Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Monster-ella Cheese, please?!?

If I could still eat cheese, I'd certainly want to try monster-ella given Halloween 2012 is just around the corner.

Although I'm lactose-intolerant now, it doesn't mean I didn't enjoy cheese and dairy during my childhood. I often enjoyed eating Kraft swiss cheeses in my sandwiches, burgers, on top of my vegetables,... You name it! Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses, aside from Swiss cheese, were among my favorite cheeses as I often loved eating pizza and spaghetti pasta growing up. Mozzarella sticks also were the best snacks I ever had growing up as not only are they super tasty, but they're interactive as you can peel as you eat, which makes for a great youthful activity that encourages you to fill up on calcium :)

Cheese, I will never forget you!

Happy Halloween to all.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Bottoms up!

I went to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco this past weekend, and one of my closest friends surprised me with one of the BEST wines I could ever experience drinking. We were celebrating her and her husband's first marriage anniversary, but she's such a great friend that she bought me this awesome-tasting bottle of wine:

Boone's Farm - Strawberry Hill Wine

And of course, in their honor, I finished the entire bottle within a span of 40 minutes, while she drank a whole bottle of Sangria, also by Boone's Farm.

A major toast to an awesome couple who have such an admirable and balanced relationship of 7+ years, where they continue to go on strong. They compliment each others' strengths and weaknesses, respect each others' individualism, work out the kinks when they pop up, and remember to keep the love alive with romantic time spent together. To this, that which I find truly inspirational as not many relationships can keep this sort of balance as they do,... I say, "Bottoms up!"