Food Porn

My brother was telling me about a show he was watching....or maybe he was reading this....anyway - this guy was discussing cooking shows and asking viewers [or readers] whether they actually watched the shows and cooked or simply enjoyed "food porn." I thought the term was interesting and realized that I totally love food porn! I love love LOVE watching the food network. I also love cookbooks, but hardly ever cook. When I do cook I do venture out and try new recipes, but its usually the hubs who runs the kitchen.

Food porn aside - Here's the Weekend Rundown.

FRIDAY

Friday night I met up with my friend A for a late dinner. We decided to head down to South Pasadena [instead of the overly-crowded Old Town Pasadena] to look for a new place to dine. We accidentally came upon the Firefly Bistro which we had both been wanting to try out. We were not disappointed. It is a cute restaurant tucked away just south of Mission Street where the farmers market is held every Thursday. It's a very small restaurant so we of course had to wait for a table. Luckily, they recently added a small bar area at the front of the restaurant so we were able to enjoy a drink while we waited. I must mention that the food is amazing. I had the Country Duck and A had the Crispy Fried Ahi Tuna. Both dishes were perfectly cooked and full of flavor. This place isn't cheap, but if you're looking for great food with fresh ingredients, and maybe celebrating something special, this is the place. And you can take your own wine for a $10 corkage fee. I'll make sure to do so the next time I go.


SATURDAY

The hubby conned me into taking him to work at 8am. I prefer to sleep in Saturdays, especially when I've been up past midnight the night before. The effing GAP, once again, decided to hold off on paying their employee monthly parking passes. So of course G had been paying his own parking for the 2nd month [still waiting for that reimbursement]. But, being the loving wife that I am, I agreed to drop him off and pick him up. Shockingly, this was the best idea. I ended up heading to Starbucks for some morning crack. It was such a nice morning that I decided to grab the LA Times and sit outside. I had not had time like that to myself in quite a while. I think I sat out there for about 2 hours before heading off to complete my errands for the day.

at 5pm I picked up G and we headed off to a baptism celebration out in Chino. [I am so over the Saturday afternoon 210 FWY traffic.] We had a great time at the baptism. There was tons of liquor that resulted in many laughs. As always, the Mexicans were the last to leave at around 11:30pm....when I was sober enough to drive the rest of the drunks who managed to polish off 3.5 bottles of wine, at least 2 cases of beer, and half a bottle of patron. Good times.

SUNDAY

Guess what? It was deja-vu from Saturday. My morning began exactly the same! Same time, different Starbucks, different news paper. This time I sat outside and read the Pasadena Star News. I waited till Pet Smart opened just down the street since I needed to buy fish food. You see, we have a new addition to the family - a beta fish. I named her [she's small with short fins which makes the beta a "she"] Negra Tomasa. My cousin Cat has a beta fish names Tomas from our cousins 15-ñera last year. Since this beta fish came from another family party [yesterdays baptism centerpiece], I thought I'd name her after another fish I hear too much about. Let's see how long she lives. Anyone care to place a wager? That's her on the left. Excuse my crappy cell phone pic. She's blue & purple.


Oh yeah - I forgot to mention that I was stupidly entertained with a very small mouse at Starbucks. It kept running in and out of the bushes. I finally had to put my feet up on another chair because I was afraid it would run up my leg. I spent a good 20 min. trying to get a picture, but those suckers run fast.


I then headed home where I did a mixture of cleaning, watching football, and taking a nap. I then picked up the hubs and we headed to my moms to watch the VMA's on directTV. This was great because this meant we were home by 9pm. And don't even get me started on the VMA's. I vowed not to discuss celebrity trash, but I'll make an exception. Some thoughts:
- Props to JT for challenging Mtv to play music videos.
- Britney is a disaster and needs to stop & take care of her kids.
- I <3 Kanye, but he needs to stop whining.
- Chris Brown is assome.
- Rhianna deserved her wins.
- Rock is going downhill.
- The award show resembled the New Years eve show with random performances in different areas.
- The VMA's are going downhill.

That's enough of my whining.

In brighter news, I picked up a copy of Common's new album "Finding Forever" and I LOVE it. I had recently started complaining to G that I am very much over current music. But I can't even seem to find something appealing in my old music. I have finally found something to quench my musical thirst in Common's album. 3 tracks in and I was sold. It was exactly what I need. It's fresh, hip, and his celebrity comments make me chuckle. Also, I really can't wait for Kanye's album tomorrow. I'm even thinking of picking up 50 Cent's album. I've heard some tracks and really dig em so far. High-five for great new music.