1. i have a new place to go to lunch. jj introduced dpl, cavin & i to bistro italiano, a cutesy cap hill neighborhood restaurant very close to my work. it's on an unassuming residential street, and only seats about 30 people. while the service was terribly slow (i think there is only one waiter), the pizza was pretty decent, all things considered. i'd probably go again if i had time to take a lazy long lunch.

2. 2006 was a better year for the peak of the cherry blossoms. cavin and i were all set to take a half day off in the middle of the week to hopefully see the blossoms in full swing. only we were foiled by the outrageous thunderstorms that moved through the area in the wee hours of the morning. we took off anyway, but many of the blossoms had fallen to the ground, and the sky stayed dreary...that is, until we were finally done paddle boating and on our way to matchbox (fraking sun!).

3. marigold kitchen's 5 course tasting menu for $60 is a good deal. i took cavin out to west philly (well, the cabbie took us) for his annual special day. we went to marigold kitchen based on a positive personal review from pv. i won't go into the details here (but i will in a dedicated post in the near future), but it was definitely worth the trip. it's also a byob, which was an added bonus.

4. i have the best hipster hair stylest. this past week i finally broke my procrastinator streak and got my hair cut at my normal place, after having to wear my hair in a mini-ponytail daily for almost 2 weeks. when i walked in, jackie immediately wanted to change it up and she did - the back is much shorter than it had been. yay!

5. easter 2007 was a good time. spending time with my family is always a comfortable time for me. easter was no different. pv & chief bro made lamb two ways, tita vicky made couscous paella, gavitron brought spinach lasagna, and dj tone deaf made laing. i brought the cochinita pibil (pee-BIL!!!) which turned out really well, maybe even better than the first time we made it. (post to follow...)

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