Gobble Gobble!
Ah…Turkey Day…actually Turkey Weekend is my favorite time of year. This year’s dinner was delicious as usual. Here’s a photo of our turkey-lurkey. It’s golden brown and delicious.
When it was time to carve the bird, Smush and Koa rushed the kitchen to make sure they could catch whatever dropped. Koa learned quickly from his first Thanksgiving when he happened to be under the turkey and ended up with tasty drippings all over this head/nose.
Here’s the full spread. We had turkey, stuffing, creamed corn, cranberry sauce, crescent rolls, sweet potato, mashed potato, and GRAVY. Yum.
I went to work this morning and actually had a good time. Teresa was my partner for the day and it was just like old times. We brought the kids downstairs to make a huge breakfast complete with eggs, sausage, waffles, pancakes, hashbrowns, and freshly-squeezed orange juice. Afterward, we had a three-person dance party down the hallways with our patient, and then finished the day tackling an agitated patient back into his wheelchair. On top of that, I finished all my treatments by noon and was home by 1:30 after it was all said and done. On my way home, I met up with Jes and Koa at the Ferry Building to buy some bread from Acme for our turkey sammiches.
Here are photos from this week’s Gobble Gobble festivities.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted food on beakatude. We had really nice weather this weekend so it was the perfect opportunity to go out and eat! On Saturday morning, we walked to the Farmer’s Market and I opted for the kimchee fried rice with an egg on top from 
Later that day, we had some errands to run so we stopped for a carnitas burrito at 
Today, we did a little shopping in Union Square so for lunch we stopped at 
Luckily, that same evening, I had McWino Night planned with the girls. It’s our spin on Happy Hour that started one night when Teresa and I ended up on the roof of my building with wine and junk food. It later evolved to a night on the roof with McDonald’s and bottles of wine. For this go-around, we had to move it indoors since it had rained earlier in the day.
We also added nachos to the menu this time in order to celebrate the end our hospital audit.
While I was telling the girls about how I had to fatten up, I found a baby McNugget. Isn’t it cute? I thought so…and it was delicious. At the end of the night, we used FaceTime to hangout with Ranee too. Good times…
On Wednesday night (11/2), Jes and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. We drove down to Los Gatos, which is about an hour south of SF, for an epic 3.5-hour dinner at Manresa. We opted for the tasting menu and probably had a total of 11 different little morsels.
This one was a really pretty one called “In the Garden”, which is basically a collection of vegetables and edible flowers from their organic garden on site. The food was all very good but I was ovewhelmed by course #8. Kumquat made a little harder for me to eat as much as I usually do so Jes finished off a lot of my dishes.
The night ended with a pair of black sesame/black licorice macarons and candles. Cute.
Brother and Joy came up to visit this past weekend and I took Friday off to enjoy the time with them. They arrived on Thursday afternoon and I got off work in time to drive back to SF, pick up their luggage, drive home, and walk to Hog Island for HH with them.
On the walk home, there was a really pretty sunset and the sky was pink and orange. The weather was really pleasant and it remained warm through the night…so unusual.
On Friday, we got up early and went for a short run to Chinatown. We stopped for breakfast at Washington Bakery and had some porridge and fried dough. Yum.
Later that day, we drove to Sausalito to check out a cute novelty shop and grabbed a quick bit to eat before heading over to the Walt Disney Family Museum.
The last stop was Humphrey Slocombe. I was bummed that I couldn’t get a scoop of Secret Breakfast but I got to try Fluffernutter, whcih really tasted like an Abbazabba!
On Saturday, I had hula rehearsal in the morning so Brother and Joy wandered Japan Town and had brunch on Fillmore. Afterward, we headed home and walked to lunch with Jes and Koa. It was so warm and sunny outside. Later that night, we drove down to Redwood City for lobster rolls and clam chowder at Old Port Lobster Shack before driving down to Shoreline for the Journey concert.
It was super crowded on the lawn but we somehow found Dot and the Masayas and hung out at the top where there was an extra bar and plenty of room to spread out. We stayed until the end and watched them perform their most famous songs.
On Friday (9/30), I met up with Ranee and she took me on an epic grub crawl for my birthday.
We started at her apartment and on the way to Madison Square Park, we found a CoolHaus truck and picked up an ice cream sammich for breakfast. Hee hee.
Once we arrived at Mad Square Eats, we picked up a Connecticut-style lobster roll from the Red Hook Lobster Truck. It’s not the same kind I’ve had before since it’s just lobster poached in butter and stuffed into a bun. It was so yummy!
For dessert, we picked up a liege wafel with fresh strawberries on top from Wafels & Dinges. It was so crispy and chewy at the same time and with just the right amount of sweetness.
On our way to Chealsea Market, we stopped at Financier Patisserie for some choquettes. They’re basically hollow cream puffs with sugar crystals on top and they’re so light and yummy!
At Chelsea Market, we browsed the bakeries and shops inside. Eventually we made it to Lobster Place for a Maine-style lobster roll. It’s the usual kind with mayo and came with potato chips. Mmm…just as tasty.
Afterward we hopped onto the subway and headed uptown to Levain Bakery. They make the most amazing chocolate chip cookies that are the size of scones and come out warm and gooey. It was the perfect end to our grub crawl. Thanks for the tasty tour, Ranee!!!
After the grub crawl, I headed back to Jason and Jia’s apartment to rest and digest a bit. Eventually, we decided to leave for dinner and I got to try Shake Shack for the first time. Luckily we decided to check out the newest location in Battery Park where they had indoor seating and we didn’t have to wait in a long line. The burger was yummy but pretty greasy. It’s good but not as good as In N Out.
After dinner, I got to see the new World Trade Center tower that is currently under construction. I also got to see where Jes’ office is when he comes to New York for work. It’s the building to the right of the World Trade Center.
On our walk back to the apartment, it was sprinkling and we had just enough time to open our umbrellas before it started to POUR. It lasted a good 15 minutes and we hung out under the Burger King awning with a bunch of the protesters that were congregated at the park nearby.
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