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I'm pretty sure this is a rip off of fruit loops 0809/IMG31650823.jpg So I ended up making the stuffed french toast last Sunday. I stuffed it with this 0809/IMG31490823.jpg Blueberries wi0 . . .
So I have never made stuffed french toast. I've actually never even had it before. So I'm wondering am I supposed to cut a pocket into the bread and actually stuff it? Or is it acceptable t0 . . .
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Today was such a beautiful day to ride my bike to get some groceries. I didn't really need much It was mostly an excuse to try to fight off this cold. First stop was price rite. I do like the pr0 . . .
Well my blog has finally hit the inactive status, so I figured it was time I graced these parts and post my latest dinner project. I finished my finals on Friday and finally have some time to goof off0 . . .
Today has been such a hassle. I went to move my car last night and noticed somebody punched a hole in my window. They didn't take my stereo or CD's so I figured it was just some moron vandal0 . . .
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Instead of comparing buffalonians plight to that of the jews, Buffalo Rising has managed to capture a photo of our black mayor chomping down on some chicken. http://www.buffalorising.com/2009/01/mayor0 . . .
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I thought his career was totally dead. But I guess someone wants him. http://www.slate.com/id/2205995/0 . . .
I'm getting very annoyed with crappy websites. Restaurant websites in particular. I mean the point is not to show glamour shots of your dining room. I want some freaking information! Tell me the 0 . . .
So I will be the first to admit I'm not the most knowledgeable person about wine. I do however love it and am very excited that two new wine bars have opened in Buffalo in the past several weeks.0 . . .
So I have been in Buffalo over a year now and I thought I had my head pretty well wrapped around the regional specialties. I mean who around here doesn't know about Wings, Beef on Weck and crummy0 . . .
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Lamb Stew Since autumn officially started at 11:44am today I figured it was time to break out the fall recipes. This recipe is pretty easy to make, I stole ideas from so many different recipes over 0 . . .
So this girl in California has decided to sell her virginity to pay for grad school. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP12411420080911 My favorite part about this is her undergrad degree is 0 . . .
I realized today that I currently have in my possession five books that were loaned to me that I still haven't returned nor read in their entirety. Three of them were loaned to me BSE (before Sep0 . . .
So I guess I have been in a blogging rut this summer. I have posted very little lately. But I did manage to steal this from my brothers blog http://johnnybrenaissanceman.blogspot.com/ , who originally0 . . .
Engrish.com is one of the web sights of my taste. But in addition as for me this one is liked. http://pigeond.net/e2e.html That translates English in engrish. That when being boring, is large for the 0 . . .
Well it has been a long few days adjusting back to eastern standard time, starting class and working full time. It was a fun trip and nice to see e:ladycroft, e:lizabeth, and e:john. I was a little wo0 . . .
So I haven't been here all that long, 8 hours including a 1 hour nap. But I have managed to learn a few things so far. - Cigarettes come in packs of 19 - Do all of your shopping before 6pm0 . . .
Today I went to go pick up some kaffir lime leaves for my penang curry. I went to A Chau on Niagara street and the guy working the counter told me they weren't allowed to sell them anymore, in fa0 . . .
Ok, so does anyone have a really good explanation as to why you aren't supposed to put hot water into a coffee pot?? I'm not certain I believe this, but several people tell me its "bad&0 . . .
I was accepted into the Nuclear Medicine Tech program at UB!!! I will definitely be celebrating after work tonight!0 . . .
So work seems to be the topic du jour around here so I figure I'll throw in my work story. This is not stress related, this is to brag about how awesome I think my new restaurant is. I starte0 . . .
Last night after work I ventured off to Hertel ave for the first time and went to a place called the Sterling Place Tavern. This place is has a decent beer selection. It's the first place I have0 . . .
Wow, this has been a really good but very busy week. After searching for a job for several months I have finally landed a gig at a sushi bar in Williamsville. I'm not certain I want to name it bu0 . . .
I woke up this morning and my car was already scraped??...Sweet!!0 . . .
The past few weeks I have been working up the courage to ask this woman out. So finally this weekend I made the decision to do it and she sort of beat me to the punch. We seem to have enough in common0 . . .
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Last night I went to this place for the second time and I have found it worthy of a good review. This is probably my favorite restaurant I have been to in Buffalo as of yet. It is a tiny little place 0 . . .
I have had what I assume to be the flu for the past 3 days. This theraflu crappola I bought doesn't make me feel any better and it tastes like piping hot bile. Being busy at school and work while0 . . .
