Man... My stomach is JUST starting to deflate from the ridiculously GINORMOUS brunch we had on Sunday! If you're in the Richmond area, definitely check out the Sunday champagne brunch at The Jefferson Hotel downtown. It was, in a word, WONDERFUL!! I was gonna post the menu here (and I still might), but Shortcake is hatin right now, so... Besides, just LOOKING at all that food we ate might send me into another food-induced coma!
**I decided to post it anyway... it brings back such tasty memories**
Breakfast Items
Various Poached Egg Specialties
Eggs Jefferson
Sausage
Bacon
Three Cheese Grits
Hash Browns
Made-to-Order Omelets
Freshly Made Waffles with Fruit Toppings
French Toast
Assorted Danish and Pastry
Fresh Seasonal Fruit
Luncheon Items
Poultry, Meat and Seafood Entrees with seasonal accompaniments
Bountiful Seafood Display with Smoked Salmon, Mussels, Scallops, Poached Shrimp and Oysters on the Half Shell
Chef's Weekly Choice of Carving Station featuring Roasted Prime Rib, Beef Tenderloin, Turkey, Lamb or Glazed Ham
Seasonal Pasta
Soup of the Day
The Jefferson's Signature Spoonbread
Imported and Domestic Cheese Display
Seasonal Salads
Housemade Charcuterie including Pates and Terrines
Desserts
Chocolate Truffle Torte
Variety of Cheese Cakes
Key Lime Pie
Citrus Tarts
Cannoli
Toasted Almond Torte
Pecan Bourbon Torte
Sundae Station with Chef's Choice of Bananas Foster, Cherries Jubilee, Stuffed Crepes or Waffle Cones and Ice Cream
The best part was that every time you took a sip of your champagne, the server was there to refill your glass! So as if the Patron and pineapple juice extravaganza the night before wasn't enough, now I'm HIGH on champagne too? **sigh** We sooooooo love it there.
I was also gonna go into this long detailed recap of what we did the whole weekend, but I figured nobody really cares. Here are the highlights: Friday night we went to the Martini Kitchen for drinks. Definitely need to take a bulldozer to that place and try again. Boooooo. Saturday we went to Short Pump mall and then the step show that night. Lessons learned from that experience? I am too old for the collegiate step show experience. I can only hear so many bars of "Atomic Dog" before I'm reaching for a sharp implement and all those children singing and dancing to songs I've never heard before just make me tired. But we did win first place (yay HT '07!!), so it was worth my $10. Like I said, Sunday was brunch. That morning Jigga drove up (get it? As in MY NIGGA!!!!! Never mind, inside joke) to eat with us. **sigh** He soooooo makes my heart sing. Anyway... brunch, sleep, football, 60 Minutes, and **ahem** other stuff. The end. Happy 31st birthday to me :)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
So dears... here are some pictures from my birthday celebration this past weekend. I went back to VCU to hang out with my linesisters for our tenth anniversary and then had the most FAAAAAAABULOUS champagne brunch on Sunday with them and a friend. Shout out to the right side of the table and the lucky gentleman in the middle :)
From Airport Security
Happy birthday to me **sniffle** happy birthday to me **sniffle** happy birthday to Monique
**sigh**
Happy birthdaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy
Toooooooo
Meeeeeeeeeeeee
**sniffle**
**sigh**
Happy birthdaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy
Toooooooo
Meeeeeeeeeeeee
**sniffle**
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Anna-Lula is the New FAB!!!
OOOOOOOOOOH!!!!! Look at me! Look at me! I got an Anna-Lula original for my very berry own :)
**sigh of contentment**
Is it December yet? Cause I am sooooo ready to curl up in front of the fireplace with my new blanket and a good book... wait... I don't have a fireplace. **shrug** Ah well- whatevs. I gots me a new blanket!
