Outting in Review....

Confession: Alfie and I enjoy to eat out...a lot! This means that there are a lot of unusual places that we have tried that not many people may have thought to try. So on suggestion from Christy I will attempt to write a review on the places we go/ have gone. What better way to start then with our 1 Year anniversary. Unfortunately because alfie and i are terrible when it comes to pictures, i did not take any of our special day i know i know...what a terrible newlywed i am. But anyways, on to the blog...
The ratings will be as such:
a double high five: Awesome... must try ASAP
single high five: Great, gotta try it this year!
two thumbs up: Pretty average
single thumbs up: ehhhhh, go if ya gotta
hand shake: not worth it.

So for our big day alfie and i decided to pamper ourselves with manicures and pedicures. We got these from Max Nails in the webster commons plaza. They had a nice deal of $40 bucks for the combo mani/pedi which was just too much of a pampering to turn down. I'd give them two thumbs up. They wont much different than their competition Lovely Nails right across the street. But their manicure did last exactly one week. Then we were off to a quick brunch in pittsford in Schoen Place at the Village Coal Tower, which is about as close to a diner as Pittford can get. It wasnt bad but it wasnt great. We got in at around 11:30ish hoping for some breakfast and barely made the cut off. On the plus side their omelette (spinach and mushroom) tasted super fresh and you could tell they actually used eggs and not some carton egg imposter. I'm certainly not raving so i will give them a thumbs up: go if ya gotta. I dont think i would request this place again but i wouldnt not go if people wanted to go. Prices were pretty resonable. Now on to the double high fives....

The Spa at the Delmonte: AWESOME! We treated ourselves to the couples massage (a bit pricey but worth every penny). We didnt know but were glad we accidentally got their early. They have amazingly relaxing "locker rooms" they call them that but they should really be called Dens of Euphoria. They had a sauna, a shower with 6 shower heads, a full restroom, a changing area with lockers, slippers and robes, a waiting area with tea, coffee, snacks, water AND they went around with chocolate covered strawberries. It was unreal. They do not rush you to leave, you can take as much time as you'd like before and after the massage. The only down fall is that it is separate mens and womens so Alfie and I could not spend time together before or after but it was nice getting all relaxed BEFORE the super ralxing massage. The massage was definitely worth every stinkin penny. It was nice having alfie in the same room even though we were super quiet and didnt even speak during it. After the massage we took about 20 mins to enjoy the showers and sauna in the locker rooms before dinner.

Ahhhh dinner. We ate at One(aka One Ryan Alley). Delicioso!! We started out with the Sweet Chili Glazed Calamari. It came over a bed of spinach and it was great! Exactly as its name describes it, it is sweet and spicy. For those who love calamari it definitely got a double high five! For the entree I got the grilled angus reserve NY strip steak with crispy onion strings and gingered balsamic reduction. YUM-O! for a side i ordered mashed sweet potato. GAG! it was farrrr to sweet for me and tasted way to close to pumpkin for me (which i loathe). Alfie didnt mind it but we agreed that it was more desserty than dinnerish. Alfie ordered the grilled veal porterhouse with maytag blue cheese stuffed olives red pepper coulis, shaved fennel & orange salad. his was tasty and he raved about it quite a bit. His side was unreal: fire roasted asparagas. It was too stinkin good! Over all i would give the dinner and its trendy atmosphere a double high five! Get there ASAP for some celebration. Prices are a bit steep but super worth it for a nice dinner.

Nerd at heart

Confession: Im really a math nerd at heart. Don't be confused by the fashionista exterior, inside is a math loving, calculator toting mathy. I was on facebook today a those creepy ads along the side of the page that somehow know farrrr too much about me popped up with some t-shirts that were of the math persuasion. So i clicked them and low and behold it turned out to be porn. LOL just kidding it really was a math shirt. This was the one that caught my eye on the ad:

For those that don't get that, the square root of negative one is i. So the clever shirt reads i heart math. (christy i know you are loving that shirt. This next one got me chuckling....


I would totally wear something like this. I once saw a shirt that said "i kiss better than i do math" being worn by a math major such as myself, i thought it would say alot about my lip locking skills.

