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Mardi Gras in New England, never again.

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For the past five or six years I’ve always spent Mardi Gras in Baytowne Wharf in Destin, Florida. For some reason, when Mardi Gras came around this year, I did not make the plans to go down there. Life was too busy, I was saving my money for a trip I might take in June. So last night I went to my favorite bar, played trivia and sulked with a friend who has lived in New Orleans. Before that I was at my friend Braby’s house drinking wine and laughing. Of course, laughter makes everything better.

I have a busy weekend coming up. I’m traveling down to Philadelphia to work on a project with a friend.

Next year I vow to be on the gulf coast for Mardi Gras!

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What I ate Friday and Saturday….I’m old.

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So I don’t know what it is lately but my inhibitions have been flying out the window.  I’ve been hanging out at the bar after work with co-workers, having a few drinks and dancing.  Yes, dancing.  A couple of lessons I’ve learned.  When you have a stomach bug you shouldn’t have three drinks the day after your recovery because no matter how early you go to sleep you’ll still feel like crap the next morning.  Next, you should just let yourself go and have fun!  We were dancing to Michael Jackson and people were trying to do the moonwalk, my friend who was bar tending said ‘wait, Ron can do it!’  I took my shoes off, did my best moon walk, I took two break dancing classes when I was like seven, and they all cheered.  Of course then someone else got up and did it and blew me out of the water.  But that one moment of cheering made me feel like a  thousand bucks.  It was probably just one person clapping but whatever!  This all happened Friday night and even though I was in bed by midnight I still couldn’t sleep and was exhausted the next day!

My stomach is much better but still slightly wonky.  I’m still eating pretzels, boiled chicken, chicken soup etc. Yesterday I did make a macaroni and veggie salad with a little balsamic!  Today I’m going to lunch with a friend so we’ll see what happens there!  Make it a great day everyone!

Social Media Circuit

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Sorry I’ve been out of touch the past couple of days friends. A stomach bug grabbed hold of me on Tuesday and I’m slowly recovering. I’m on the mend and am going to attempt to go to work for a few hours today. In lieu of a blog post I’m posting a link to a friends show that I taped last week. We talk about food, social media and my blog!

What I ate Friday…..prep time!

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Would you like to come to the Valentine’s Day Brunch I’m cooking for this weekend? Too bad! It’s sold out! The highly successful brunch we have at work is sold out! I’m shocked but it should be a good time. I’m making beef tenderloin, pork tenderloin, bacon, eggs, roasted potatoes, quinoa salad, soba noodle salad, chocolate covered strawberries, truffles, heart shaped cookies, etc. Yesterday we spent the day decorating, I made a carrot/ginger soup, split pea soup, the cookies got prepped and strawberries dipped.

On top of all this we have an opening performance tonight, which means a party of one hundred afterwards and tickets go on sale for performances starting on Tuesday. That means that I have to have everything programmed into the system by then. So life is nuts!

Yesterday, I kinda forgot to eat until dinner. I mean I tasted all the food I prepared but didn’t have time to eat until about nine last night when I had 4 pieces of pizza! Which I was so hungry to eat I didn’t take a picture. I did take a picture of a delicious cocktail that I had. It was called a sweet tart and had a bunch of stuff in it, including
lots of Vodka!

Ok the dog is snoring and I have to take a shower and get to work. We are having a cookie decorating party at 9:30 and I have to have the frosting made! You might not hear from me until late tomorrow afternoon because there will be a lot to do!

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What I ate Wednesday

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I’m sitting in my office at work at 10 minutes before six in the morning. I figured if I came in this early I’d have four hours before meetings to work on this project that I’m working on. I’m slightly stressed because I’m under a major deadline and I have to cook brunch for 100 people on Sunday. They are paying $40 for the brunch and I really don’t want to disappoint them. See, this is what I do, put myself under a heightened sense of stress. I do it and things always turn out great. If I let my guard down then they don’t.

Yesterday I had a juice in the morning, my bean soup for lunch with a banana and apple. Then for dinner I had a burger because this local restaurant has a burger they normally sell for 12 on their menu for six on Wednesday. So a friend and I went, both got burgers and nothing else and our bill came to $13. But don’t let me fool you, we went to our favorite bar before hand and had a drink! I scarfed down my soup and banana/apple before I took a picture of it. You all know what they look like. If you don’t then just use your damn imagination! Maybe I’m a little punchy early in the morning. :)

Ok time to get working! Have a great day!

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