Doing as I'm told

I worked late tonight (what a shock...as I work late two to three nights a week) and got home around 9:30.

AFter arriving home I made mini calzones (WW recipe- quite tasty), which Carrie and I enjoyed for dinner after she came back from work.

Then we made Muddy Buddies! Which I am going to take to work tomorrow.

Carrie had never made muddy buddies before. Can you believe it?

I was shocked!

As for a small recap of my past week- I had very little sleep as it was Greek Week. It was a success. We raised over $12000 for The Wheelchair Foundation. I'll update you with a final amount in the next few weeks.

Sunday I didn't work (first day in 14 days) and C and I went to the Farmer's Market (I bought fruits and some lilies), a BBQ at Megan and Jessica's, and I went to the supermarket.

On a side note, I believe I have successfully killed my Gerber daisy. I will need to use my Lowe's guarantee and go get a new one.

Also, I broke my phone today.

And talked to Jenny. We are making plans to go to NYC in July this Thursday.

Cambria, I've found your soulmate

His name is Kevin Pang, he lives in Chicago, he's a staff writer for the Tribune, and he loves fish tacos.

Today, during my wildly inappropriate amount of free time, I happened to pick up the Tribune my uncle left on the kitchen counter, and I saw in the top lefthand corner a picture of one of those LIVESTRONG-esque rubber bracelets, but this one was turquoise and read FISH TACOS. Uh...what? So I went to the "At Play" section of the newspaper and the cover literally read "VOTE YES ON FISH TACOS" and Where is the outrage? In our city, a shining epicurean beacon to the free world, the fish taco, one of the most ethereal foods ever created, is treated as a novelty and all but neglected on menus. Here is a perfect combination of ingredients creating a perfect food--like perfect Shanghai soup dumplings, or a perfect bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich--where the whole is more delicious than the sum of the parts. Why can San Diego have it, but not Chicago? Brethren, we must stand as one and bring this fried ambrosia into our fair city. Join our campaign.



Pang has a step-by-step plan for introducing fish tacos (besides the rather mediocre ones he found in the city). It entails:

If you haven't tried a Baja fish taco, try one.

With your newfound appreciation, tell three friends about fish tacos.

If your favorite Mexican restaurant (or non-Mexican, for that matter) doesn't serve fish tacos, ask for them. No, demand them. But be nice about it, and promise to return if they do.

Restauranteurs: Put Baja fish tacos on your menu.

Show your support. We printed a couple hundred "Fish Tacos" bracelets. If you pledge allegiance to fish tacos, I'll send you a bracelet.

Take the pledge. (Which reads: I, the undersigned, do hearby pledge allegiance to great fish tacos here and everywhere. I pledge to become a goodwill ambassador for fish tacos, spreading the word by telling friends about their wondrous qualities, and by patronizing restaurants that serve fish tacos. I pledge to demand--nicely--that any Mexican restaurant not serving fish tacos, do so. I pledge to visit said restaurant, in the event it adds fish tacos, and to revisit it, if the fish tacos are of above-adequate caliber.)

Or maybe they should just focus on getting Rubio's to open a chain of restaurants out here. That should solve this problem right quick.

You can get a fish taco bracelet by emailing atplay@tribune.com. You can use one of my Chicago addresses (email me or call me for them if you want). I don't like fish tacos, so I'm not going to do it, but Cambria, if you want a fish taco bracelet, here's your chance.

Moving

I apologize for not posting a lot recently, I do check in every day to see if anyone else has posted. And I leave comments!

This weekend I have been out apartment hunting with my mother. It's so tiring! All of the apartments we have been to are becoming a blur (mostly because they all seem to have the same floor plan...weird). Today we have two more, which brings our final total to...16 I believe.

Jennifer and Steve are here as well. We went to a Japanese hibachi restaurant last night and it was amazing. Yum. Then we played catchphrase (with only 4 people- very interesting) and called it a night. I think we may try to go see the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Natural History Museum today after our two apartment viewing appointments. We'll see how that goes.

I miss you all terribly. Next time anyone comes to visit, I'll have a new place! Yay!