**skipping off to turn the air conditioner down to 50 so I can wrap myself up**
**sigh of contentment**
Is it December yet? Cause I am sooooo ready to curl up in front of the fireplace with my new blanket and a good book... wait... I don't have a fireplace. **shrug** Ah well- whatevs. I gots me a new blanket!
**skipping off to turn the air conditioner down to 50 so I can wrap myself up**
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
**YAWN**
Lord.
Have.
Mercy.
So yeah, I am a proud card-carrying member of the Democratic party. And hell yeah, I am a very vocal, downright obnoxious supporter of Senator Barack Obama. But I mean, really.
That was, quite possibly, the WORST speech I have ever heard. In my life. Yep, that would be including the intention speech of the girl who ran for SCA Secretary when I was in third grade.
JESUS!!!!!!
I kept hoping someone would come along and punch me in the face, thereby killing me and preventing me from spending the rest of this evening in a hell created by Governor Sarah Palin- sorry, Sarah Plain and Tall. Now if it wasn't apparent to you all at home why I was calling her that before, it should soooooo be clear to you now. Aren't you supposed to be such an effective and inspiring speaker that you cannot even get through a sentence without being interrupted by the screams and chants of your rapt audience? Not this gal... she stopped at the end of every third sentence, hoping fervently that someone, ANYONE would clap their hands. I'm sorry Wolf Blitzer, she "hit it out of the park?" This speech proves why "she is such a beloved public official?" Chile, please! You can't possibly be serious! Why am I the only one who feels like this speech tanked? Is it because I support Obama-Biden? Is it because I am Black? Or is it just because I have two eyes and two ears and I actually saw and heard this travesty? All the commentators are raving about it... all the pundits are saying what a clinch performance this was and how Sarah Palin delivered past everyones' expectations. Errr???
This broad got up to that podium and basically decided that she wanted to throw darts at Barack Obama. Wait, I take that back. She bored us to tears with the introduction of her family and the long, drawn out story of her husband and what a great standup guy he is, and THEN she started with the darts. Community organizer doesn't compare to small town mayor? Estabished United States Senator doesn't compare to flash in the pan governor of the darkest, coldest state in the union? CHILE, PLEASE!!!!!! I didn't hear NOT ONE THING that- if I were an undecided voter- would've persuaded me to vote McCain-Palin. Not one thing. And surely those quick flashes of the one Black man, one Black woman, and one Latino woman in the crowd didn't really do it for me either. Maybe I was supposed to be inspired by this country music song "Raisin McCain?"
**puzzled look**
I dunno. But I really am just way too confused. I can be honest with you and say that I wasn't familiar with Joe Biden before he was selected as Barack Obama's running mate- I haven't always been too interested in our beloved political machine. But the minute he started speaking in Denver last week, I was persuaded. And when he finished, I was a supporter. He clearly stated his background, he emphasized his strong points, he elucidated how he planned to support Senator Obama after they were elected, hell... he just MADE SENSE!!!! No age jokes about McCain, no jabs at how he left his first wife and hooked up with the second one, then subsequently broke her arm for looking too long at some Black man on the campaign trail (kidding... sometimes I go too far!)... just a very clear and concise statement of his objectives and how he (and his ticket mate) plan to achieve those goals. What does Sarah Palin do? She makes some lame ass jokes about being a soccer mom and basically holds up a sign that says "I don't know what to say, please don't vote for me."
And this family of hers.... did she REALLY have her pregnant teenaged daughter trot her boyfriend out on stage at the end of her speech... better yet, have him to make sure he was holding Bristol's hand the whole time just so we could BE SURE to take them seriously as a couple? Does anyone else find that to be inapporpriate? If I am running for Vice President of the United States, the LAST thing in the world I feel like championing is my fast ass daughter's ill-adivsed teenaged love affair. They ain't married yet. Hell does preggo even have a ring? Then why the FUCK is that little wide-eyed boy on stage at the Repulican National Convention holding on to his girlfriend's hand, dreaming of a new life in the slick big city of Washington Deeeeeee-Seeeee (YEEHAW!!!).
