1.24.2015 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Morning Snack: Chocolate chip cookie and iced tea… needed to justify my existence in the coffee shop somehow.
Lunch: Leftover pizza roll
Afternoon snack: Diet coke
Dinner: Burger at MoMo’s in San Francisco after the boat show. Just a very basic burger, but it was really well cooked and delicious.
Dessert: experimental meringue cookies

1.20.2015 | TI8

TUESDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Granola, cranberry juice
Lunch: Leftover turkey pot pie
Afternoon snack: Dack chocolate peanut M&M’s, Coke Zero
Dinner: Ate at Renee’s Place. Spare ribs, orange chicken, broccoli beef. The orange chicken was the best.
Dessert: Milkshake and a beer at Grazie Burger in honor of Eliza’s play.

1.11.2015 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Pancakes with syrup and applesauce
Morning Snack: Pancake sandwiches with penuche frosting and chocolate chips. This was a spur-of-the-moment decision as there were some leftover pancakes just sitting there at the same time Suzanne decided that a batch of frosting wasn’t properly spreadable and decided to make another. These were fantastic.
pancake frosting sandwich
Lunch: Leftover pizza rolls
Afternoon snack: Hot cocoa. Coke zero.
Dinner: Burger stuffed with gorgonzolla, topped with saute’d onions and in a bun made from the pizza roll recipe. I tried something I’ve wanted to do for a while: cook the stuffed burgers sous vide. It was a successful experiment, but I should have charred them more at the end.
I also added some mozarella to try to bind the blue cheese, and that was wholly successful.
stuffed burger sous vide
Dessert: The photo version of the banana blondies with penuche frosting for Flourarrangements

8.10.2014 | TI8

SUNDAY I ATE

Breakfast: Leftover waffles

LunchPizza at Gilroy Gardens. In all honesty, the pizza does not have much to recommend it, but in other respects, Gilroy Gardens is an amazing place. If you have kids between about 4-11, it’s a great day. Think of going to the fair, but without the whining for tickets. There is a water play area that is great on a hot day (i.e., most of them in Gilroy) so have them wear swim clothes. Eliza couldn’t believe that they just let her stay on the spinny Mushroom Swing ride as long as she wanted.

Afternoon snack: Popcorn

Dinner:  We had promised Eliza a burger, but then ate pizza for lunch. Truly, we thought we’d be home by dinner, but we were having such a good time at Gilroy Gardens that there was no way to make it home in time. Punched in “Burger” into Waze from on the road and selected one that wasn’t too far off the route. It brought up The Counter, which I”d just noticed in an airport last week. What we didn’t notice was that this one was at Santana Row, a fancy shopping mall. Nor did anyone realize what a zoo that would be on a Sunday evening. It turned out to be a 45 minute wait, but it was a gorgeous night. After 15 minutes of waiting, we finally got smart to the fact that we could order to go and sit at a lovely outdoor table to eat. The build your own burger is great. I highly recommend the fried onion strings, both as a side and on the burger. But it’s also a chance to experiment with stuff I wouldn’t normally put on a burger, like pineapple (not bad). Next time, I’ll go when it’s less crowded and check a few more boxes and see what I get.

 

7.26.2014 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE

Location: Home -> Feast of Lanterns

Breakfast: Grapenuts with cranberry juice and fresh strawberries

LunchBacon cheeseburger from Jeffrey’s Hamburger’s in Palo Alto. Pretty decent burger, good fries, good shakes.

Dinner:  Ribs and other yummy potluck food. Thanks Luke

5.17.2014 | TI8

SATURDAY I ATE:

Breakfast: Forgot

Morning snack: Red Cheese.

Lunch: Chipotle

Afternoon snack: Frappuccino. I love these things. I try to eat them only while traveling, but technically, I was an hour from home, so maybe it counts?

Dinner: Open face beef brisket sandwich at Palo Alto Creamery. Plus a chocolate shake. Fantastic on both counts.

Dessert: Dear god, man! I had a Frappuccino and chocolate shake! What do you take me for?