March 17, 2004
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at the beginning of the year i went through my planner and louie and i chose 4 random date days. today was the first one and luckily the swelling of my eyelid went down enough for me not to feel so much like quasimodo, though it still feels like my eyelid is drooping over my eyeball.
we were originally going out for joe's ice cream (soo good!!!) and i wanted to stop by Green Apple so i could use the gift certificate that steinberg and professor fung gave me for christmas. we ended up spending over two hours there. the spoils of walking around in 3-inch slip-on heels: a mini-book of fairy tales based on the Grimms, an Alice in Wonderland pop-up book (the illustration sooo rocks!) that was 20% off, a "cook everything" cookbook, a "worse case scenario survival guide" planner (that was only $1.98!!!!), a nifty notepad with a 40s lady and an open fridge full of food that says "cook your own damn dinner" on the cover, a set of "funny bunny" notecards and envelopes, and a parenting book for michelle & david. louie bought "50 things you're not supposed to know" (which includes such facts as one of the popes wrote an erotic book), "the book of bunny suicides" (which includes an image of a cartoon sketch bunny that attached himself to the back of samurai committing seppuku), and "neverwhere" by sandman creator, neil gaiman.
we nixed on the ice cream and ate dinner at straight's cafe (right by our apartment; it's a singaporean restaurant & bar)--it was a pretty snazzy place (claire & micah, i was talking to louie about maybe taking you guys there because it feels all grown up and stuff--when are you coming back to visit anyway? during your spring break??) with nice lighting and wine glasses on the tables. oh! the dessert! i ordered warm chocolate cake, it had an orange truffle center and vanilla bean ice cream on top, and it looked so pretty with sliced strawberries and cinnamon dust around the edges and cream and chocolate, caramel and strawberry syrup decorating the bottom of the plate. if i had a camera, i would've taken a picture!
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extremely good selection of used books for anyone interested in bargain hunting. The rickety old floor might give way anytime soon, so we strongly suggest you go now.
Aww that sounds like a nice place! Was the food good??
BTW, Alice In Wonderland is my FAVORITE fairytale of all time.....
MMMmm, that dessert sounds evil.
yup, the food was yummy. and the dessert was quite evil.
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