Roosevelt Island

Abe and I are trying to get our butts ready for Bike NY so yesterday we did a quick ride to Roosevelt Island and back home.

I've been to Roosevelt Island once and I really love it there. It's such a weird, tiny place and I love that if you live there you can take a tram across the river instead of the subway. There's only one bus route and it just goes in a big circle around the island. I would like to live there, but I think there are only massive apartment blocks and those kind of freak me out. I prefer living in a 3 story building with a back yard.

Paws' Paws

Never Sleep Again

My friend, Meredith Blake, just wrote an article about magic wake-up pills.
Magic Wake-up Pills

Desert Rat Race

I just got some new plants for my office. Now I have a little taste of the desert looking out at the Chrysler Building. I am really into succulents right now and the shop I went to in the Flower District had a crazy awesome assortment of them. I can't wait to propagate and make more...

Sunday Dinner : Pea and Prosciutto Risotto

I am reading the book Eat, Pray Love (I just finished two heavy books and this is the perfect "feel good" break book. I'm really loving it.) and in the first section the author is living in Italy and describing her experiences with the food and language. I've been laying around reading all weekend and by this afternoon I was dying for a big delicious meal so I decided to make risotto. I invited my friends, Dennis and Chelsea, over and we ate and played Scattergories.

This is the apron I got in the Sassy Apron Swap. I freaking love this apron. It has pockets AND it is reversible!

If you like peas, mushrooms and proscuitto I highly recommend this recipe. It was disgustingly delicious. The recipe doesn't call for mushrooms, but I love them so I added some baby bella mushrooms (or what I like to call "steak of the forest"). Also, I used vegetable broth instead of chicken broth and I used Asiago cheese instead of Parmigiano-Reggiano.

Note: I just realized that there are 3 Brooklyn themed items in this one photo. Dennis' shirt from Brooklyn Industries, a Brooklyn poster on the wall from Ork Posters and a Brooklyn tray on the table from Fishs Eddy. Gotta show the love - Brooklyn is a magical place.