walters canal cafe

ever since BJs stopped carrying my fresh mozzarella balls, i've been craving it. yesterday my coworker SLI asked me to go to lunch after the fact, and i immediately thought maybe they had gone to this cafe i've had my eye on... so today at lunch i went to this place. it's been catching my eye for quite some time now.. it is an establishment that is alongside the canal on my way to work, and recently seems to always have a parking lot full of cars. the inside is kind of nice. you can sit down, or take out like i did. i ordered a grilled portabello/fresh mozzarella panini. (i know, bring on the upset stomach) as i was ordering it the man (walter perhaps) told me he was making a new fresh focaccia and if i wanted to wait a little bit i could have the best sandwich i've ever had. i decided i had time. well. wait i did! it had to have been 30 minutes. maybe because i am such a patient waiter they forgot about me.. i had thought about taking my s'wich to the canal park across the street and eating it in the sun, but i didn't have a lot of extra lunch time, and there was a bus full of kids having a big picnic, so i thought better of it.. maybe next time when i go back with SLI we can venture to the park, hopefully it will be teenager free. he was pretty offended that i went without him. i tried to give him the "i had to make sure it wasn't poison" line, but i don't think he bought it.

we are the smartest team ever!

well... 3rd smartest! for the last 4 weeks we've been steadily increasing our scores. well this week we started off with 2 perfect scored rounds. we were giddy with excitement!! people were asking the trivia lady who we were.. :)

we ended up taking 3rd. so sweet!! i love to win!

here are the pics of the questions and our prize..

its HEKDs birthday!

happy bday hoper! i wish i could get the video to work from my camera and i'd post your wedding day dance with mikeyP in honor of today.. :( but alas, i can't get it working.

i'll be thinking of you at trivia tonight!

oh to work for a school or be retired.

as we all work today, mike and cath are lounging at the beach working on their tans. i need to get a job where i have summers off.

i went and talked to jennycraig today. interestingly if my celiac tests come back positive they cannot take my money.. how funny. i'll have to lie if they do come back positive. :) the program in case you are curious costs between $13-18 a day for food. averaging $15 a day, that would be $105 a week. shiiiiiit. if i were to commit to this, i wouldn't be able to afford to f around. :)

i'm meeting LD at the mall tonight to buy a shower gift for BD. her bachelorette party/shower is this weekend. should be a grand time! although, i don't think i've ever had as good a time at a bachelorette party as i did at EH's... something about stumbling from one dive bar to the next, sloshing our drinks from bar to bus to bar and back and witnessing the drama all night is a recipe for a fantastic time! maybe if i wear my hello kitty underpants i can bring the party good luck! :)

bruised...

at the doctors office today the woman that was taking 5 vials of my blood asked me which arm was better, and truth be told, i find that i have the easiest time when they take blood out of the top of my hand. well, this nurse was not comfortable doing that, and she ended up giving up after she unsuccessfully poked her needle all over the inside of my left hand. i was looking down and saw the needle fanning around at different depths inside the back of my hand. not really a pleasant sight. that nurse decided to call in a more experienced nurse, and she checked my fat arms and still couldn't find one, so she took it out of the vein in the right hand luckily that one took.. its bruised and swollen already. :(

i went in today to get some advice about weight loss programs. these weddings are killing me with the horrible pictures that keep getting taken of me. my dr thinks that i should take some welbutrin and then she will see how i feel in a month and maybe prescribe something similar to the new drug Alli. it was funny that when i was crying in her office she was visibly uncomfortable. i figured being a doctor she would not be so uncomfortable.. i was wrong. i kind of think that is why i was prescribed the welbutrin... and i guess i didn't realize that i might really need it.. it's been a year since i went off paxil.. we'll see how it goes, i've known people who've been on it and it seemed to work well for them.

in front of the medical complex is a painted up horse, and guess what it's painted like? starry night. damn that van gogh is a popular decoration for those community artworks...

saturday stream of thought

today has proven to be an expensive day for not having any plans..

cath woke me up early to go to the market and we got some locally grown strawberries, some red leaf lettuce, fresh tomatoes, scallions, and some of the first garlic. i'm going to make a tofu/baby corn/thai noodle mixture of sorts tonight. yummmm.. and i might make some black beans with this cilantro base i picked up at the p&c the other day..

after the market i took my bridesmaid dress for BDs wedding to the tailor. they are so nice there, but they make you pay for it!! $100.. yeah!! i love to buy a dress, and then buy it all over again just to get it to fit!

while cath planted and rearranged her garden for the 20th time this summer, i went on a little shopping spree to macys. i got a coupl eof cute tops and some capri pants. i've never worn capri pants, so now that they are probably going out of style, i figured i should get some. :)

i also got a cute pair of brown shoes to wear with my brown/light colored skirts.

i've been trying to talk my roommates into going to see "a mighty heart" tonight, but i don't think they are biting.

i think i might go clean my room and do some laundry.

oh, also.. CNY peeps.. i'm going to be having a dinner party to be followed by game night the week my parents are going to be away [i wasn't invited]. i'll whip up a little invite. i think it's going to be thursday july 12th write it into your calendars.

i was just thinking about how i didn't write too many things about HEKs wedding. so here are a few of the memorable moments...
- i liked that HEK invited all the "father/daughter" combinations at the wedding share her dance. if i ever get married, i want to do this too.
- having HEK announce to me, EH and her wedding party [then later to my whole table at the wedding] that when her and DD were trying to figure out how much alcohol to buy from the barn she counted me twice, cause i drink enough for two!
- when EH and i were thinking about getting some of the chocolate fountain we both thought we were kind of full. then i got the once over and EH remarked that *we* didn't need the extra calories.
- having the "dance like LK" moment was fun, as was having the DJ to ourselves.
- asking for "country road" and getting "i'm a country boy".
- ordering EH a watermelon beer at Beerworks only to have her come back from the bathroom and look at it with such disgust that the bartender ran over and took it back and got the princess something different..
- walking all over salem at 130 am to get some funyuns from the gas station, and having to wait in a line with some hoodlums where the attendant transacted through a sliding drawer.
- abandoning the gas station and walking all over the hotel looking for the vending machine. 130am is a really great time to get in your exercise for the day, especially when you've just drank 2 peoples share of alcohol.

what would you pick?

if you wanted to see a movie tonight, which one would you go to of these choices...

knocked up
oceans 13
a mighty heart
evan almighty

i've already seen knocked up. but if someone wants to go with me and see that movie i would go again.

comment me with your vote and if you want to go with me. :)