Weekend Updates: Cooking 101, Bad Pizza, and Bruce Springsteen

You guys, last week was hard. And this week doesn't look much better. But I've found that the best cure for such weeks is not doing jack on Friday nights, so that's exactly what I did. Blue and I had plans to go to TGI Friday's, but when we couldn't find parking, we decided to to just hit up the diner. I almost always get breakfast at diners, because I can, but opted for a buffalo chicken wrap and waffle fries, which totally hit the spot. (Waffle fries are seriously underrated, btw.)

I've found that in each relationship (or at least mine), each person assumes a role. For instance, with me and Blue, I'm the planner of allthethings, and she's the cook. At least once a weekend, "we" make one big meal. As in, I drink wine and keep her company while she cooks. This works well because 1. I like wine and 2. she likes to cook. She usually asks what I want and though I always want mashed potatoes I know they're a pain in the ass to make so I don't often request them. Mashed potatoes are basically my ultimate comfort food, and like I said, last week was hard, so I requested them, and she offered to teach me how to make them. I peeled the potatoes and took notes and YAY now I know how to make them myself. I also learned how to make a whole chicken without a crockpot, and gravy, so that was pretty awesome too, even though I will probably never do it myself because cooking for one doesn't really require an entire chicken. But I know how to do it now, and knowledge is power or something.

Oh, I also don't believe in cooking without music, regardless of who is cooking, so I queued up the Spotify playlist Alyssa had shared to be our background music. It was the perfect mix of smooth and upbeat.

peeling. Yes, I sit on counters regularly. 

winner winner chicken dinner...literally

one of the best screw top wines, Spotify, and the 
finished product: deliciousness

We also watched The Intern with Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro. Don't watch that. Though cute, it was one of the slowest movies I've ever sat through.

On Sunday, we watched Angel From Hell and then ran some errands. Have you guys seen this show with Jane Lynch? It's funny and kinda cute, which means it'll probably be cancelled soon, but I really like it. And then it was time to introduce Blue to tomato pie (FINALLY!) and for her to introduce me to her all-time favorite musical artist: Bruce Springsteen. 

The tomato pie experience was a complete bust. We waited for 90 minutes and wound up with some shitty cardboard pizza (NOT tomato pie) sitting next to the bathrooms in the basement. The management completely lost control of the overwhelming crowd. Guys-- you are located next to the Prudential Center. You need to expect these crowds. Get your shit together. So naturally I wrote them a lovely Yelp review. The owner actually wrote back to me and offered a refund or a pie, but I'm not close enough to that area to go just for that, and I'm not interested in their fake tomato pies. 

Obviously Bruce Springsteen was amazing. Seeing him live in NJ was absolutely phenomenal. The fans are so nice and you can tell they absolutely adore him (obviously, there's no other way people would hand over $200+ for a ticket). There was just so much happy energy in the arena. He sang some 30 songs, barely taking a break to breathe, he danced, he crowdsurfed,.. I can only hope to be that in shape at 67! 

shitty pizza

Bruce and a Bro-hole fan

crowdsurfing!

Sorry for the crap pictures. You'll just have to take my word that it was him and it was awesome. Linking up with Biana for Weekending!

How was your weekend?