Dinner on a Frigid February Night

Okay, here it is, the perfect dinner for a frigid February night:

 Roasted chicken thigh, angel hair pasta, baby kale, with a light garlic, lemon, parmesan sauce. 

And a little red wine.

Lemon Brodetto w/ Pea-Mint Puree & Sun-dried Tomato Salmon

Saturday's salmon:  Lemon Brodetto w/ Pea-Mint Puree & Sun-dried Tomato Salmon (click me for the recipe!)

Some Comedy for Me

Friday night called for some comedy for me.  It's cold so I ordered some hot pizza...it was delicious and the perfect compliment to my Friday night line up.

First up: Women Who Kill (Includes Amy Schumer)... made me laugh when I needed it.

Aziz Ansari... just one of the many bits from one of his appearances/performances in Madison Square Garden. Also, I just finished season one of Master of None. Awesome series. Love it.

And finally, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Erin from The Office). Pretty good.

Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich, with Arugula

Okay, here's my Thursday dinner! I've decided to try to incorporate more vegetarian meals into my diet along with the fish. Breakfast is easy (for me, anyway). So, I'm not counting breakfast...only lunches and dinners will count in this endeavor.  So, I made an eggplant parmesan sandwich. Breaded (baked, not fried) eggplant compliments of Trader Joe's (well, I bought it...it wasn't free).

Long Day, Update

Update: The City of Worcester has read my blog post "Long Day". What was a wall of snow...

Now looks like this:

Good job in listening, Worcester. ;)

Wonder Bar

Last night I stopped at Wonder Bar on my way home. Now, there are dozens of Wonder Bars out there. But, I'm going to tell you the story of this one.

This Wonder Bar originally opened in 1922. It was in continuous operation by the same family until 2014.  It closed for a year, and then, a new local family revived a great hang out and reopened in in July of 2015.  While I was there, I had the pleasure of meeting the new owner, Frank. After a lengthy (6 months or so) renovation, Frank prepared to reopen....shortly after buying the place he discovered awesome old architectural details awaiting some TLC.

Frank said the morning they were to open, he and his staff were busy getting prepared...no big deal... when one of his staff told him to look outside. It was 10:30am, and they were planning to open at 11am. When he looked, he saw a line down the block-- people were waiting in line to be some of the first to revisit a piece of Worcester's history and be part of the new, continued history. It remained that way for months, lines down the block before opening.

Those are the first $4.00 that Frank earned after reopening. 

Here are some of Frank's happy customers:

Here are some of the food and beverage offerings:

I'll be back... I heard that the lasagna is a delicious family recipe.

So, it's got a lot going for it... good atmosphere, history, food, and people.

What else do you need?

Long Day

Today was a long day. I think I was a bit tired from last night. Even though we had two snow storms in the last 4 days, I still walked to work today (yesterday I worked from home). Here's a little bit of what my walk was like...

You're just walking along, and then boom, wall of snow. Obviously this is my destination. The wall of snow is telling me. Just kidding. But how is that considered acceptable when clearing sidewalks? I mean, yes, I can walk into the street and around the snow mountain...but what do you do if you are in a wheel chair? Or using a walker? Tsk, Tsk.

It's okay. I got home and had a pie of left over french silk pie.