So my landlord called me last night saying he wanted to set up a meeting. I thought that is usually never good. Kinda like being sent to the bosses office. But I went in this morning and they wanted t0 . . .
So this morning I was awakened by my neighbor ringing my doorbell. I missed her but I quickly noticed why she came over. There was a trash can on fire across the parking lot. I put some flip flops on 0 . . .
Ugh, I'm going to have to start budgeting for monthly parking tickets. I have never had more than one parking ticket in the last 10 years. Since moving to Buffalo I am working on my third. It rea0 . . .
I have tried to give you guys my business on so many occasions. You certainly make it next to impossible with your crappy hours and broken espresso machine. When I went in for a delicious mocha in Nov0 . . .
Not that I talk about politics much. I am really curious to see who is going to end up running with who. With the top two democrats being so cordial last night and Giuliani kissing Mccains's ass 0 . . .
Today I was called off of work. This is the second time in two weeks. So I decided to make good use of my time off to apply for a new job. I dropped off my resume at 4 of the 6 sushi bars that I know 0 . . .
I just bought my plane tickets to go to Budapest!. I have no idea exactly what I'm going to do yet when I get there but I guess thats half the fun. I still can't believe how cheap the ticket0 . . .
Ok computer savvy peeps, I really need to find out the best or at least the cheapest way to run a windows application on my mac. I know absolutely nothing about any of this and I figured somebody here0 . . .
So I went to Holiday Valley yesterday to get some practice before I go to Whiteface in February. I guess I'm in slightly better shape than I thought because I'm a whole lot less sore than I 0 . . .
Ok so this is kind of last minute. I'm going skiing tomorrow, either at Holiday Valley or Bristol Mountain. Is anyone interested in going? I will probably leave around 7 or 8 am and ski all day. 0 . . .
I am so not happy about retaking Statistics. Apparently UB's intro statistics course is much better than my former college's. I'm amazed that everything else I took at OCC transferred, 0 . . .
I was wondering if anyone was interested in traveling to Hungary and Croatia around mid may for two weeks. I found a pretty decent deal to Budapest on May 14th from Buffalo for $757.00. The only plan 0 . . .
Although it isn't quite my bedtime, sounds of construction above my head at 11:45pm is not my idea of relaxing ambiance. I am amazed how quickly the noise stopped after blasting the sex pistols l0 . . .
So I have wanted to try this recipe for Bánh Bò Nuong(Vietnamese honeycomb cake) for the last two months. It didn't quite turn out the way I expected. It called for single action baking powder wh0 . . .
So this soup has lots of ingredients but the finished product is well worth your efforts. There are a couple of things that will be difficult to find at Wegmans. I suggest going to Sungs on Niagara Fa0 . . .
I really made this a couple of days ago. But its such a massive undertaking and it freezes and reheats so well It will be my new years dinner. So I made two courses Mandoo (korean beef dumpling), exce0 . . .
Why does my coat smell like windex??? Anyway as usual I rang in the new year serving meals to the drunk, beautiful, and ungrateful. I wished I had made it to the party. Judging by the pictures it look0 . . .
One of the cooks at work has a friend who makes these and he hooked me up with one. Its got all sorts of copyright infringement going on and I guess he isn't making them anymore due to those nagg0 . . .
It was really nice to see my family. But this Christmas really sucked. I have never been so pissed leaving a holiday gathering. Why somebody invited the aunt that nobody likes is beyond me. I almost w0 . . .
I have been here since Thursday, I was promptly whisked away from my parents house near Daytona Beach by e:john to enjoy a few days in South Florida. It was mostly filled with driving and shopping but0 . . .
Since there has been two posts regarding Absinthe I thought I might share the lesson I recieved last night on how to drink the stuff. So I guess you are supposed to take this leaf shaped spoon with ho0 . . .
The last week of my life has been devoted to studying for my bio tests that are over as of 10:40 this morning. It has been trying reading the same chapters and reviewing the same dissections over and 0 . . .
This is really starting to piss me off. I can't find one bit of information on the subject that pertains to the actual theory. I seriously doubt that there is a real theory behind it. Everything 0 . . .
So browsing through some airline forums yesterday I stumbled upon this little gem. http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/3725014/. If you don't feel like reading I will 0 . . .
Have I mentioned I can't wait for this semester to be over? I'm starting to get nervous about getting into this Nuke Med Tech program. Last year they had 44 applicants for 14 spots. Hopefull0 . . .
Ok so I know e:paul was interested and e:drew said he could be dragged out if it was planned. So I'm thinking of going out for sushi on Monday if anyone else is interested. I would like to try Wa0 . . .
