Southern food and bowling

Last night we had a fabulous southern dinner at lucille's. Ramzi and I
shared the jambalaya and it was great, best jambalaya I ever had!

Haute Cakes

Nothing better than starting off the day after wine night with brunch at Haute Cakes. I was very satisfied with my Omelet with asparagus, tomatoes, caramelized onions, and feta.

March Wine Night

Last night was "wine night", it's something Ramzi, Kenny, and I organize once a month for our friends and their friends. The rules are simple, anyone can come to the party as long as they bring a bottle of wine and their own glass and dress up. We provide the snacks and the music. Wine night is always a lot of fun, lots of wine, lots of people, music, dancing, and last night was no exception. 

On top of the usual mingling, we also had a tasting game. There were five unknown wines that the contestants had to guess what kind of wine it is, e.g., merlot, cabernet, etc. Bonus points were awarded to those that could find one word to describe the wine and that also appears on the label. One person got all five correct! I guess it was a lot harder than we thought, or maybe people were pretty "wined up" by the time they started! :) 

I think it's a clear sign that people attending wine night are not really wine connoisseurs, but winos (like me). It's also a clear sign we need to drink more wine, practice makes perfect right?!

Flashback of the 80s

I need a hair cut like no other! To hide this fact, I'm sporting a side-braid á la 80's. We likey, or not so much?

Happy hour on humpday

Today was equally cold in the office, but I came prepared... I stayed warm and cozy in my scarf and hat! The funny thing was that it was actually quite warm outside, so I had to take them off when I went out for lunch :) Truly the opposite from what I'm used to. In Sweden it's always warm and cozy inside. The houses typically have great heating systems, insulated walls, and triple windows. But outside I guess it's still colder than my office. California vs. Sweden 1-0!

After work Margaritas at Taco Rosa's happy hour. Perfect ending of the work day! $3 margaritas, $2 beers, and $5 tostadas.

I love their Margarita glasses. They're really thick and heavy and I love the color splashes. They have similar wine glasses too. Anyone know where they sell such glasses? Not that I should buy more wine glasses, we have too many as it is (but not nice ones like these). 

Energy crisis... in my office

This is me bundled up in my office. I'm wearing a wool sweater, a cashmere scarf, and I wrapped a fleece blanket over my legs. 

Why is it that my school decides to blast the air condition on a rainy day? They send out emails about conserving energy, about energy crisis, etc. etc., but then why am I freezing in my office? They can turn off the air condition permanently in my office for all I care. I finally realized why there is an energy crisis, it's all being used up to cool down my office! 

A while back I sent an email to the building manager about this issue, and he said nothing could be done, it's all centralized. Unbelievable! That in our new smart building, they can't control the temperature! I'm sorry rest of the world there's nothing I can do, my office will continue to be an energy sink!

Well, I guess I'l have to invest in more scarves and warm sweaters!

Weekend summary

Another weekend is over again! Can't believe how fast they go by. This weekend has been very relaxing however. Friday we were up in Big Bear (see pictures below), then we spent all of Saturday working, and Sunday (today) was awesome!

Today was a beautiful sunny day. Felt like summer! It made me really appreciate living in California as opposed to my native Sweden. Walking out of my house in a t-shirt in February is unheard of in Sweden, but here it's normal! I just love it! I do like having a little bit of seasons, and we have had just enough winter storms to fill my quota of dreariness. Now I hope for sunshine until the fall!

Anyways, we had a wonderful bbq for lunch. Sat outside in the garden, ate steaks right off the grill and fresh salad. Then, Ramzi and I played soccer with some friends. It was fun although I really suck! I'm a terrible soccer-player, and it didn't make things better that I get severely overheated in this kind of weather because I don't sweat. I know it's the weirdest thing, and people say I should be happy, but it is really inconvenient. Instead of having sweat glands that exert fluids to cool down my skin, my body retains all the water in my fingers. After soccer, my fingers looked like little sausages ready to burst, and I couldn't even make a fist because my hand wouldn't close. And my face looked like a tomato. I actually scared Mazen when I came home. Since I was suffering so much, both from the heat and from sucking, my BF was nice to give me two mercy goals. I think he did it so I won't say no next time.

After soccer, and in particular after my shower, I felt energized and went grocery shopping and prepared food for most of the coming week. Yeah, again, I have big plans for making this week healthier and better than the previous one :)
Check back with me tomorrow morning to see how energized and excited I am about the new week... ;)