nutella cinnamon rolls

 

i don't know what your lifestyle is like, but i feel like a lot of homies complain about baking or act like it's some kind of wizardry out of their humble reach. this homie disagrees. baking is terrific, because it's just following directions! measure this! mix this! wait for this! does it look like this? now bake this! you did it! i made this nutella cinnamon roll recipe a few weekends ago and gadzooks it was simple yet so delicious. also: if you ever want people to like you stuff on instagram i recommend putting nutella on it. smear some nutella on that sunset! put nutella on your selfie! nutella wins instagram. dogs also win instagram. babies total trump all of those and are instagram gold. imma rent a baby and make it sit on a puppy holding a jar of nutella. walden filter. you're going to love it. they'll throw a parade for me.

brunch warriors

mikeyaz and i classify ourselves as brunch warriors. we have this brunch thing down to a science. we win at doing brunch on the reg. here's how we work things:

1. scope out our options ahead of time. first, we decide if we want to revisit an old favorite or try somewhere new. 80% of the time we go with a new place. we yelp that sucker, scope it out, read reviews (and try to get a sense of what the reviewer is like/where their bias lies), look at pictures. then we go.
2. we scope the specials first - they're the friggin specials! they might not be there next time! if there's no specials, we look for entrees with the place's name in them. that probably means it's a house specialty.
3. we consult each other on what we're getting. this comes into play later.
4. we do a solid handshake after placing our order.
5. once the food arrives, we eat half of our own meal, then switch plates. typically it's a literal 50/50 swap, but sometimes we'll negotiate portions depending on how much we like what we're eating/what the other person has. but since most of the time we've consulted each other before ordering, it goes 50/50.
6. afterwards, we reminisce. we pick a favorite of the two dishes. we rate it out of five stars. we rank it among current favorites. then we watch fraggle rock or some joss whedon show or a cartoon and i fall asleep 95% of the time.

follow this steps and win.

post race brunch

 

eggs florentine at cafe lift. inhaled in under five minutes because this lady isn't an athlete and a 5k is wayyyyy too much physical exertion.

please note: liz looks like she's straight up out of avatar in that top photo. keiran didn't race but she did eat breakfast in the company of the freaks.