5/22 Recap

i left work and walked to lechmere.  the walk is just over 2 miles which i did in just under 40 minutes.  felt very good.  hopped on the 87 bus and was home just a little before 6.  was pretty hungry at that point so i had a handful of mini-pretzels and some hummus.

my brother then arrived at my apartment and together we walked over to Target.  where i promptly (after picking up trash bags and toilet paper) purchased a bike last night! nothing fancy, just a schwynn mountain bike that will be fun to ride around the ‘ville. very happy.  brother then left on his merry way after making sure that i and the bike made it home safely and in one piece.

it was rainy and cold last night and by the time brian got home (7:30 or so) we were both very hungry. we desperately need groceries, but because the weather was so awful, we didn’t go last night. instead we decided to try Precinct (http://www.precinctbar.com/ – not a lot of info on that site yet. try this one as well http://www.toastlounge.com/) which is a restaurant/bar right in union sq. basically, Precinct used to be Toast.  they’ve completely redone the inside and i believe is all new management and staff.

it was really comfy, all new bar stools and chairs with full, cushiony seats.  the menu isn’t large but offers a good variety.  my eyes were on the spinach salad with grape tomatoes, walnuts and crumbled blue cheese.  i contemplated adding grilled chicken or sirloin to the salad.  instead, brian and i split an appetizer of grilled sirloin tip bites.  which, i’m assuming, is just the steak tip entree sans veggie and starch.

so, i had the salad (with dressing on the side and only used a little) and ate all the spinach and tomatoes.  left most of the blue cheese crumblies and some of the walnuts.  blue cheese has a tendency to be overpowering to me.  a very little goes a long way.  and is really good, just not too much.  it was delicious, as were the sirloin tips.  brian had also ordered sweet potato fries in which i had to partake of a bit.

got home and while watching the basketball game with brian i had a tootsie pop.  i really love them and there’s a whole bag of ‘em sitting right there in our living room…i just have a hard time saying no to sweets.

food rundown for May 22:

• 6oz fat free strawberry yogurt
• 16 oz coffee w/skim milk
• veggie soup
• apple
• pretzels w/hummus
• spinach salad, grape tomatoes, walnuts and bit of blue cheese
• 4 sirloin tips
• sweet potato fries
• tootsie pop
• 2+ liters of water