This speech was a joke. It was a joke and it was an insult to me as an American voter. I will not be persuaded to vote for you just because you have the visual of an "all American family." No thank you, bitter white lady. I'll put my money on the tall, handsome Black man with the genius, elegant wife and the staggeringly bright and beautiful young ladies. Yes, please, I'll have Senator Obama for President.
Have.
Mercy.
So yeah, I am a proud card-carrying member of the Democratic party. And hell yeah, I am a very vocal, downright obnoxious supporter of Senator Barack Obama. But I mean, really.
That was, quite possibly, the WORST speech I have ever heard. In my life. Yep, that would be including the intention speech of the girl who ran for SCA Secretary when I was in third grade.
JESUS!!!!!!
I kept hoping someone would come along and punch me in the face, thereby killing me and preventing me from spending the rest of this evening in a hell created by Governor Sarah Palin- sorry, Sarah Plain and Tall. Now if it wasn't apparent to you all at home why I was calling her that before, it should soooooo be clear to you now. Aren't you supposed to be such an effective and inspiring speaker that you cannot even get through a sentence without being interrupted by the screams and chants of your rapt audience? Not this gal... she stopped at the end of every third sentence, hoping fervently that someone, ANYONE would clap their hands. I'm sorry Wolf Blitzer, she "hit it out of the park?" This speech proves why "she is such a beloved public official?" Chile, please! You can't possibly be serious! Why am I the only one who feels like this speech tanked? Is it because I support Obama-Biden? Is it because I am Black? Or is it just because I have two eyes and two ears and I actually saw and heard this travesty? All the commentators are raving about it... all the pundits are saying what a clinch performance this was and how Sarah Palin delivered past everyones' expectations. Errr???
This broad got up to that podium and basically decided that she wanted to throw darts at Barack Obama. Wait, I take that back. She bored us to tears with the introduction of her family and the long, drawn out story of her husband and what a great standup guy he is, and THEN she started with the darts. Community organizer doesn't compare to small town mayor? Estabished United States Senator doesn't compare to flash in the pan governor of the darkest, coldest state in the union? CHILE, PLEASE!!!!!! I didn't hear NOT ONE THING that- if I were an undecided voter- would've persuaded me to vote McCain-Palin. Not one thing. And surely those quick flashes of the one Black man, one Black woman, and one Latino woman in the crowd didn't really do it for me either. Maybe I was supposed to be inspired by this country music song "Raisin McCain?"
**puzzled look**
I dunno. But I really am just way too confused. I can be honest with you and say that I wasn't familiar with Joe Biden before he was selected as Barack Obama's running mate- I haven't always been too interested in our beloved political machine. But the minute he started speaking in Denver last week, I was persuaded. And when he finished, I was a supporter. He clearly stated his background, he emphasized his strong points, he elucidated how he planned to support Senator Obama after they were elected, hell... he just MADE SENSE!!!! No age jokes about McCain, no jabs at how he left his first wife and hooked up with the second one, then subsequently broke her arm for looking too long at some Black man on the campaign trail (kidding... sometimes I go too far!)... just a very clear and concise statement of his objectives and how he (and his ticket mate) plan to achieve those goals. What does Sarah Palin do? She makes some lame ass jokes about being a soccer mom and basically holds up a sign that says "I don't know what to say, please don't vote for me."
And this family of hers.... did she REALLY have her pregnant teenaged daughter trot her boyfriend out on stage at the end of her speech... better yet, have him to make sure he was holding Bristol's hand the whole time just so we could BE SURE to take them seriously as a couple? Does anyone else find that to be inapporpriate? If I am running for Vice President of the United States, the LAST thing in the world I feel like championing is my fast ass daughter's ill-adivsed teenaged love affair. They ain't married yet. Hell does preggo even have a ring? Then why the FUCK is that little wide-eyed boy on stage at the Repulican National Convention holding on to his girlfriend's hand, dreaming of a new life in the slick big city of Washington Deeeeeee-Seeeee (YEEHAW!!!).
