tamales, chimis, enchiladas.

oh man... i have not seen "pretty" mexican food ever.
no really, i've always just gotten my burrito wrapped up, hott and down my throat cuz it was just usually the fast food types in california...

we went to a sit down bar/restaurant this time in texas... YUUUMMMMMMilicious.. and soo pretty too... i love tamales.. oh, which there are no pictures of.. but we got 14... but this was my food =) 2 shredded beef chimichangas and a spinach and corn enchilada... so good.

tiramisu.

i am quite certain, that i have been wanting to have tiramisu ever since i went to a sushi lunch some time ago. i was more than happy to eat 2 at the @ the restaurant and 1 in the car/at home (if it ever made it that far).

we made a special trip to cost plus world market today as i have been wanting to desperately go back since i went to the one in california for the first time. there were about 7 different flavors of this particular food product and i was more than happy to buy the one tastefully named tiramisu.

pho. hoa.

vermicilli w beef..... beef was good, and i may have spelled the first word wrong...but that's ok.

1st lunch outing in texas... hello weight gain! finally.

pho. hoa.

vermicilli w beef..... beef was good, and i may have spelled the first word wrong...but that's ok.

1st lunch outing in texas... hello weight gain! finally.

oatmeal thoughts and my sister.

so, the many clever conversations for the vacation begins. as well as the references to "old." my sarcasm n wit wouldn't have gotten me anywhere without this 6-year-younger version of i.

Me: i like oatmeal.
Sister: i dont, it's for old people.
Me: (face) but it has flavors too.
Sister: well when ur old it doesn't matter cuz ur tastebuds are expired.

how festive.

the in and out made it safely to texas...



as well as the other foods not pictured..

$153 worth of food to bring on the plane.

this, my friends... consists of:



del taco -
2 chili cheese fries (the chili separate from the fries)
4 chicken soft tacos
4 caramel cheesecake bites
1 macho fries

valerio's bakeshop -
6 pandesal bags
2 cheese pandesal bags
3 pimiento bread loaves

in & out -
5 regular hamburgers
1 veggie burger
1 hamburger with onions
5 fries
8 dressing packets

goldilock's bake shop -
oh man.. i can't even count. but it was $94 dollars worth instead of my usual 200.
polvoron
ensymada - cheese, ube, mocha
mamon
pastillas
cheese pastries

... if you didn't know, none of these 4 places are in texas...
my 125+ lbs worth of luggage consists of:
45% clothes
50 % food
5% photography stuff

in & out for the airplane.

getting in and out before my flight for my siblings in texas... (thank goodness for 3 hour flights)

that was a random in and out van that i have never seen before




5 regular hamburgers
1 veggie burger
1 hamburger with onions
5 fries
8 packets of dressing

christmas sugar cookies.

i LOVE THESE COOKIES!!!! so good. from stater brothers i think.. i could eat them all day... but then menaka's family would be deprived.

gingerbread men, snowmen, trees...

i have not made cookies in FOREVER. thanks to an 8 year old + menaka's skills.. i assisted in the creation of the set-the-oven-for-10-hours-instead-of-10-minutes-and-then-were-in-the-backyard-for-too-long-and-forgot-about-the-cookies-in-the-oven.

chicken taco & star cookies.

babysitting with menaka... chicken taco and trader joe's dark chocolate star cookies

breakfast.

provided by menaka's mommy.
=)

cupcake and pizza.

that would be one of the cupcakes that catherine created.. with "whoopee goldberg hair" according to josh and a little hersheys kiss in the middle of it.. jen picked up the pizza and menaka provided that 7 up... good snacks for nearly a week of not eating properly..

food for college.

this is the lunch of a broke college student... bread, cheese and crackers from a banquet dinner 1 week ago.. which eli and i weren't even guests of but went anyway.. that eclair is from even longer ago.. the 4 friends in had in the box were eaten previous to this...

on the way to a test..

it was time to head to school to take the dreaded ATI test... i ate my leftovers on the way...

last day of clinicals.

ohh.. dont u underestimate my half regular cream cheese half strawberry bagel.. it was the best. especially on those cheese bagels?? awesomely nice. this was brought in for the staff on our last day of clinicals.. i couldn't help but take one... i like bagels and cream cheese.