Year 3, Day 124: Trip to Upstate

The trip to Kingston always involves eating in the car, and too frequently too many nuts. Not only that, but when we get there we are nearly always awash in lots of food. It is a happy, but challenging environment. Then of course, there's always the Hollydome, where we stay, a mildewy old Holiday inn with the charm of an abandoned dorm room near a swimming pool. Ruby and I took a swim in the pool. At most hotels, the pool is in a separate room, where it is generally warmer than than the rest of the hotel, as evidenced by the thrilling whoosh of cold air you get whenever leaving the 'pool area.' At the Hollydome, the geniuses built in an indoor lobby and put the pool right inside it. This created a strange environment, where when dressed in clothes you felt the lobby was too warm, but when in the pool you felt every degree of icy air conditioning.

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Strawberries
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee

1 slice banana cake

lunch
salad w white balsamic
chicken
bite of brie

on the road
almonds & cashews
popcorn
pecans
more banana cake
1 cherry
1 bite of corn, cucumber
some peanuts

dinner
salad with walnuts
salmon

I brought my recent banana cake and Jane helped me understand what was wrong with by pointing out the 'crumb' and described the three tips to knowing when a cake is ready. 1. Toothpick comes out clean (everyone knows that one). 2. The cake pulls away from the pan edge. 3. There is a spring to the top of the cake. Very helpful, I will keep these in mind for my next cake.

Year 3, Day 30: Headed South to NY/Mom's Birthday

Happy Birthday Mom. Of course, by the time I am posting this it is well over a month past your birthday, but I think I made my feelings clear. Big, big weekend. Going out to dinner for my mom's birthday tonight (Friday); Big party for her birthday (tomorrow); Passover dinners with the whole family (Sunday); Passover dinner with Emily's family (Monday); back to work and need a vacation (following week).

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Strawberries
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee

Lunch/Snack/on the road
1 hard boiled egg
a lot of popcorn
1 fuji apple
tamari almonds
cashews/almonds
2 oz 50% jalapeno cheddar

Dinner: Kama
Sashimi platter
Mesclun salad
1 french fry
1 chicken nugget
1 bite of haagen-dazs yogurt.

I have not yet mastered the art of being on the road and eating great just yet, it remains a work-in-progress, just like that movie Groundhog Day. We ate dinner at a fantastic sushi restaurant in Great Neck, where naturally the most interesting thing to me was the chicken nuggets and french fries they served (they were really yummy!). Of all things, my kids love Japanese restaurants because they love rice; udon noodles; edamame, and steak or chicken yakitori. And actually, that's a lot better than them loving Italian food (which I also love).