Thursday, March 17, 2011

3-17-2011



So when we're not loudly talking on our phones in the library, or inviting our relatives over to do our laundry on the weekends, even Asian people do Irish stuff on St. Patrick's Day. My participation in the event came by way of eating a giant pile of corned beef. My job just so happens to be down the street from one of the best corned beef places with the coolest cashiers in the area. Their counter looked like this the entire time we were there, and that's just the restaurant orders. Between the dine in and the deli side, I wonder how many cows they sold today. I think there's at least one cow's worth right here.

After work, Nicole and I went out to pick up the last of her birthday presents (above), and celebrate another night of Dessert Week. The dessert of tonight is raspberry creme brulee and martinis. I think martinis are about as socially opposite as you can possibly get from green beer. Nicole thinks they deserve the pinkie out salute and that creme brulee is just good.

So the present that Nicole got is a Nespresso Pixie espresso maker. She went to the store to buy some other version, but was surprised with this brand new model that they just released today. Fancy colors are a big deal. It was a birthday miracle. It uses these little capsules with confusing names to make coffee. Nicole also got this Aeroccino automatic milk frother. These machines combine to make magical lattes that we hope will work like methadone to ween Nicole off of her Starbucks addiction.