Economies

above shown: a fraction of the amount of pizza craig consumed when dared to finish what the others couldn't...his friends know better than to say, "we bet you can't!"...craig's stomach was in turmoil for days to follow. below shown: a big delicious mug of beer at fox and hound in indy.

I've been wanting to post for what has felt like weeks and weeks. Much has happened and has distracted me from jumping headlong into the blogosphere, but here I am, with minutes to spare before Craig arrives home and hungers for his Vodka Penne, fresh steamed green beans and garlic wheat bread. So I type in haste!*I've missed out on recording so many things. A co-worker threw his wife a surprise 25th birthday party (ahhh! 25! to think...) and we traveled out to Long Island for that. We kicked it off at a Dave & Buster's, where I salted my food for the first time in what feels like years. I used to heavily salt my food, before I discovered what food is actually supposed to taste like when it's prepared properly (ie., here in NY!) Clearly, chain restaurants are going to have to work hard to win back my affections, if that is my unfortunate fate (to return to that life). Oh! And I forgot that the night prior to the party, Craig and I breezily picked up our iPhones at the Chelsea Apple store. That's part of the distraction that is clogging my extracurricular life pattern right now. Following the retrieval of the handy dandy nifty hand held devices, which means portable Internet, everywhere, we ate at Brick Lane, an Indian restaurant on Curry Row in Manhattan (Brick Lane is named after the Indian district in London, seeing as Indian cuisine is practically the top most ordered cuisine in all of England). We watched an episode of Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel which landed our funny host Adam at Brick Lane, where he embarked on the Phaal Challenge (claiming to be the World's Hottest Curry...the chef wears a gas mask to prepare this dish! Bah!) but needless to say, we did not attempt the Phaal Challenge! Instead, we ordered a random lightly fried cauliflower appetizer which blew our minds, followed by semi-spicy curry dishes from their list of 14 curries! We will return to Brick Lane, indeed.*So, then Saturday we were in Long Island, and we not only ate at Dave & Buster's, but we also bowled...real bowling, not just the Wii this time. It was awesome and we had a ton of fun with the co-workers. The following weekend was our trip to Indiana to meet Baby Jake (Kara's newborn) and to catch up with other family/friends. For this explanation, I need a new post when I am not distracted with the task of dinner. The above pictured are teaser photos from our trip, although, I must admit that nearly devoured deep dish pizza and a mug of beer are hardly entertaining teasers. I will be better about posting soon enough. I've got the stress of work, a new iPhone and the damn New Moon book consuming my time. Priority of life elements will soon resume. I can only hope.*PS--the title of this post will not be touched upon in this post. I just want it to be known that it's on my mind.