Guess who got a J-O-B?!

Happy Wednesday (invisible, possibly non-existent) readers! I know, I know... I haven't posted in like a week. But, I blame this on all of you (or the one or two of you) actually reading my sporadic blogging. It's hard to stay motivated when half the time, I feel like I'm talking into an abyss. I know I have some readers (due to my page visit counter thing-a-ma-jig), but since I have no followers as of yet, and two comments (both posted by people I know outside of Blogworld).. I could very well be talking to myself. I'm used to talking to myself, so I guess it's all good. Despite my typical conversations with myself, it's still nice to know that someone is listening. Anyone? Hello?...

OK, well I'm going to keep writing, and hopefully you (whoever you are) will keep reading.

So, I'm having a great flippin' week. Guess who got a J-O-B?!

Yep, I am now, once again, a member of the workforce (well technically not until August 30th, but who's talking about technicalities here?). Come September, I will be teaching preschool. In Spanish. Pray for me, ya'll.

Of course, N. and I had to do a little celebrating. Just before the weekend, we tried this new place in the South End called The Gallows. We've been hearing great things about it, and since it is literally like 5 minutes from our house we decided to give it a shot. Oh, and we heard that they have poutine. If you don't know what poutine is, you better ask somebody! We had it in Toronto and have had a love affair with it since (of course it is very rare to find it in the States, so guess how excited we were!).

It's been dubbed a gastropub, so we though we could get away with a couple of drinks and a few appetizers and not have to wash dishes after our meal. Boy were we wrong. Don't misunderstand me, the prices were decent. It's just that the menu made my mouth water and the waiter's description of dishes made it completely impossible to just order a "few appetizers." But let me go back for a minute and describe the "scene" before I get into the food. The scene: absolutely no diversity. I felt like I walked into a "whites only" restaurant in the Jim Crow South. Not one brown face in the packed-to-brim restaurant. We walked in and about 75 sets of eyes followed us to our table. But, after about 2 minutes, everyone went back to their food and conversation and forgot about the two Hispanic lesbians. Our (very gay) waiter came over and made up for the "uncomfortable" entrance. He was awesome.

OK so back to the food... The food was absolutely wonderful. We had two appetizers: the poutine (of course) and the Little Neck stuffers.

poutine

Little Neck Stuffies

The poutine was to die for. The gravy.. I wanted to pour it in a tub and bathe in it. Yea, I know that sounds gross, but talk to me again once you try this stuff. The cheese curds were a bit different (more ricotta/cottage cheese texture) than the poutine we've had in Canada, but delicious nonetheless. The Little Neck Stuffies were.. OK. We weren't blown away. The main course, however, was.. well let me just say that I caught N. closing her eyes while she chewed a couple of times. We shared the brisket with this tangy salsa over it, served with fried eggplant and a cucumber yogurt sauce (I think). N. is now on a mission to recreate this dish at home. I'll let you know how that turns out.

Sorry, no pic of the brisket. We attacked it faster than I could grab my camera.

After dinner, they serve you this yummy soft serve ice cream in a cone. Which was good, because we ordered the flour-less chocolate cake and it was ..meh. All in all, The Gallows gets thumbs up for the food and decor, but thumbs down on the ambiance (no diversity and way too loud). Oh, and they lose points for this in the women's bathroom:

O_o

The weekend went by too quickly. N.'s family came over on Saturday for a spontaneous BBQ and slip n' slide party. We went out to a bar called Wonderbar with N.'s sis later that night. Had a good time, although I'm starting to think there really is no hope for the bar/club scene in Boston. Hot messes everywhere and not one DJ worth a crap anywhere to be found. N. was a bit hungover the next day, so she got a Dominican breakfast courtesy of moi- full of grease and carbs (not me, the breakfast). YUM!

Sunday, we spent the day at Ikea and got new covers for our Tylosand couches. It looks so pretty. I can't wait to finish the living room. Today, I'm attempting to repaint the front and back porches, all by myself. N. has forbidden me to paint anything any other color than the colors she has approved (she is so afraid she's going to come home to a hot pink door and a rainbow colored porch). I'm also not allowed "decorate" the outside of the house, without her approval, either. So, I'm sticking to a nuetral palette of walnut brown for the porch floors and ultra white for the trims. Oh, and I got this pretty blue called River Rock(or something like that) for accents. What? I need color. Otherwise, our house will look just like everyone else's... and that is simply unacceptable.

I hope N. realizes that the only thing keeping my "decorating" under control is not her, but rather, my lack of funds. Boy, is she going to be overjoyed when I actually have income. I'm going to have to get a camera set up to record her expression everyday when she walks in the door and sees my new creations!

Alright invisible readers, off to paint the porch I go. But first, I will leave you with some pics of Maya's 5th birthday celebration. She got a Pupcake from KickAss Cupcakes and presents. Don't laugh. Birthdays are special in this house...even for the pets.

Happy Birthday Maya! (Ignore the crap on the floor in the background. K thanks.)

She got a winter coat! Yea, i know it's the middle of summer, but it was on sale. You get what you get and you don't get upset!

It wasn't his birthday, but Blue Bear got a Pupcake too because he's cute.

Just because she looked adorable in N.'s hat. ::shrugs::

Namaste bitches!

-D.