This week and next is restaurant week, and i took advantage of it monday night with some friends. the idea of restaurant week is that you get a chance to try out some of new york's pricey restaurants with a three-course, fixed-price lunch($20) or dinner($35). That's usually much cheaper than you'd normally pay, and you still get to choose among three items for each course. The 10 of us tried out a sushi place in greenwich village (sort of). the food was pretty good, and dinner with friends is always fun, but it wasn't the best meal i've had. it was, however, one of the pricier ones. and i was stuffed.

and that was the last food i ate. now it's thursday, and i'm reaaaaallllllllyyyyy hungry. but the 3-day fast ends tonight after church, so i should make it another 5 hours, right?

i've been reading about the auto show going on in detroit right now, and i wish i could be there to see all the new designs and outrageous concept cars. but just walking the streets of new york you get to see lots of stuff. i always see the newest models, sometimes even before i know they've been released. and with all these wealthy people around i see the high end stuff too: corvettes, big BMWs, Mercedes (SL's, the new curvy CLS, lots of AMG too!), and Audi A8s. Sometimes they're even tricked out. Yesterday i saw a huge Maserati. A while ago i saw a Maybach parked in an outdoor lot, which didn't make sense to me. yesterday i also saw a recent Acura NSX. two weekends ago a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo drove by as i was shopping. It's been a while since i've seen any Ferrari's... maybe when spring comes they'll be out.

obviously i didn't resolve to post more often in the new year. but it's my blog, and i'll blog if i want to. wow, that sounded so... anyway, the site was down for a while. okay, it was only like a day. whatever.

winter finally came to new york city. last week we had temps in the (high) fifties, and then suddenly it was gone. now it's frigid, and everything is snow and ice-covered. it's a good thing i bought a new winter coat! i was getting tired of wearing all black like every other new yorker, so i found a jacket in bright blue. it's really bright. it's a water-proof shell over a zip-in down jacket. you should be jealous. thanks mom and dad and holly and chris for the cash to buy it. yes, it took all that! but it was on sale, so that makes it okay in our family, right?

FYI: i don't know if i'm going to make it through today. i didn't have any chocolate in my lunch today, and now i feel like i'm starting to freak out. i didn't really realize i was such an addict. maybe i can fake an errand and leave the office to pick some up. hmmmmm....