1) The restaurant expedition was a success, I think. The place is really cool, it's like a Cold Stone Creamery for cereal and peanut butter (in case not all readers have those in their area, Cold Stone is an ice cream place where you customize your flavor and they make a big show of mixing the ice cream in front of you). There were like 20 different cereals and 8 different base pb flavors, and tons of stuff to mix in with both of them. Sounds great, but it was slightly overwhelming, tons of options. BUT I think I did well, I tried to order what I thought really sounded good, and not let myself question what I "should" get. To be honest it wasn't hard to calculate what I was eating, because everything they use is name brand stuff that I know the info for. I'm a big measuring freak at home, so at least this took that option away from me. I couldn't ask them to weigh out my portion before they rang it up, obviously. So anyway, I told myself that I'd splurge and try the place once, but now I might make a weekly trip over there, it's kind of a fun place and everything tasted really great, and now that I know what to expect from the options it will be less stressful to plan on going there.
2) I hope that it didn't seem like I was completely unsympathetic and cold-hearted when J. temporarily succumbed to gravity the other day. No worries, he was fine. His pride will probably be bleeding for a week, but there was no structural damage. If he had actually been hurt it would not have been a funny story. One thing we share is a sarcastic sense of humor, remember his smartass remarks when I was semi-incapacitated with the tropical ooglies after I got back from my trip this summer? Classic J., it's a good thing both of us can take it as well as we dish it out. ;)
6 comments:
way proud of you for the restaurant trip. that place sounds fun!
Cammy, congrats on your new Bistro success. It's great to hear you say you tried to order what you want versus should have.
Having so many options can be difficult, but maybe think of it as there could be many new things to try. I hope you can indeed go every week.
As for the other post, no, I figured he was fine, but just checking anyway. It's great that he has a good sense of humor, even if his ego may be a little bruised.
It can definitely be nerve-wracking to order something where you don't know the calorie content -- I've been there. Once you get more comfortable with doing that on a more regular basis, you'll know that as long as you stick with pretty healthy items, it really doesn't matter what you order. :)
(P.S. Cereal with peanut butter base? YUMMY!)
Z: Actually the cereal and PB were separate, you could get a sandwich with any flavor of PB that had stuff mixed in (cookie pieces, chocolate, fruit, marshmallows, etc), and then separately they had like 30 different cereals you could mix and match and add toppings to, in a bowl to eat there or a box to take home. I would bet you COULD add PB to the cereal if you wanted, though, I didn't think of that!
Thanks for the support everyone, I appreciate it, it was nice to have a small triumph to report in my session with H. this week.
I just found out a cereal-bistro-type place is coming to town and I can barely contain myself.
Really, what is it called? I thought this place was independently owned, but maybe it's just a new chain that is spreading.
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