This speech was a joke. It was a joke and it was an insult to me as an American voter. I will not be persuaded to vote for you just because you have the visual of an "all American family." No thank you, bitter white lady. I'll put my money on the tall, handsome Black man with the genius, elegant wife and the staggeringly bright and beautiful young ladies. Yes, please, I'll have Senator Obama for President.
Monday, September 01, 2008
Labor Day
Back on the block after a very very good weekend in the 757. I have a new favorite television show (Weeds), the memory of some FANTASTIC Mexican food from Moe's Southwest Grill, a blunt MAC lipstick, and.... yeah, good times were had by all.
The first thing I did when I got home was rip open the box containing THOSE little beauties (look down there.... down there!) and then try to figure out where I could wear them :) It turned out to be PetSmart and Applebees, but whatever... I was getting the message out!
Now I am sitting in mysecond home far left cushion of my couch watching hurricane coverage on CNN and trying soooooo desperately not to laugh at Bristol Lynn Spears Palin with her illegitimate baby and her Sarah Plain and Tall mother. **shaking my head in dismay** What are they doing?????? Can you really be qualified to be Vice President of these United States if all you ever really did with your life was marry a dog racer, be the mayor of some ice-encrusted town in Far Meltaway, Alaska, and push five children out of her hooch?
**pause**
That broad gave birth to FIVE children! One of whom, I firmly believe is the illegitimate child of her 17-year-old daughter that she passed off as her own to protect their 1934 values.
**jumping up and down in protest**
I know he's all "let's respect their privacy as a family" and "we will love and support the Palin family as they carry on the business of a normal American family," but I am pretty sure that when Old Man McCain got hold of this piece of information, he probably wanted to ram the coat hanger up there himself (that was for you, Gorilla Paws... you're the only one who will not find that INEXCUSABLY offensive). Ah well.... now if they could just hook Sarah Plain and Tall up with a suitable stylist and get rid of that Flashdance hair and Little House on the Prairie wardrobe, maybe we could all start to take her just a wee bit more seriously. I'm sayin... governor of Alaska? For less than two years? What sorts of experience did that put under her belt... how to skin a seal in less than sixty seconds with only an icicle and a dream? How to find oil by using the noses of your husband's racing dogs and a compass? Or maybe how to get all that hair to stand up on its own using only the leftover seal blubber and whale bones from last week's kill?
**ducking from all the Republican flag wavers**
The red candidates blow. Hard.
That is all.
The first thing I did when I got home was rip open the box containing THOSE little beauties (look down there.... down there!) and then try to figure out where I could wear them :) It turned out to be PetSmart and Applebees, but whatever... I was getting the message out!
Now I am sitting in my
**pause**
That broad gave birth to FIVE children! One of whom, I firmly believe is the illegitimate child of her 17-year-old daughter that she passed off as her own to protect their 1934 values.
**jumping up and down in protest**
I know he's all "let's respect their privacy as a family" and "we will love and support the Palin family as they carry on the business of a normal American family," but I am pretty sure that when Old Man McCain got hold of this piece of information, he probably wanted to ram the coat hanger up there himself (that was for you, Gorilla Paws... you're the only one who will not find that INEXCUSABLY offensive). Ah well.... now if they could just hook Sarah Plain and Tall up with a suitable stylist and get rid of that Flashdance hair and Little House on the Prairie wardrobe, maybe we could all start to take her just a wee bit more seriously. I'm sayin... governor of Alaska? For less than two years? What sorts of experience did that put under her belt... how to skin a seal in less than sixty seconds with only an icicle and a dream? How to find oil by using the noses of your husband's racing dogs and a compass? Or maybe how to get all that hair to stand up on its own using only the leftover seal blubber and whale bones from last week's kill?
**ducking from all the Republican flag wavers**
The red candidates blow. Hard.
That is all.
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