"That Tenderloin was so juicy I could have sworn it was Filet Mignon!" He tipped so well that I didn't have the heart to tell him.0 . . .
Well not really my hometown, or my relatives for that matter. I just bought my tickets to go to Florida to see my family for Christmas. I was so excited to find nonstop tickets at decent travel times 0 . . .
Although I will not divulge the pathetic number of women I have slept with, I will divulge how pathetic the first time was. I was 19 years old and needed to beat the 20 mark. I think I did by maybe a 0 . . .
So yesterday right before Bio Lecture I really had to blow my nose. So I went into the bathroom next to the lecture hall, even though there was a disturbing odor permeating into the lobby. As I was wa0 . . .
As a new Buffalo transplant its nice to be able to have a multitude of new restaurants to try. Tonight was my first dinner at Saigon Café. Overall a pretty good experience, the food was by far the hig0 . . .
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This is a question that has plagued me since I took those tests in 8th grade that said I should be a farmer. In a moment of clarity I figured it out last night. Why not combine my love of traveling an0 . . .
Or so it seems. I had my Bio test this evening and I really have no idea how I did, but this time I did not get that "I just fucked that up feeling". In fact I think a good majority of my an0 . . .
I noticed Kibirashi was back open for business this evening so I popped in for a quick bite. I am generally over critical when it comes to restaurants but particularly with sushi places. Needless to s0 . . .
I'm way too hung over to do anything more productive than cook and clean today. Thanks again PMT for a great party. It was nice meeting a few more people on the site. Today I felt like makin0 . . .
My best friend Ted is coming to town for the evening. We are going to see the Pat Metheny Trio which consists of Pat, Christian McBride, and Antonio Sanchez. Pat is probably my favorite jazz guitarist0 . . .
Everytime I see this informercial I burst into laughter. Seriously who the fuck is buying this? Qga7-6t04gs Oh god it gets better ewJ42ANMNl00 . . .
Tonight somebody who holds slightly no significance in my life told me something that will change their life forever. It's not that I think nothing of this person, its that I don't really kn0 . . .
this is getting ridiculous. My upstairs neighbors decided to leave for a few days and left their two dogs by themselves (well some guy comes to feed and walk them a couple times a day). But I am not e0 . . .
For the past couple of weeks I have been drooling over Rue Franklin's fall menu. It all sounds so delicious, but considering they aren't open on Sunday and I wanted to cook it myself, I deci0 . . .
Whoever said fighting in hockey was unsportsmanlike? kCQRT14azI40 . . .
As a whole college students are smart enough to learn and understand advanced concepts in numerous subjects... 1007/10110713391011.jpg Apparently we haven't quite figured out how to use a f0 . . .
I just found this today on youtube. It's pretty cool, somebody has orchestrated a bunch of old games and set it to a video. Apparently the Buffalo Philharmonic will be performing it this Sunday h0 . . .
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After yesterday's fungi adventure I had a craving for some mushrooms in my dinner. This morning I found this recipe http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_17924,00.html 0 . . .
I went to Delaware Park today to complete a Bio assignment. Actually it was for extra credit, but I could certainly use an extra 10 points averaged into my lab grade. I had to collect different specie0 . . .
I blame my brother for my love of older British TV, except for Doctor Who, I really don't like that show much. But I love this show the Young Ones and particularly like this episode that Madness 0 . . .
This morning at about 1am I was awakened to obnoxiously loud forced laughing and screaming. It was the neighbors children and their friends being slightly too loud. I thought whatever...all part of li0 . . .
Today is a day I would like to forget. I had one quiz and two exams. I know that I really did shitty on all of them. I was banking on the calc exam sucking, but the bio exam was much harder than I was0 . . .
So at Columbia University today Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a speech about various topics. It was a highly criticized appearance by many Americans, which I personally find to be lame. Not that I think th0 . . .
So my first whole weekend off in a while and of course I have come down with something and feel fucking miserable. This may be a new record for me, only 4 weeks into the semester and I have already ma0 . . .
My Mailman sucks! The dude has refused to pick up my mail the last two days, and today he delivered one piece and left the outgoing stuff! Am I missing something here?0 . . .
As with all things food and drink related I have a compelling urge to try things that I have never had. Sometimes it sounds really gross and turns out to be awesome, as was the case I discovered with 0 . . .
It looks like I just lost another .000000011lbs! http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/09/12/shrinking.kilogram.ap/index.html0 . . .