Summer Project 1

Confession: I can be crafty when i want to. Yes folks, i am a closet Martha Stewart. For my first summer project i refurbished a secretaries desk for the kitchen. here are the pictures:
I first attempted to strip it. It was rediculously difficult but i was able to do it:

Then came the primer:

And then the black paint:

Ahhh and now for the finished product:


I think it came out well for a first attempt! My next project is this table set alfie and i found free on the side of the road! i just need to find some funky fabric for the seat covers!

Mr. Ba-donk-a-donk

Question: What determines a date? is it the quantity of people on an outing? is it the intent on secluded time? must both parties determine an outting is a date for it to actually be one? I ask because of a situation (for lack of a better word) that occured a few years ago....

I was interning at Yodak (names have been changed to protect identities...lol) and had a really nice boss: Mr. Ba-donk-a-donk. We got along fine, he was a tad awkward and nerdy but whatever, he did his job and helped me with mine. Wellll Mr. Ba-donk-a-donk, had a sweeeeet BMW convertable and all who know me know I LOVE convertables. Ba-donk-a-donk was also a widower with 3 boys, thus making him single and "ready to mingle". All who have worked at Yodak know that the average age of employees is 45+ and here i am a swaggering 24 year old with giant ta-tas. Anyways, Ba-donk-a-donk thought it would be nice to take me to lunch as a new hire. No biggie, we walked across the street to a restaurant and had lunch. Ok, no prob right? Well halfway through the summer Ba-donk-adonk, myself and a secretary went to a burger place then down to Abbotts by Charlotte and got ice cream to go, we took Ba-donk-a-donks mini van. Again, no biggie. Well then at the end of summer as a goodbye lunch, Ba-donk-a-donk took me out to lunch (no worries since we had gone before). This time he had driven his two person BMW convertable to work so we could take that on our lunch to the Schallers by Charlotte and after a burger and shared fries (yes i know we shared), he suggested ice cream. So we drive down towards the pier and he is showing me the GPS in his car and how snazzy and great the car is. Whatever... So we grab our ice cream and HEEEEEE suggests a walk down the peir while we eat our dessert. Again no biggie to me. So we finally get back to the office and i go home and I share this outting with Christy and she is like "Ummm that was a date!" lol noooo it was NOT a date... even years later, I did not think it qualifies as a date but every time i mention this such outtting Christy brings up how date-like it is, and i guess it could be seen as a date but then again, if a date is only one sided is it truly a date or merely an older man getting jollies out of being seen with a young hot stuff OR was he just being friendly? Would your answer change if i mentioned he tried to kiss me? LOL just kiddding. I added that for dramatic affect. There was NO contact or attempt at contact. Just what i saw was an innocent lunch and ice cream or was it in his eyes a lunch date? I guess i'll never know.

The search for the perfect vacation...

Confession: i am a picky vacationer. Now you ask me that in person and i am sure i would deny it and exclaim how flexible i am in vacationing, but the honest truth is that i am not. I like sun, beaches and warm weather! I want to be out doing something i wouldnt normally be doing at home. Dont get me wrong, i can be haaaapppy on most vacations but my ideal vacationing is the beachy, sunny, warm spot! Having said that, alfie and i went to the Adirondaks this past weekend with his family. Overall i'd give it a B+. It was fun and relaxing, but after mannnny years of vacationing, i have trained myself into a routine that when tampered with equates to grumpiness. The routine is: wake up early, grab a quick breakfast then hit the pool by 9 or 10am. layout and enjoy swimming and reading or relaxing until lunch. Then shower and change for shopping or sightseeing til dinner, then after dinner going out somewhere to people watch or just walk around. As you can see its pretty relaxed and filled with things (other than shopping) that i wouldnt normally get to do at home. But on this trip we did a lot of staying in doors, and watching NASCAR, (Yes, Christy, NASCAR) which was kinda bumming because we had lake front property so the water was right out front! I, along with Harry, Hermoine and Ron, took our Half Blood Prince adventure to the chairs on the dock by the water and enjoyed some wonderful reading,sun, breezes and a view like this:

I was amazed at how far i got in my book!! We also went into town one night for gelato (which i can not have, so i settled on a guava sorbet which was yummy). And the day we left we finally went into Old Forge and did some walking around and go-karting and bumperboating. If it was my vacation planning, i would have spent zero time inside and all the time outside because the weather was nice, but to each his own i guess....We did enjoy lots of time with our neice and nephews! Uncle Alfie was thrilled with the unlimited Annah time:

Overall, this was MUCH better than camping but not quite a great vacation :) but still fun with family!