I thought about you today.

I thought about you today. It's not the one you're thinking of. Our story goes so far back that the memories seem almost faded like an old-school Polaroid. I thought about where you are now and what you are doing. I thought it was weird that I thought of you today, "off cycle" from our bi-annual exchanges.

But mostly I thought, I wish you were not just a thought right now.

5 things - 4/20/10

It's late, so I'll be brief. Perhaps you'll notice a theme.

1) Japanese curry (thanks, MM!)

2) Random Asian snacks like chocolate covered mochi stuffed with peanut butter.

3) Spring rolls.

4) Mochi balls to put into your ice cream. Brilliant.

5) Red Thai rice.

5 things - 4/19/10

Forgive me as I've relapsed. Doesn't mean I've been any less grateful, but work gets in the way of documentation sometimes. Tonight's thought:

1) Food porn - Anthony Bourdain's show is such a guilty pleasure.

2) Lattes - necessarily evil on days like this. Can't wait until the ones on days when I don't actually need them.

3) Not being stranded in Europe right now.

4) Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

5) Did I mention lattes?

On morning buns...

I used to love morning buns. (For those who don't know, they're basically a love child of croissants and cinnamon buns.) We used to share morning buns...from Bovine Bakery and most frequently, from Starbucks where they warmed them up so that the flaky pastry was warm and crunchy. It was, like many other things, a morning tradition.

A little over a year ago, Starbucks replaced the beloved morning bun with a no-transfat / healthy version. It didn't taste as good. It wasn't flaky. It just wasn't the same. I stopped eating them. The sharing also stopped.

Earlier tonight I walked by the pastry case at Whole Foods, and there on a tray, staring back at me were some morning buns. I resisted. And then acquiesced. It's just a pastry. It has no meaning beyond saturated fat and calories.

The morning bun wasn't very good. It wasn't warm. It wasn't flaky. I threw it away. It left a bad taste in my mouth.

5 things - 4/11/10

California edition...

1) Produce -- oh, glorious organic produce of California. You rock my world.

2) The smell of clean George. It's so nice.

3) Guacamole. It's my favourite word in the world. Not my favourite food, just my favourite word.

4) Deep-soaking bathtubs.

5) Upgrades. Especially on early-ass flights.

5 things - 4/10/10

Last NYC one for a while...

1) Awesome friends like JK and RM, who remind me that there's a lot more to life than work, boys, and all that other silliness.

2) Awesome behaved doggie George, as compared with the crazies on the Dog Whisperer.

3) Awesome addictive TV shows like the Dog Whisperer.

4) James Perse. Because we could all use a little LA once in a while.

5) Banana pudding from Magnolia.

5 things - 4/8/10

Okay, trying this "5 things you're grateful for" again tonight:

1) Grown Up Soda (grapefruit and valencia orange are my favourite)

2) Sample sales for fine linens (probably the only kind of sample sale I'll brave)

3) Straciatella gelato

4) Bobby pins

5) Text-messaging. Yah, really.

5 things you're grateful for... - 4/7/10

A wise friend posted on her blog that you should write down 5 things that you're grateful for each night as you recall back on your day, and that after a while, you'll see that there's a lot more to life than to focusing on the small tribulations or hurdles that may have clouded your day, week, month, or even year...they don't have to be big lofty things -- just whatever comes to mind.

I'm gonna give it a shot and start tonight. 5 things I was grateful for today:

1) the balmy, sunny NYC weather in April

2) George's health -- giardia be damned!

3) challah rolls from Meredith's Bread

4) flexi-straws: they make all drinks taste better, I swear

5) the simplicity of an egg.

Until tomorrow!