Sometimes, I get upset that Kamran really can’t hang with me when it comes to guiltless gluttony. I have wild fantasies about consuming entire Ritter Sport bars in one sitting, of sitting down with a bag of Doritos (Cool Ranch, of course) and just going to town. Meanwhile, Kamran has wild fantasies about lightly-dressed raw greens and filling up on soup so he can just pee it out later and not gain anything. The times I love him least are when he’s denying my request for pizza for the 27th weekend in a row.
And the times I love him the most are when he comes home and asks, “Do you think we could get a reservation for Momofuku Ko tomorrow?” It’s easily his favourite meal we’ve ever had and also easily in my top two. It’s also one of the hardest restaurants to get into; its reservations system comes online at 10 a.m. every morning, and all of the spots are taken ten seconds later.
But I managed to snag one thanks to hundreds of website-refreshings Friday morning, and we went for an amazing 18-part lunch on Saturday. And then we went to the all-French-fry place again and got Vietnamese pineapple mayo topping:
Then we went to 16 Handles, a frozen yogurt place where you fill you cup with any combination of–wait for it–16 flavors and then cover that with any of about 40 toppings and then pay by the pound. UH-MAZE-ING.
There are totally two strawberry slices in there, which makes the mini Reese’s cups, crumbled regular-sized Reese’s cups, sprinkles, Cap’n Crunch, caramel sauce, cookie dough, and gummy bears totally fine.
Look how jealous that blurry guy behind us is. (Also, is that Ward Williams or what?)
Point is: if I ever loved Kamran, it was last weekend.
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An 18 part lunch! Sounds FAAAAANCY!
I feel under-dressed just reading about it! :)
I think there was supposed to be a question mark in there.
Stupid punctuation.
No way! Part of the reason we love the place is that they place awesome indie music, and everyone wears jeans.
Oh, I should also mention that those people in the tiny photo on the left were slo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-wly dancing to some dubstep on the street that day as part of a parade.
Here’s a link to the awesome (read: kind of pathetic) video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwabqMUrcIQ
I’m not much of a dancer, but I do a pretty mean stand in one spot ‘n’ spin. Until I get dizzy and sick to my stomach, anyway. :)
I totally thought, “That looks like Ward” in the background…and then you mentioned it too. Doesn’t he live in NYC now?
It’s funny–I thought it looked like him but knew it couldn’t be. But when I went to find a link for him to put here, I found out that he moved here a year after I did and has been playing shows that I could’ve been going to all along! I might have to hunt him down on Facebook and ask if he was in the East Village, looking sharp, last weekend.
I love the look of absolute JOY on your face with the french fries. I would be feeling the same way.
There’s a commercial on for Kate Middleton’s royal doll on right now. That means I didn’t get to partake in a 18 piece lunch. I ate a cold enchilada and blue tortilla chips. I did, however, eat strawberries, too!
I’m living vicariously though you.
Hey, we’re going to be in the city over the 4th of July weekend.
You and Kamran should meet us at Rattle & Hum at some point.
Those might be the best photos ever of you and Kamran.
Also, yogurt by the pound? NYC is the most magical place in the universe.
You’re so pretty.
Thank you. And you know, I was actually just thinking the same about you yesterday and missing the olden days when you were bored enough that you’d just put on pretty makeup and take pictures of yourself. I’m really in need of some of those posts.
Kamran needs to go out of town more often so you can be gluttonous with no fear of judgment. Last time Dan went on a work trip, I consumed a whole tube of cookie dough by myself in less than 24 hours. Not that I think Dan would have judged me too harshly even if he had been here to witness it, but it was nice not to have to feel apologetic for eating a bowlful of the stuff every couple of hours until it was gone.
I am living vicariously through you too. Love the pix – and I must say, you have the most flawless skin I’ve ever seen. Good thing Kamran’s not a cannibal or you’d be toast.
Kamran reminds me of an actor I can’t seem to place in that first pic. Who?
Is it weird that I was mostly noticing your beautiful lips in the yogurt pic? Wow, girl! :)
All of that (except the mayo) sounds incredible. Yogurt Heaven is what that is. *drool*
Ward is looking GOOD. I hope if it’s not him, that random guy somehow stumbles upon this identifies himself so we can go out. I’ll still call him Ward.
Cool Ranch. Sigh.
I’m still totally jealous of the french fry restaurant. I desperately need one in my life.