ASPCA

Today I took a drive to the ASPCA animal shelter in Brockton. Every few months or so they do a fundraiser to help supplement the cost of running the shelter.

Being as I have two rescue pets now (and a third that I rescued in high school and lost last year), the ASPCA has a special place in my heart. Today They had a book/bake sale.

Of course, I have ulterior motives besides buying books: playing with the shelter animals!

I posted a pic of my favorite. Her name is Villa :)

If you plan to adopt a pet, go with an animal shelter!

Sloth Day

Literally spent my entire day watching Animal Planet and fighting over my snuggie.

Happy Saturday :)

Looks like blogging...

Just got a whole lot easier! Hello new smartphone :)

Brief (but Important) Updates

• 10 days (and counting) without coffee
• 7 days (and counting) since surgery
• bought myself a present for surviving both of these milestones: 

Boston Sunset on a Fall Day

After a particularly hectic Monday, I returned to to MBTA station in  mediocre mood....until I looked up at the sky and saw a gorgeous sunset in the works. Since my apartment (and the T) are roughly only a five minutes drive, I was inspired to race the clock and go take some pictures of the sunset. What follows are my feeble attempts at photography that I hope to improve over time! enjoy :)

This is my favorite...I wish it had come out clearer

City skyline with a plane landing at Logan

clearly I need to do further research on manual settings

D-Day

For those of you following my coffee journey, Sunday marked D-Day: decaf day.

So far, the torture caused by this change has been only mild to moderately uncomfortable. Sunday I just felt very tired and out of sorts. Today, I have a moderate migraine (migraine = in pain, but trying to still function). Contemplating heading out early to go home and lay down...we'll see.

PS - decided to buy cookies at Starbucks for an afternoon sugar push. One was a cat an the other an owl. I took the photo *after* eating the first cookie:

Restaurant Review: Wicked

I recently dined at the (relatively) new Legacy Place area in Dedham. I had heard about a restaurant on the Phantom Gourmet called "Wicked" that served organic pizza.

As an individual with food allergies, eating at restaurants (and eating in general) can be downright terrifying. It's scary some of the crap that they put in food and it has made me very timid about trying anything new. I prefer that my epipen stay in my bag and never be needed :)

So, when I heard about Wicked I jumped at the chance to enjoy a meal worry free!

After a brief wait, we were escorted to a side table in the bar. One of my only critiques of Wicked was how close together the seating was, but not a major issue in the grand scheme of things.

Our waiter, Adam, was amazing! He answered all of my allergy questions and gave us a brief overview of how the restaurant worked and how they made the items we had ordered. I found out that a vast majority of the food is organic, which is pretty fantastic!

Here are the noms:

Buffalo Wings

Mushroom Swiss Burger (ground in house same day!) with Truffle Fries

Brownie Sundae

The food was amazing! It was so nice to go somewhere that is organic and allergy conscious without being pretentious. I will DEFINITELY be returning soon :)