Mitzi's Bachelorette Weekend

We road-tripped to the Hill Country last weekend for some single girl activities celebrating Mitzi's upcoming wedding. We stayed at a really cute condo on the lake, had good food, drank good wine and had LOTS to laugh about!

at Flat Creek

barrel room

corn tortilla fritatta

barbacoa & egg tacos

grapes

texas bluebonnets

Congrats Mitzi & Danny! Can't wait for June!

View Outside the Work Window

My co-workers and I noticed this happening on the parking garage roof across the street from our building this morning:




There's a bad glare on the window but, there's a camera crew filming a man-made city in the back corner of the garage. We also saw a photography crew outside the Symphony building!

Cooking with Something New: Broccolini

"Broccolini is a green vegetable similar to broccoli but with small florets and long, thin stalks." per Wikipedia, reliable source, I know! ;)

I'm trying to eat more (and new) vegetables. I'm not a huge fan of broccoli but I was trying to incorporate it into things I was cooking but with little luck. I kept thinking the taste was a bit overwhelming and wanted it more tender. And, I also don't see the point in just smothering it in cheese in order to consume a vegetable. I watch a lot of cooking shows and they seem to use a lot of broccolini. We picked some up last time we were at Central Market and I cooked it using this recipe from Epicurious.

The recipe could have used a bit more seasoning but overall it turned out pretty tasty. I was pretty surprised that I didn't totally hate it (I'm pretty picky... probably not surprising to anyone). The stalks come out really tender and there's a lot less of the pieces that get stuck in your teeth. Most important, the flavor is a lot milder than regular broccoli which is good for me!