You know how visitors make you a tourist in your own city? Well, I had an absolute ball of a time in NYC while my baby sis, Marie, was in town. The weather wasn’t too cooperative, but we made do. After our late Thursday night out on the town, we slept in a bit (well, it was sleeping in for me…Marie, not so much). While Kyle was at work, Marie and I shopped it up in SoHo, then stopped for a mid-day snack at Dean & Deluca. All the fresh, colorful produce just makes… Read more >
Elise
August 24, 2009
edamame, hummus, quinoa, soy bacon, soy latte, spinach salad, veggie burger, veggie chips
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I woke up at 6:50 am today. FYI, my shift starts 7. Uh. Oops? After having a mini-stroke, I got my butt in gear and hauled ass to work. If there’s ONE THING you should know about me, it is this: I HATE CHAOS. Odd, given my job right? To be honest, I feel like it is actually this quality of my personality that’s one of the reasons I thrive in the ICU. I think the constant drive to create order and stability works to my advantage in such an intense setting. And yet, in… Read more >
Elise
August 21, 2009
bbq, big salad, broccoli slaw, dried papaya, figs, ground "meat", mexican food, p.b. and j, quinoa, spinach salad, Starbucks
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I wouldn’t even know where to begin. It was such a stressful (work filled) weekend, I’m just glad it’s over and I made it through. I am far too exhausted to type, so I won’t be sharing the latest ICU happs. Instead, I’ll stick to the food. Saturday’s pre-packed snacks/lunch included some oldies (pistachio, almond, goji, dried cranz mix), TJ’s “Go Rah” Trek Mix bar, dried fruit, yadda yadda – and some newbies. I have seen these MoJo bars throughout the blog world before, but thought they were some urban legend. Turns out, they are… Read more >
Elise
August 17, 2009
almonds, Candle Cafe, ground "meat", hummus, quinoa, raw, seitan, WF tofu
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Were you all on the edge of your seat over today’s lunch surprise? :) Probably NOT since it’s no secret I’ve been after these elusive PB&J Larabars forever! These were NOTHING short of perfection. I have no clue how they do it, but these bars truly do taste just like peanut butter and jelly sammiches. Even the smell when I unwrapped it took me back to my school lunches from back in the day. I’m in love. Good thing I bought a few…these babies were harder to track down than Bin Laden (but much more… Read more >
Elise
August 14, 2009
avocado, broccoli slaw, hummus, quinoa, raw, seaweed, sesame crackers, smoothie, sushi
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This is a mantra I rely on heavily at work…so you can imagine my excitement when I discovered they sold these historic posters (obviously I bought one). You can read about the history here, but basically, I use it to keep me from freaking out when patient’s are about to code, or I’m racing frantically to get them to a stable state, pushing IVs and slapping defib pads on the patient…you know…day to day things. I bought the large poster, and they sent along a mini-card too (above) which subsequently went in my wallet to… Read more >
Elise
August 13, 2009
almonds, broccoli slaw, dried mixed fruit, dried pineapple, figs, hummus, quinoa, spinach salad
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