Tonight on the American cooking hour...

Eggs Benedict and strawberry shortcake from my cherished Better Homes and Gardens retro cookbook, handed down by Mom.  We did cheat and use hollandaise from a mix, but only because after 9 hours of work I did not think I was primed to take my first stab at hollandaise.  Rachelle poached the eggs, since I was too afraid.  I still don't have too much of an appetite though, after being sick.

This conversation then followed...

Gina: We should totally go on Pekin Express.

Rachelle: Especially if they took it to the US- we would win!

Gina: I know! They'd never know what hit them.

Rachelle: You know that you'd have to wear pants and sneakers though.  No skirts.

Gina: What about leggings?

Rachelle: No.

Gina: I don't think I'd be very good at this after all.

Childhood tv...

On Youtube?  No, really.  Rachelle and I got talking about all the PBS shows we watched when we were kids (even though she swore she didn't watch PBS- how is that possible????) while we were at a hippy-type bar (hey, it's 2 minutes from my apartment) on St. Patrick's day, with no green beer.  Because who could forget the Voyage of the Mimi or Ghostwriter?  And now my childhood, including Square One and 3-2-1 Contact! is available on Youtube, making reminiscing that much easier. I'm not going to pretend that I didn't sing along, because you know I did...

This one is worth it for the music alone

kitten...

Ninja is a textin' fool!

Still being sick is...

...hard when you're supposed to be working

...rather annoying in general

...wanting to stay in bed all the time

...wishing I didn't have lessons to give tomorrow morning.

Gina to Gege, at office..

"Yeah, sometimes I like to pretend I'm Alice in Wonderland when I'm sitting here..."

I do have a very big chair.

It also rolls very easily, so if I sit down in it with too much force, I roll into things, like my desk, or the always-ready-to-tip-over bookcase behind me.  I also think the office floor is slanted. 

Side note...

The granier cheese, from the Chartreuse, was worth the walk across town in the snow.  Ok, so the walk across town was 5 minutes, but still...

Fake spring

And then it was winter again...