little moments

today was cold and raining cats-and-dogs! a series of little moments throughout the day brightened my mood though :)

started off the morning with a little love: an 8 oz white moustache homemade yogurt in the kiss with orange blossom honey & walnuts. at first i was a little confused because when i mixed the yogurt, i didn't see any honey or walnuts, but when i put the first spoonful to my lips, i tasted the subtle flavors of a orange blossoms with little morsels of walnuts. it was heavenly!!! also a greek yogurt, the consistency of the white moustache was much creamier and luxurious than siggi's, fage, or chobani. and it tasted extremely fresh, similar to the yogurt my mom makes at home with homegrown bacteria cultures (but hers is watery, which i don't care for much). despite the 8 oz size, i finished the entire serving without a hitch and as a little bonus, i was left with a cute glass jar which i can't wait to repurpose!

the only thing that makes me wonder is what are the nutritional facts for this product? as i researched the product online, i learned that it's a small father-and-daughter business based in brooklyn, but no nutritional facts on their company website either. what makes this thing so creamy and delicious?

the white moustache homemade yogurt: kiss

at the apartment, today the stone guy and the backsplash guy came! here is a photo of our waterfall island and kitchen countertops. one of my favorite details is the mitered joint where the vertical and horizontal stone pieces meet. so pretty.

i'm still deciding between backsplash colors (eggshell white, lace white, or polar white? reminds me of american psycho hahaha) and the leadtime is 5-10 days so that will take a bit longer. i am getting excited for hotpot gatherings in the winter!

waterfall island

then i was off to dinner with monica and sonam at toro! in the pouring rain, i managed to bus one block, train one stop, and walk one block. lol. thank goodness for the unlimited metro card! saw that a sorel shop is opening on w14th st by ninth ave. yay! they make the best boots for the winter! i love my sorel joan of arcs - they totally saved me through the rain, snow, ice, and slush of last winter.

also found these adorable rice bowls at anthropologie that i want to get. check out the colors and designs! i want like 10 of each :/ but that is not practical ..

sorel on w14th st

anthropologie finds

dinner at toro was lovely! this is how it looked when i arrived ... it was completely packed and every table was full by the time we left three hours later! for monica and sonam, i think it was rare to get a night off so it was nice to get out with them. it's the first time we've managed to get out without the husbands and boy is the conversation different. food-wise, almost everything we ordered was delicious! we had the pan con tomate, tortilla espanola, and pimientos del padron for starters. and then we ventured into some of the slightly larger tapa dishes, including sausage with chickpeas, galician octopus, patatas bravas, hamburguesas (dry aged), and grilled corn with aioli. it was all superbly done - especially the three pinchos. my one complaint was the grilled corn, basically mexican corn, had waaaay too much butter and mayo on it. oh and for dessert, we had a chocolate ganache cake with crushed peanuts and sea salt with a side of olive oil ice cream. a great way to end the night before stepping back out into the unforgiving rain.

toro

best: spontaneous walk with my gf, daisy, to our go-to-spot, diginn, on 40th and madison for a spicy meatball lunch. it was the only time of the day where it wasn't raining and it's always nice to catch up after the weekend. it's become a weekly ritual!

worst: not wearing tights or pantyhose today. it was so cold and the rain was coming down sideways today. really looking forward to having all our stuff again after we move in next friday, though not looking forward to unpacking after 1.5 months. who can remember what's in those boxes at this point ...

smile: monica made me smile big time over dinner with her stories about her boys. her 10 and 15 yr old boys dislike getting shots at the doctor's office and have broken down at appointments begging not to have to take the shots. after the appointment, andrei, the younger one, bragged to me that he got 4 shots and his older brother, sasha, only got 2! shots apparently give you bragging rights - they crack me up. shots are inevitable. i don't look forward to getting shots, but their inevitable so i just look away and wince ... luckily it's usually over in 5-10 seconds or so.