since being in my new office for the past two weeks, i've noticed that i barely have enough time to browse the interwebs at work, let alone blog about what's going on in my life.

so i'm starting my "domingo cinco" posts: five things i've been learning/figuring out that i haven't had time to write about in the past week. happy reading!

1. 2.5 beers + mediocre thai food + 29 year old sachi = old geeza. since the weather was so nice out for a total of two days this past week, cavin and i decided to hit rfd for some happy hour drinking. after only having a couple of beers and chowing on take-away thai at kanlaya, the following day i ended up having to nurse my delicate condition at work. work was flowing, so i wasn't able to take sick leave, but i was pretty much headache city / achey body all day. man, i'm getting old.

2. walking to chinatown from work isn't really that far. i've been doing a little exercising during the lunch hour and recently discovered that chinatown is the land of $4.95 lunch deals, including house-made noodles and dumplings at chinatown express. once the weather gets nicer, i think cavin and i will have our lunch time rendezvous here and the like for some cheap eats.


3. using a crock pot to cook corned beef is really the best way to go. in honor of the great saint patrick we made corned beef and christened our $7 crock pot (clearance bought by my mom). using a 16oz. can of guinness, half an onion, 1 head garlic, cloves, bay leaves, and the package of spices that came in the point cut corned beef, ~5 hours later the beef came out most tender and very flavorful. cavin also made irish soda bread. i feel like i'm an honorary irishwoman.

4. even though i saw super size me, i still have a soft spot for mcdonald's chicken mcnuggets and french fries. while i don't doubt that there are healthier alternatives to mcdonald's, there's just something about the fries. oh, and using the $3.39 coupon for 20 nuggets (which we got in the mail), how could you go wrong? (remember, everything in moderation...)


5. i prefer saan soju to kombawoo. apparently, kombawoo is "korea's original soju". saan soju (mountain flavor) is distilled from sweet potato with green tea extract, and kombawoo is distilled with barley, rice, and tapioca. well, whatever it's made of, i still think kombawoo tastes like burning (go to 3:25), and by burning i mean drinking popov straight up. blech.

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regional food and drink (rfd)
810 7th street, nw, dc
202.289.2030

chinatown express
746 sixth street, nw, dc
202.638.0424

kanlaya thai cuisine
740 sixth street, nw, dc
202.393.0070

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