Of all the Asian soups that I am hopelessly addicted to, Pho is by far my absolute favorite. I love this soup so much that I want to take a trip to Vietnam just so I can have my fill of street Pho. So0 . . .
In a successful attempt to avoid my studying this evening I decided to make one of my favorite dinners. Balsamic Chicken with Swiss Chard. Ok so admittedly, it isn't quite the caliber of "fo0 . . .
Dear Asshole, Thank you very much for the 3:30am wake up call this morning. I don't normally set my own alarm for this time due to the fact that I usually like to continue to sleep till 6:30am0 . . .
Ok so my car is a piece of shit. But the fact that it still runs is reason enough to not purchase a new one. I have a goal of getting it to at least 200,000 miles before I replace it. I'm not sur0 . . .
I really miss having a dishwasher. This is the first apartment I have had in 7 years that doesn't have one. I think if I were allowed to give up one domestic duty for life it would definitely be 0 . . .
In my years of being a waiter I have noticed certain traits amongst my coworkers. Wait staff tend to be alcoholics, have children, or they're drug addicts. Sometimes it's a combination of al0 . . .
Smoking is one of the most disgusting habits on earth. Why the fuck I made the most ridiculous decision to start again beyond me. I smoked for 7 years and quit for 1 year, then I smoked for another 20 . . .
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Well I suppose summer is pretty much over for since school starts Monday. This summer has been an exceptional one for me. Although I guess I usually try to make the most out of my free time. So in seq0 . . .
Tonight for dinner I made Kalbi. All modesty aside it was absolutely delicious. I got most of the ingredients from Sung's Oriental Grocery on Niagara Falls Blvd (between Sheridan and Main). It� . . .
I rarely, if ever watch American Football. I have heard some players names but couldn't pick most of them out of a lineup unless of course they killed their ex-wife or were part of a dog fighting0 . . .
I spent the better part of the morning trying to figure out how to convert an avi into an swf. I'm hoping my efforts weren't wasted. Anyway about the video, I took this at Englischer Garten 0 . . .
I went to Spot Coffee to check it out and have a big cup caffeine this evening. I had a mocha in one of those massive cups. On top was tons of whipped cream and chocolate sauce. I must have sat there 0 . . .
Not to whine about former relationships, but when someone drops off the face of the earth so to speak, there is usually a reason for it. My former girlfriend who decided to dump me and then continue s0 . . .
In a lazy mood today I decided to get pizza and wings at the closest place to my apartment. I guess the place is called NY Pizza judging by its sign, but the name on the menu says NY Style Pizza. Its0 . . .
We really need to import this gameshow to the States UlAkOhH9eek0 . . .
Big surprise, I was craving sushi this evening and really wanted to try Kuni's togo. As much as love sitting at a sushi bar and seeing the fish in the case I felt that I needed to try the most r0 . . .
I'm so thrilled to have a job again! I suppose this is kinda my second job in Buffalo after one week. Unfortunately Rue Franklin was only willing to give me two shifts a week which = James being 0 . . .
0807/IMG12460812.jpg Btw, do either of you know of a place downtown that has fox soccer channel? I had to go up to Tully's on Niagara Falls Blvd to see the Manchester v. Reading game today. 0 . . .
I had an early dinner tonight at O http://orestaurantandlounge.com/. I was craving sushi since I haven't had it since I moved to Buffalo. Although I have had many people proclaim Kuni's as t0 . . .
So today the gas man came over and turned on my gas. I was so excited to take my first hot shower in bflo and to make some dinner that required cooking. So I hopped on my bike and found Guercio's0 . . .
Things did not start out as I hoped. I went through my checklist of things that needed to be done and I realized my inspection expired at the end of July. I had done a few things at the beginning of t0 . . .
My last week in Syracuse has been so busy that part of it was in Connecticut. I have taken the last week to visit my top three favorite restaurants here. L'adour is a French bistro in Syracuse th0 . . .
Last night my friend Ted and I drove out to Hartford, Connecticut to see the Police at Rentschler field. I have been waiting to see this band live for a long time. It was definitely worth the wait. T0 . . .
Last night I went to Jazz in the Square in Syracuse. Being a fan of the jazz I try to go to it every year that I can. Previous years have had some great bands and I have always had a good time. This y0 . . .
So I went to Lake George in the Adirondacks this past weekend with some friends on our annual visit. It was a beautiful weekend there. We did some boating and a nice hike up to the top of Rogers Rock 0 . . .
Im moving to bflo in a few weeks and am very excited about it. I have been living in Syracuse for the last 6 years. I have definitely have had some of the best times in my life living there. But Im r0 . . .