Spooky Brunch

This Sunday Mom, Susie, Sarah, and Nathan came over for a spooky brunch. (Of course Raf was here too.) Mom and I made lots of spooky food. It was really fun and delicious. Here is most of the food: Fuzzy pink heads (made by Sarah), jalapeno corn muffins with faces, meringue ghosts, veggie skeleton, and guacamole salad.Graveyard dirt cups. Mom made the grave stones. So cute.
Mango punch with orange sherbet and a frozen orange ring. :) We also had jack-o-lantern mac and cheese, seven deadly sins dip, salty bones bread sticks, mummy dogs, and a pumpkin jello mold. I love these jack-o-lantern lights that Sarah found for me:

Nightmares

I keep having nightmares and not in a good way. Unfortunately, they're nothing like this:
Does anyone have suggestions for getting rid of/avoiding them?

Picasso Hands

I love this picture. :)

My First Ebay Purchases

Shopping on ebay is more fun than I thought it would be. I think I'm going to do it more often now. I just don't like the really competitive part. Sometimes I lose at the very end. :( But these things were easy and fun to win!

I really like my new Fiestaware teapot! Periwinkle is a discontinued color so I was really excited to get it. I love the cover and the round handle. Now I'm going to have a tea party! :)

As you probably already know, I like jello molds. I was excited to win this vintage Tupperware jello mold. I can't wait to try it out!
Ebay is great for finding good prices on video games. This game came last weekend and it's kind of bizarre but super fun! I can't get over how cool the wii is.
I also have Mercury Meltdown Revolution coming! I'm so excited! I love puzzle games.

I also want to get Wario Land Shake-it and Super Mario Galaxy. I'll let you know what else I win on ebay! :)

Like Christmas Lights

I love how color Christmas lights make such a nice glow, but I decided they would be to "college-y" for my apartment now. I think this would be such a cool alternative:
I would love to try it if/when I own my home someday. I bet Rafael, the electrical engineer, could totally help me with it. :) Don't you just love arched doorways?

We got a Wii!!!

After months of searching we finally found a Nintendo Wii at the Gamestop in Coolidge Corner today. I'm so excited!!!! I hope everyone will come over and play with us. :) Here is Raf boxing (so cute):

He won!

Mom got a home run:

It's really fun! yayayay!

Apple Crisp

I got some cool new baking dishes at the Crate & Barrel outlet in Kittery this weekend. Mom and I made apple crisp in one this weekend. I love apple crisp and so does Mom and especially Rafael. Here it is before we cooked it:
And after!It came out really well! I love the new dishes! I also got a small one and a rectangular one. I hope Raf's ready for some casseroles! :)

Scenes From My Walk Home

When it's light enough, I like to walk home from work every day. Yesterday I took some pictures along the way, so here is a little tour of my afternoon commute! Be prepared, it's kind of a long one.

I start out by the TD Banknorth Garden/North Station. It's an exciting place because there are always lots of people around catching trains or going to watch the Celtics and the Bruins. I like the big Celtics sign. I wish I was going to see Madonna. :)

The green line is my alternate mode of transportation. I like the views of the city from the train.

As a civil engineer, how could I not like the Zakim Bridge? So cool. I also like it when it's lit with blue lights at night.

I cross over the Charles River into Cambridge. See the John Hancock Building and the Prudential Building?

It can get pretty dangerous....

....but these guys under the bridge make me feel safer.I really like this park. The trees are so pretty now too!

I like the mall!

The Lechmere stop. This is where I get off the train in the winter. :(

This was a scary picture to take. You can really see the Prudential from a lot of places!

I like the courtyard at the courthouse. It's one of my favorite parts of my walk. I was through here in the mornings too.

The cutest dog in the neighborhood! The owner isn't very friendly so I had to take this picture with extra zoom. ha.
I like walking through leaves in the fall! I know these aren't pretty like maple leaves, but this is the city after all!

This is a cool church on my street. I'm so happy the fire truck showed up for the picture!

Almost home! I hope you enjoyed my tour! :)

Machu Picchu

Raf and I ate at Machu Picchu in Union Square last night. It was really fun. I like their dishes and menus.
I ate a fish soup with tomatoes, onions, and cilantro. We had fried plantains on the side and they were so delicious!
Rafael had beef with french fries, onions, tomatoes, and rice. He loved it. We also had chicha morada and a pisco sour to drink.
Rafael was happy. :)
I was happy too. Here is me back home. :)


It was a fun night and I'm happy the red sox won. I like Daisuke!

Fall Food

Sunday night I ate a delicious fall meal of Cauliflower Soup and hot cider with a cinnamon stick. I just love cozy and warm fall foods. This picture is totally posed. I actually ate while watching the Red Sox, but I wanted to show you the nice food and how happy I was about it.
I guess this isn't really Fall food but last night I made a delicious Guacamole Salad that I saw on the Barefoot Contessa this weekend. I added mango and cilantro to the recipe and it was super delicious! It had lots of lime which I love. I had some tiny cherry tomatoes from the Farmer's Market that popped in our mouths and added nice texture. I also made salmon with sauteed poblano peppers. I really love poblano peppers! Here is Raf's plate:

Click on the pictures to see them a little bigger if you'd like. What have you been cooking this week?

Scenic Drive

Rafael and I went for a beautiful drive along the New Hampshire seacoast. It made me so happy. I just love the ocean and the New Hampshire beaches are so familiar to me. :)

See the colorful leaves? New Hampshire is so beautiful this time of year.

Rafael and I stopped a few times to look at the pretty views.

More pretty leaves and beach.

After we visited these wild two:

They were cute! We had a fun day. :)

Ole and Olecito

Rafael and I had an amazing dinner at Ole in Inman Square last night. It's one of my favorite restaurants. The outside is really pretty (and purple!):

We had delicious margaritas and guacamole. I absolutely love their guacamole. It's chunky with tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, and lots of lime! Soooo good! :) They make it fresh for each order which I love.

I had sea bass with polenta and baby spinach. I really love this dish. The texture of the fish is so nice and all of the flavors are so good together.
Rafael had chicken with a blackberry mole, fried plantains, rice, and freshly made corn tortillas. He really liked it. I tried the sauce and it was delicious. Of course, we always love fried plantains.
I was really happy! (Plus, I like wearing my new scarf.)

They have another little restaurant across the street called Olecito. I love the name! They serve delicious burritos and sandwiches. I had a chile relleno sandwich there once. It was stuffed with raisins and nuts which I thought was really cool. The people inside were watching me take their picture. ha.
After dinner I had hot cider around the corner at the 1369 Coffee House. They have a really cool store front and it's a really nice coffee shop. I think fall is great because you can get cozy things like hot cider! :) Can you see Raf in this picture?
Rafael and I were full and tired after so we went home. We're happy the Red Sox beat the Angels last night! :)