MONDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 6 strawberries
Lunch: Leftover butternut squash rissoto
Afternoon snack: Chocolate cake. Thanks Hayley! Coke zero
Dinner: Junk food extravaganza: Hot dog, pizza, and bbq beef sandwich. At Costco.
9.28.2014 | TI8
SUNDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Cinnamon waffles a la Eliza
Lunch: California crepe from Crepevine. There are a lot of great spots around Berkeley, but I always have a soft spot for this one since the original opened up right where we used to live in the City. This worked out to be a good choice, since they had a broad menu with hamburgers for the kids.
Afternoon snack: Gelato from Caravaggio in Berkeley. Very fresh and tasty.
Dinner: Butternut squash risotto
Dessert: A leftover cookie and a Nordstom caramel (thanks, Papa John)
9.27.2014 | TI8
SATURDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, many, many strawberries
Lunch: Chicken sandwich.
Afternoon snack: Scraps of chocolate cake that Suzanne was baking
Dinner: Pizza from Little Star at the “dinner with Albany” event. They close down Solano, and 3,000 people eat in the street. We went with Daniel and Gita and family. We got heavily into the table decoration, going for a Solano Stroll carnival theme, but didn’t quite get it done in time for the judges
Dessert: A totally amazing carousel cake as part of the decorations. Suzanne probably won’t post it to flourarrangements, but it was totally awesome. Palomi’s friends kept stopping by asking for some, and finally, she and Eliza just took slices on the road and handed them out.
9.25.2014 | TI8
THURSDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 6 strawberries
Lunch: Leftover meatloaf cups
Dinner: All sorts of hors d’oeuvres at some reception
Dessert: Well, I was kind of hungry, so I had some leftover mashed potatoes with bolognese sauce. And then some chocolate bark.
9.23.2014 | TI8
TUESDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Scone of some sort (meeting day)
Lunch: Ham sandwich
Afternoon snack: Chocolate chip cookie. Coke zero
Dinner: A bunch of small plates from Tamarindo Antojeria. Very tasty, although if I’d been paying, I might have thought they were a bit small
Dessert: The flan at dinner was kind of lame… had a bunch of strawberries on vanilla ice cream when I got home
9.22.2014 | TI8
MONDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, maybe 5 strawberries.
Morning Snack: Iced tea
Lunch: Leftover spaghetti with meat sauce
Afternoon snack: Coke zero
Dinner: Bread and tomato salad
Dessert: Eliza’s mint brownies
9.21.2014 | TI8
SUNDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, strawberries.
Lunch: Chicken sandwich
Afternoon snack: Chocolate bark, Coke Zero
Dinner: Homemade spaghetti with Bolognaise sauce. Made the pasta from Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. It required a lot more water than the recipe called for and it still didn’t come together easily. On the other hand, it wasn’t sticky at all, and it tasted great.
Dessert: Eliza made special mint brownies
9.20.2014 | TI8
SATURDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Donuts. Specifically, custard filled chocolate bar. From All Star Donuts.
Lunch: Bolognaise sandwich on Suzanne’s bread. This is an amazing use of cold bolognaise sauce.
Afternoon snack: Ice cream cone… a little bit of chocolate bark… Coke Zero.
Dinner: Thai food at Bua Luang. First time… the girls were both at a birthday party (a sleepover for Eliza, though Tessa came home before bedtime). The pumpkin curry was exceptional, but the eggplant was a little tough.
Dessert:
9.19.2014 | TI8
FRIDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 4 strawberries
Lunch: Chicken sandwich with hummus
Afternoon snack: Pete’s mocha fredo. I had a document to read, and it required up-picking.
Dinner: Pork tenderloin, corn, BLT corn salad
Dessert: Rood beer floats
9.18.2014 | TI8
THURSDAY I ATE
Breakfast: Grapenuts, cranberry juice, 4 strawberries
Lunch: Leftover pizza
Afternoon snack: A couple of York’s. They were soooo necessary after 4 hours of meetings into the afternoon. Plus a Coke Zero.
Dinner: Pasta with tomatoes
Dessert: Nibby shortbread cookies.