eating my way through the holiday

seriously
 i was 4 lbs lighter 
thursday morning
 laws
 knows
 how much 
i will weigh monday morning

after a really excellent dinner
on thanksgiving

 only
 one piece of pie 
passed these lips
 a smallish piece
 at that 

only
 one albeit large glass of wine
 and
 truly 
i did not over eat

 i went shopping friday morning
 with
 my friend mo's daughter laura

 we trekked
 down
 to lincoln center 
back
 up to west 80 
stopping
 in
 every
 store
 along 
the way 

you'd think
 any calories
 i had added
 would 
have burned off

 we met my friend mary 
for lunch 
at
 cafe storico

 the cafe is charming
 the decor is
warm 
welcoming

 the staff friendly

 but
 friday
 the service
 left a lot
 to be desired

 i was going to have soup and a salad
 they were out of soup! 
i opted instead for some bruschetta and a salad

 mary
 ordered a hamburger
 laura 
ordered pasta

 my salad arrived
 mary excused herself to go wash up
 she was gone a while
 there was a long line at the loo
 not to worry 
her burger hadn't arrived while she was gone 

after an interminable wait
i asked someone to check
on our food

after that
the food arrived

 toward the end of the meal
 mary asked
for another diet coke 
i am not sure it ever arrived

 i will say this
 the food was good
 i ate most of my salad 
i am not a fan of frisee or radicchio
 alas
 the chopped salad i ordered
was
 90%
frisee/radicchio
 so
 i picked
then 
i ate laura's left over pasta

 and
 some bread

 when i am hungry i am so bad
 if its not nailed down
 i am likely to eat it

 later that evening 
i had
some turkey
 sweet potato
 green bean
 leftovers
 washed down with a glass of wine
 deciding
i was
 in for a penny
 in for a pound
 i downed a wedge of pie 
oink

laura and mary with their new pal frederick douglass outside the ny historical society 


saturday 
i met
 my friend lauren and her truly fabulous children emma and mike
 they are really adults
the nicest 'kids' 
you ever want to meet
 for brunch 
at
 the plaza hotel
 in 
the palm court 



a very posh place
 the food and service were perfection
 i totally pigged out
 on
 blueberry pancakes


with scrambled eggs on the side


a divine silver serving pot of coffee

 no dessert 
tho
 i did have a taste of mike's crab cakes
 yum

we had a good catch up 
lauren moved 'home' to nashville a year ago
 i am tickled 
to be part 
of
 at least one
 'family' meal 
when
 she comes to visit

i wasn't going to have dinner
after all
i had a very large brunch
around 6ish
 i found myself
standing
 in front of the open fridge
somehow
a plate of
leftover
turkey
stuffing/dressing
giblet gravy
got hotted up
and
eaten
i also ate a pie of pie

my thinking is
if i finish it now
 it will be gone
i won't be tempted
ha!

sunday morning on my way to beautification
i stopped at bird bath bakery
for a
bakers muffin


picked up a coffee at irving farms
i am really going
to
make an effort
to begin
to rein in
my
gluttony

i'll let you know