Rip’s Malt Shop Brooklyn
While scouring the web for Black Friday deals I had stumbled upon a Reddit post linking me to this article which mentioned a vegan restaurant in Brooklyn by the Navy Yard. After skimming through one of the owner’s Instagram account…
A day off well spent (MySQL Cluster and Dinner)
I had spent my day off leaning about clustering a MySQL database. I had followed an amazing tutorial from DigitalOcean and read some official documentation from the MySQL Reference Manual. I began by setting up some new VMs on my…
Sweet Chick LIC
It’s been a while since I’ve done a restaurant review, however this spot was very appealing to me and I though I should mention it. After our day trip apple picking in Masker Orchards Tania and I decided to be…
Dinner with Eleni and Parasko
Tania and I met up with Parasco and his wife Eleni for our annual dinner. After graduating from Hunter College I’ve met up with him roughly once a year. This time we went over to their neighborhood (Brooklyn) to have…
Holidays with Tania
Tania and I have spent some time together this holiday season. We got a lot of little things done and ate some nice food. For example, today we ate at Fogo de Chão. It is a Brazilian restaurant which a…
Vegan bean/quinoa guacamole burger with yam fries
I had a crack at making vegan burgers today. I looked up the recipe, gathered the ingredients and took a shot at it. I’m happy the way they turned out, but after tasting the final product there are a few…
Veganism for almost 2 weeks
Tania and I have been eating clean (vegan) for almost 2 weeks now. I have to say it’s paying off. My fitness really took a turn for the worst recently. I was about 220lbs a few weeks ago, and now…
Not watching the 4th of July Fireworks
Tania and I started the day off heading to ‘by Chloe’ vegan restaurant by Bleecker St. This place was recommended to me by a friend (who also recommended 3 other vegan spots in the city – which I plan to…
Vegan day trip to Beacon, New York
Tania was trying to convince me this morning to go fruit picking somewhere upstate, but I managed to talk her out of it. We settled on heading to Beacon NY instead. We began our day making cajun sweet potato fries….
Tania and I head to Port Jefferson
After riding to Port Jefferson with Felix, I thought it would be a good idea to return there with Tania. We always head upstate (Peekskill or Cold Springs) and I thought this was a nice change up. We took the…
A pleasant pizza experience
I had the day off today and stayed home for the most part. I did some chores, and for lunch decided to pick up some pizza. I walked over to Thomas Pizza and ordered a few plain slices. This doesn’t…
Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong
I’m usually a bit hesitant when trying new food. I stick to what I know and I’m very content with it. I thought I would give Korean food a shot and was glad I did. Tania and I met up…
Halloween pizza and movie night
What better way to spend Halloween than watching movies and making some pizza? Tania and I made pizza by following a previous recipie. For some reason the pizza did not turn out too well this time. I think the tomatoes…
