Comfort Food

You know, I promised myself that I would try and stay disciplined enough with this blog to keep something up every week and I’m a little disappointed that I haven’t written something in a while. I’ve been a little overwhelmed to be honest with you. Christmastime apparently does this to people.

I consider myself a fairly sane and rational human being who takes on problems with flexibility and critical thinking. This doesn’t mean that I’m immune to the occasional breakdown and/or shutdown. Since Thanksgiving, this has happened a bit too often due to overheated radiators, rear-ended pickup trucks, hacked itunes accounts, botched apple butters, bare gift lists, drained savings accounts, and the possibility of a career change. This all needing to be fixed and taken care of so I can be full of life with gorgeous hair and nails before I leave for a trip home to New Jersey in less than two weeks. (Gulp.)

This is a food blog though and not my personal therapist so here are the things that have made me smile and reminded me that life is okay when your belly is full.

A post-work huge bacon cheeseburger paired with a shot of Fernet Branca at Sputnik:

Dim Sum at Shanghai with your co-workers, eating chicken feet for the first time, and black sesame green tea buns:

Cheering on a good friend and helping to pour his Baby’s First Punch at Austin’s Drink Local competition: 

Even though the product caused a meltdown, the late night spent cutting apples with your best friend makes up for it:

The beauty of everything produced and learned at the bar and restaurant you’ll be leaving on January 7^th:

Sometimes we just need reminders and a little comfort food.