a thing in 198 photos kitchen After a delicious lunch of holiday leftovers... Home-cooked lunch. Feastin' time! Leigh working on dinner while Alex supervises. Saved us from being popsicles. So thankful for these two for COMING TO OUR RESCUE! Mer and Maddy. Meredith cooking up a Monday evening feast for me and Ellen! On Friday I biked down to Soho to see Grant's new apartment! Hey, you seen my mom? After the drive back from Sarah & Ben's wedding in New Hampshire , Grant cooked dinner for us! He was halfway through staying with us for a month while searching for a new NYC apartment and so we were treated to meals in exchange for board. Later that night, Grant cooked dinner. Friend reunion at Apt 3a! Meanwhile, Grant worked in the kitchen making everyone... Movie night with popcorn. On Saturday we got a Piper to watch while Ellen was away on vacation! Cake for breakfast is what's up. ...sliced up all sorts of melons in the kitchen! ...while Meredith... She was pureeing them, putting them in the food dehydrator... Meredith named her Josie and found her a home just a few days later! I texted Meredith after arriving back in town from San Francisco to let her know I was on my way back home. She texted me back, "Surprise, we're fostering a dog!" Mer and Cat made homemade pizzas! Cat slicer. ...to cook dinner! Jared getting ready to do the mozzarella momma bird. ...pizza party! ...Meredith was dehydrating carrots! On Wednesday night a bunch of us went over to apt 3a for a cooking class that Quinn was hosting! Homemade granola! All bundled up and ready to head out into the cold... ...to cook us all brunch! Overhead view of the action. Post Christmas breakfast! The weather forecast was calling for heavy snow and by the time we'd finished eating... ...the irresistible smell of turkey being carved. Merry Christmas! Now your turn. Later that night Miye and Kristen came by and took turns receiving hound love. Forced walk at 2:30pm. Back at the homestead, Meredith was making corn on the cob... ...on what they promised was a breakfast feast. Gurj and Mer got were at work... Back inside... When I moved to New York in 1999, John was the first person I knew who'd converted a industrial space into a multi-person loft. He gave me all sorts of advice when we built out our loft space in Greenpoint in 2000! He'd since moved into a newer, bigger space and was in the process of building it out. On Thursday night, Mer and I went to dinner at John's! In the morning... Back at the homestead that evening, Grant whipped up... On Sunday morning we woke up... ...and had breakfast with Aki before she went off to work for the day! Freeze pop snack! And STOVE TOP Jiffy Pop. OLD SCHOOL. Later that night Pauly came over with ALL SORTS of Sunday night treats. Breakfast! The apartment is incredible. Each room was different. The kitchen. Monday morning breakfast time! Dishes were whipped up... ...episodes of Kitschy Kitchen with Health Coach Quinn ! (Fans will note Sanchez the wooden parrot on the left. Haha) On Monday I came home and Meredith was making homemade empanadas. ...while Meredith made and packed a bunch of sandwiches... Meredith made an AMAZING mushroom risotto for dinner. Here, add spices! Later that night, Ellen came over and we had a make-your-own pizza party! For dessert? Kitchen. Lasagna time. Mom in dad in matching Christmas red on Christmas morning. Awwww. LURKdorable! After having our mind blown by all sorts of delicious grilled sandwiches while traveling in Bali (where they call them "jaffles"), Meredith scored us a sandwich press! ...and Pauly came over for Family Night. Pauly's popping Jiffy pop over the STOVE! Old school! 8am Monday in Ellen's fancy kitchen! Meredith gets her nails did. Leigh making brownies. Kitchen ladies. Haha. So excited about mini pizza bagels. This makes me laugh so much. Ooops! Guess I forgot to include these with April. On the last night of April, Meredith made homemade falafel! LURKzark (I SEE YOU!) and Scoots in the kitchen. So did pretty much everybody else. Kitchen party! ....and was hard at work in the kitchen... Friday was our last day in town. After breakfast... My parents had been working on cleaning it out for weeks and except for the basement, it was mostly empty. The kitchen. "NUGGZ AND JUGGZ!" was the reply. I walked into the kitchen and Leigh was turned sideways trying to hide the veggie chicken nuggets she'd just heated up. When I asked her, "Well, well, what do we have here?" Saw four places. The ones we liked were WAY too expensive... On Wednesday morning I ran around town before work and checked out more apartments. On Friday morning, I had breakfast with the fam. And then it was time for my brother and I to give... UltraChef. Haha. On Tuesday night, Sarah invited a bunch of us over for a homemade dinner! (Bonus points to Gurj for making that face in the background! Hahah). ...cooking me dinner in her bra and paaaaaaaanties! Hahaha. Mom manned the stove... ...while my dad carved and Mr. Little worked on carving the bird and the ham, respectively. Mmmmm...pan-fried pierogies before bed. The next mornign we had breakfast with the fam (cinnamon rolls...mmmm) and Grant headed back into town. Meredith decided to stick around a little longer and we... Mad props to Meredith for managing to keep her cool while being sandwiched between two ha-ha-hunks in man-kinis. I don't know how she did it. ...and the ones in the kitchen too. Yep, stripes. Saturday morning I had breakfast with Mom and Pop... Grant's dad whipped up some serious breakfast sandwiches: crumpets with English bacon, butter and Coleman's English mustard. Sooooo tasty. ...thanked Charlene's roomies for their wonderful hospitality (thanks again!)...
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