Tavern. Everything was delicious, we split a burger with fries and salad, and a EBLT (egg, bacon, lettuce and tomato). And since it was brunch on Mother's day we had to get some Mimosa's to celebrate!
We made a quick stop at Bed, Bath and Beyond to pick up a few more things for Kim's room. Then we headed back to her place to relax, meaning that she took a nap while I continued reading A Storm of Swords, I'm having trouble putting it down! George R. R. Martin is a genius.
Then because CP got her new bike, we HAD to go on a bike ride. So we took an evening ride along the Southwest Corridor, through JP, of course stopping at JP Licks to get some much needed ice cream. I'm so proud of Candace and her bike! She did really well for her first longer ride, and she is a quick learner so biking in the city will be a breeze soon enough. I'm excited to go on our next ride! But of course it won't be until this rain goes away. I thought it was supposed to rain in April, not in May. Oh well, I have my super attractive rain pants that I get to wear biking to work.
Of course once it hits Thursday at 5 pm my weekend has officially begun. And thank goodness too, work is horrid. Sitting in front of a desk 8 hours a day, not the ideal way of spending my time. So Thursday evening started out with Dinner with Kim Z. and Liz at a small middle eastern restaurant followed by Coldstone Creamery Ice Cream! YUM. And every Thursday Grey's is on, so Kim came over to watch that and we were able to skype with Lene!
Friday was super productive for me. I did laundry, picked up my new glasses/contacts, went grocery shopping, and went to the Apple store to pick up my new external hard drive while getting my computer fixed, for FREE! I also was able to watch Winter's Bone, starring Jennifer Lawrence that I've been wanting to watch for a while now. After that, I made some brownies and read for a bit. Then of course I got to see Candace, Kaitlin, Cassidy, Sanam and Kim. Oh and I got super schwasty, hence the hungover Saturday I suffered through. Although I do remember everything that happened, it all seems a bit blurry.
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| Risotto, photo courtesy of Kim! |
Saturday night I spent at Kim's... ;)
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| Cuban Snails at the Natural History Museum, taken by Kim |
So yesterday (Sunday) morning we biked out to Harvard Sq. where we went to the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnography and the Harvard Museum of Natural History. It was so much fun! I'm really glad that Kim likes nerding out at museums like I do. The Peabody Museum was nice, especially since I was able to understand everything thanks to Anthropology, but the Museum of Natural History was definitely my favorite. There where awesome animals in jars, butterflies and beetles pinned up, skeletons of dinosaurs and dodo birds, and taxidermy of any animal you could imagine! There was also a beautiful exhibit on the Glass Flower Collection created by Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolph. They started creating the flowers in 1886, and their work is amazing! The collection is of different species of flowers, all made of glass. I was in awe, all of the flowers looked real. So real I was seriously doubting that everything about them was made of glass! Incredible work and talent.
After the museums we went to brunch at the Russell House Tavern. Everything was delicious, we split a burger with fries and salad, and a EBLT (egg, bacon, lettuce and tomato). And since it was brunch on Mother's day we had to get some Mimosa's to celebrate!We made a quick stop at Bed, Bath and Beyond to pick up a few more things for Kim's room. Then we headed back to her place to relax, meaning that she took a nap while I continued reading A Storm of Swords, I'm having trouble putting it down! George R. R. Martin is a genius.
Then because CP got her new bike, we HAD to go on a bike ride. So we took an evening ride along the Southwest Corridor, through JP, of course stopping at JP Licks to get some much needed ice cream. I'm so proud of Candace and her bike! She did really well for her first longer ride, and she is a quick learner so biking in the city will be a breeze soon enough. I'm excited to go on our next ride! But of course it won't be until this rain goes away. I thought it was supposed to rain in April, not in May. Oh well, I have my super attractive rain pants that I get to wear biking to work.
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