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SORRY! I DIDN'T ABANDON YOU, I SWEAR! (Maybe I did... a little bit...)


Crap... I guess I should do a recap? *cue cheers from crowd*

I did a tiny bit of sightseeing in the evening when walking the dogs... I have a picture of the Painted Ladies and a very foggy skyline that I'll post when I hook my phone up to my computer. Mostly I've been going into work and eating a fresh muffin and drinking an iced coffee for breakfast. (Much of this breakfast action can be seen on my twitter. I like taking pictures of my food.)

Heidi and I went out to Ebiza(?) and had some lovely sashima, including kobe beef. Totally delish. Tilly started obedience class this week and we went out to a great burger place in Westportal called Bullshead. They have buffalo burgers there. It was a dream come true. (omnomnomnom)

I had two days off this week (Tuesday and Wednesday) and went out grocery shopping on the Haight with Georgy on Wednesday. It was a lot of fun and we ran into... *insertdrumrollhere*... AMBER! Amber worked at The American last summer, she's a college student, a lot of fun, nice. It was very random. Heidi went to get her hair cut as Grasshopper, a salon very close to the restaurant. Afterwards we went to Zaza to get pedicures.

I have green toenails! Merherher.

And last night was band practice, which means tonight... DUM DUM DUM! Is a gig! Woooooo!

Love,
Henna

(I'm sorry this is a rushed entry, my mind is going as I get older. Everything jumbles in my brain :P )

Lasagna Night!

As some of you know, I often go grocery shopping for dinner that night of. This means that every once in a while, I get a grocer who chats me up (refer to "Sickness DAY 2") about what I'm making for dinner.

Tonight, Nikki and Elvis came over to cook and eat with us. Nikki and I made LASAGNA! (Oh, Garfield would loooove us.) This cooking party meant that I needed to go shopping for deliciousness. And I got the cute grocer again. Tall, blond, ridiculously skinny, nose ring. 

ScrawnyGrocer: Pasta night?

Henna: Oh yea, making some lasagna...

ScrawnyGrocer: Nice! I love lasagna. 

*insert other pleasantries here*

I've never had to tell this guy that I live nearby and therefore am a member and get member sales, he just inputs them automatically. I love saving money.

But the lasagna was delicious... so filling and yummy.

Nikki's Homemade Lasagna

• 1/2 box lasagna noodles
• 2 lbs. ground beef chuck
• 2 jars marinara sauce (Newman's Own Cabernet Marinara works quite well)
• 30 oz. ricotta cheese (don't go for the skim stuff, that has no flavor)
• 2 eggs
• Red pepper flakes (to taste)
• Salt (to taste)
• Papper (to taste)
• Basil (to taste)
• 1/2 parsley bunch
• 1 bag of italian cheese mix (mozarella, parmesan, gouda)
• An open bottle of wine for the meat

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cook the lasagna noodles for approximately 9 minutes.
3. Drain the noodles.
4. Throw the beef into a pan on high heat, breaking it into pieces and stir them around.
5. Put salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and basil into the beef, continuing to stir.
6. Drain juices from the beef when browned and pour in some wine.
7. Turn the burner to low heat and mix in the marinara sauce.
8. Scoop the ricotta cheese into a bowl and crack both eggs into it, stirring until smooth.
9. Throw most of the parsley into the ricotta mix, leaving a little out to season the finished lasagna.
10. Put some salt and pepper into the ricotta, stirring until completely blended.

Assemble the lasagna as follows:

• One layer of noodles
• Layer of ricotta
• Layer of meat sauce
• Layer of cheese

When you are finished, there should be about three layers. Sprinkle the rest of the parsley on top and cover with foil. Put in the 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes with the foil on top. After 20 minutes, remove the foil and bake for another ten minutes.

EAT IT!

Back From The Playa

So this weekend was quite relaxing because I was in a desert (Black Rock to be specific) in Nevada. I sat around all day, drinking soda (and water, because that's healthy) and reading. I also started my driving lessons! Wooooooooooo! I actually went up to 60 mph I've never done that before.... But the best part was late in the day when the sun was less intense. Especially when it looked like this:

Yea, yea... could be anywhere. But it's still beautiful

On our way back home, we drove through Sparks (?), Nevada and stopped at the Applebee's. Oh man, that was true family style eating right there (gag). Being a bit suntoasted, I was not in the mood for not so good food. I was disappointed. (No I wasn't... I just didn't care. Heidi and Nate were saddened by the quesadilla burger.)

