2011 concert playlist

what are you doing new years eve?

last meal of 2011

sam wo

this might be a hole in the wall chinese spot but the food is legit, it's no frills authentic chinese food.  i will admit that not everything i've ordered has been worth while but here are my favorites and if you go here are my suggestions: won ton soup (i order the port won ton soup but i hear the shrimp is delicious), bbq pork noodle rolls and the bbq pork and broccoli, all of which are pictured above.  this picture also includes a plate of tomato beef chow mein.  if you find yourself in sf after a late night (open till 3am) at a show or out dancing i think you won't be disappointed with your choice to stop in but don't just take my word for it listen to the testimony of conan o'brien. 



brown bag lunch

tonight a few of us girls (liz, elle and the main asian) were able to carry out a tradition for liz and her family.  around christmas time they would pack bag lunches and pass them out in san francisco to the homeless.

after making 50 pb&j sandwiches and packing up the lunch bags we (minus elle) were off to the city.  as easy as it sounds to hand out food to the homeless it started off a bit challenging.  finally we made our way over to civic center where we were able to pass out nearly every lunch.  that is every lunch but 1 sad lonely brown bag.  as we were driving away we saw a lone man in a wheelchair so we pulled over and i attempted to give him the lunch but instead he yelled at me and tried pushing himself up hill backwards just to get away from me.  it would have been sad but it was actually funny how he was trying to escape.  once this happened we decided to to split the lunch at eat it ourselves but as it turns out we saved the crappiest lunch for last.. no wonder he didn't want the bagged lunch.  we were stuck with the both heel sandwich, a bag of frito's, the 90 calorie oatmeal raisin quaker bar and the crapy candies.  served us right!!

throwback thursday - the best is yet to come

there are not enough tony bennett type musicians in the world and for that i think we are truly deprived.

stuffed peppers

once upon a time i cooked and ate this meal almost biweekly.  so tonight i thought why not since i was hanging out with lois and peter and this is one of lois's favorites.  i cheated a bit and cooked the pot of filling at home last night so that after work i'd only have to clean the peppers, stuff them then throw them in the oven.  i don't follow a recipe for this but here are the ingredients i used:  ground turkey, stewed tomatoes, fresh garlic, tomato paste, chopped onions, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper.. i think that's it.  really it just depends what i've got on hand and who will be eating with me when i make it.  sometimes i throw in jalapenos or green chili's and sometimes i throw in more spices.  after washing and cleaning out the membranes of the peppers they are ready to stuff.  i bake them at 350 for roughly 40+ mins, i always check to see if they are fork tender before i serve.