i'm pretending it's not yet fall

Some things that have happened recently, in no particular order:

Suz visited me on her way back to Austria!



We went kayaking on the Hudson.



We were attacked by the wake from a large boat, which left our butts rather soaked.



Nonetheless good times were had by all.

My friend Amanda and I had long bonded over our mutual love of food, with an emphasis on the deliciousness of meat. Since we work about ten minutes' walk from my apartment, we'd been joking around about how we should come back to my apartment in the middle of the work day and cook. Ideally, something with meat. It would be called Meat Lunch. Recently, in an impressive feat of time management and all-around awesomeness, Amanda and I made Meat Lunch a reality.



Steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli, and bread, all prepared and consumed within (just barely more than) an hour. On a Wednesday.

I discovered that, when straightened, my hair is surprisingly long these days.



I remain far too lazy to straighten my hair on a regular basis, but it's pretty cool to see what it can look like!

Lastly, tonight I attempted Käsespätzle for the first time since two summers ago. I forgot one of the cardinal rules of cooking, however, i.e. when you are making a dish (Spätzle) that has all of four very simple ingredients (salt, water, eggs, all-purpose flour) you should not substitute for them. White all-wheat flour will not have the same results as all-purpose flour. The Spätzle was something of an unholy mess to work with, and tasted mediocre at the end. Sadness.



Lesson learned!