Easter

Easter weekend was exhausting but fun. Nicole and I managed to enjoy two Easter dinners without exceeding our weight watcher point allowances. It was challenging but not impossible. What has actually become challenging to me is getting used to my new tolerance for alcohol. This weekend, I failed this test miserably! When I was 20 pounds heavier, I could throw back a decent amount of alcohol, and the following morning would be nothing. Now that I am 20 pounds lighter, it seems my new limit is like 3 beers max! Super embarrassing, this weekend brought me a morning that I spent partially on the bathroom floor, and partially on a couch laying down nibbling on oyster crackers and sipping ginger ale. It was total amateur day for me, super embarrassing. After a few hours I was feeling decent enough to leave and head over to Nicole’s mom’s house. When we finished up over there, I was in bed by 6:30pm….for the night. I feel great this morning after all of that sleep though!
Today, Nicole and I head downtown to get our marriage license. Hopefully all goes well!

Easter has arrived and what a weekend it has been, especially if you are a Sabres fan! The Sabres pulled off a win Friday night to put us in a position to take out the Flyers today on Easter Sunday. Saturday morning we went to the Broadway Market located in one of Buffalo’s most unflattering parts of town. Normally people wouldn’t go near this area but the weeks leading up to Easter, this place is loaded with some of the best Easter food around. Amazing home made candy, breads, perogies, and meats, this is the place to go before Easter Sunday.
Saturday night we went to Brodo with some of Nicole’s good friends. Brodo is an overpriced restaurant that makes average food. Its not terrible and its not great. Nicole had a mushroom gorgonzola ravioli and I had a grilled cheese sandwich with fancy cheeses. I’m a sucker for grilled cheese and as long as t hey have a great beer that I can drink with it, I’m a happy camper. I washed it down with a Victory Hop Devil, which is one of my favorites. Minus the overpriced average food, the night was fun and I enjoy being the only guy amongst a group of babbeling yentas.

Fancy Grilled Cheese

The most simple thing can bring a smile to my face.

We went to the Broadway market to get some perogies for our Sunday Easter dinner, something I wanted to bring back as a tradition. Easter was always huge in my family growing up with a Ukrainian grandmother. We would always have the best food Easter Sunday. So this year we got fresh perogies and Nicole and I made home made vegetarian cabbage rolls using some vegetarian ground beef.