Today was the first day we were opened after the long weekend. (Oh yea, Happy Fourth of July to all y'all 'mericans.) And I met, completely randomly by-the-by, one of my friend's older brother. He came up to the register and the first thing that came into my head was, "Holy *insertexpletivehere*! He looks exactly like her! Miiiiind_________" So I nervously waited a little bit before asking him outright. Crazy random happenstances all over the city :D

Tonight we went to Tsunami, a great sushi place on Divisadero. I got some fried baby octopii and went to heaven. Sometimes, fried baby things are the way to go.

Love,

Henna

Sickness DAY 2

I woke up a bit earlier yesterday... (something to be said for sleeping 18 hours) and turned on my phone for instructions to walk Stella. Tilly was, unfortunately, at the dog shrink, for trying to eat a Pomeranian. (I mean, come on, doesn't that sound like an appetizer? I'd eat a Pomeranian too if it was on the menu...)

Stella and I went out for some lo-key, slow moving walkies. Pretty seed* if I do say so myself. We got back and both of us lounged on the couch. All day. Because I hate moving when my throat hurts.

I watched How I Met Your Mother *extremeexcitement*! I love that show!

When Heidi and Tilly came back, we made plans for some risotto along with some awesome roasted cauliflower for dinner. To get the goods to make this awesome dinner, Heidi dropped me off at the Haight Street Market. Enter awkward grocer who has no idea how to pick up women.

Grocer: Hey, whatchya doin' with those prawns?

Henna: Making dinner...?

Grocer: Oh yea?

Henna: Yea?

*Insert another awkward man who unwittingly tried to cut everyone else in line*

Grocer: Oh man, people like that. So unaware of everything, you know?

Henna: *awkward laugh* Yea, totally... I deal with people like that at my job too...

Grocer: *insert awkward "Oh, where do you work? Grilled cheese? Awesome man! I love grilled cheese, I'll have to come check you out." here*

Henna: Oh... yea... you definitely should...

*side note: I don't blame the man who accidentally cut in line. This grocer was chaaaatty. Couldn't get away without it being totttaaallly awkward.

So dinner was yummy, then I swallowed some Ben & Jerry's cherry garcia fro-yo, because that %&$@ is awesome for sore throats!

Love,
Henna

*seed: awesome, legendary, etc.

Mini Food Post!

Some food from work that I have consumed for lunch. Yuuum.

 Mousetrap with tomato soup and the ginger lemon soda

Butterscotch Pecan Blondie (My weakness)

I'm Skipping Monday 'Cause I Don't Remember

As you can see from the title of this post, I don't remember much from Monday. SO THIS'LL BE QUICK.

Monday:
I went to work with my new shoes and had a lovely lunch of Mousetrap and tomato soup. I made part of the mac n cheese for Tuesday and went home. We went to Nopalito for dinner. (Yum.)

ON TO TUESDAY! (This will also be unfortunately brief.)

I GOT SICK! Sore throat, swollen glands, spacey-ness, the works. So I passed out on the couch and slept for most of the day while chugging glasses of water. Don't remember much. Woot!

Love,
Henna

Don't Judge?

I had this totally awesome walk at work on Sunday. It was a hobble-bounce-flounce around the restaurant. My shoes were still giving me trouble so I went to Sketchers after work. I needed something with cushy stuff, so I got the shoes with Kim Kardashian advertising them. Yes, I got Shape-Ups.

NOW, before we go into heavy judgement mode, I'd like to mention a couple of things. 1) They make me about 5'4" 2) They have arch support, which my other shoes did not have. SO YEA. (I'm currently looking for a sharpie to erase "Shape-Up" on the front and sides.)

So now I can walk! Hoorah!

Heidi and I took the dogs for a walk through the Castro, which was many varying shades of drunk. Very, very drunk. For those of you who didn't know, the Gay Pride Parade was on Sunday. One guy excitedly stopped us to pet Stella.
"His name is Smokey! He's the reincarnate of my dog, everything! I love this dog. I mean, I like [Tilly], but this dog is my favorite."
"Her name is Stella--"
"No it's not! It's Smokey!"

Yeaaaaa...

As we turned around to head home, we walked through the Lower Haight and came upon the very new restaurant, Wing Wings and got the orange miso and the buffalo sauces. The orange miso was freakin' delicious.

After consuming the delicious bit of dead bird, Nate persuaded us to watch Anvil: The Story of Anvil with him. Don't ask me what it's about. I fell asleep. :)

Love,
Henna