Peeps for All Seasons

I saw these in Walgreen's and had to try them. I guess there truly is a Peeps for all seasons. These chocolate mousse Peeps bears seem to be for Valentine's Day.

Chocolate Mousse Peeps

I have to say they're a bit addictive, but then, I find pretty much anything marshmallow to be addictive. But they're not actually Peepalicious. That wonderful, artificial, pure sugar that almost tastes stale flavor that makes Peeps so irresistible is somewhat lacking in these. The chocolate aroma hit me as soon as I opened the package and there is definitely a chocolate flavor, but sadly, I don't think they're as good as regular Peeps.

Chocolate Mousse Flavored Peeps Bear

Feeling: moody

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The Yummiest

A friend and I had lunch today at Kutsher's Tribeca. We each had traditional matzoh ball soup, followed by potato pancakes. Both dishes were very yummy, but it was the desserts that won us over. She had a Chocolate Babka Bread Pudding and from the little taste I had of it, it was divine.

Chocolate Babka with vanilla ice cream

I had a Rainbow Cookie Hot Fudge Sundae, which was amazing. This delightful concoction featured marshmallow fluff, which was made in-house, as were the cookies and hot fudge sauce. In fact, they make everything in-house. And to my delight, not only were there 2 rainbow cookies on top, which I quickly devoured, but an ice cream-drenched cookie was at the bottom, a treasure I was thrilled to find, as if it were a coveted prize. Then I ate it. :)

Rainbow Cookie Hot Fudge Sundae

If you're visiting NYC, or are local, it's worth a visit to Tribeca to dine on modernized Jewish comfort food and desserts to die for.

Still having work-related dreams, btw. I wish they'd stop, along with the feeling I need to go back to work after my "vacation." I'm retired, damn it! This is not a vacation; it's life! :)

Feeling: sated

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Yummy Chocolate

I'm not much of a milk chocolate lover, but this Cow Island bar had a real kick with cinnamon (and pecans).

Still trying to adjust to not having my week scheduled five days out of seven. It's an adjustment I'm happy to make.

Feeling: not stressed

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Concert Night

Hubby and I saw Don McLean and Burton Cummings in concert last night. Don McLean is one of my favorite singers (and songwriter) and I love seeing him in concert. For one song, it was just him singing and strumming his guitar, which is a nice reminder that a good song doesn't need a band and it doesn't need augmentation or pyrotechnics. And at one point, being that I was close enough and had an unobstructed view of the stage, I'm sure Don looked over at me and smiled as I was singing along to "American Pie." (There's actually a site dedicated to this song.) Ah......

Don McLean

The second act was Burton Cummings of The Guess Who. This was the first time we saw him and I gotta say, the man sure sweats a lot. He went through a couple of towels as he toweled off after each song. He really threw himself into his music and put on a good show. I'd forgotten how much I loved some of his songs, especially "These Eyes."

Burton Cummings

Feeling: mellow

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Ginormous M&Ms

Ficon Doll with M&Ms

Who wouldn't want ginormous M&Ms? I've been contemplating what it would be like to eat M&Ms this size after taking this photo with my new 16 inch doll.

Feeling: the chocolate love

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What a Big Fish You Have

The Big One that Didn't Get Away

The 19th in my latest Plastic 52 series on flickr. The chocolate in this pic is a Pepperidge Farm chocolate graham Goldfish. I hadn't seen these so a friend sent me a small package (yeah, small; how appropriate for this pic) for the holidays. And they are yummy. And rather addictive. Not to mention adorable. Oh, too late. I just mentioned it. :)

Feeling: mellow


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Adjustment Takes Time

Retirement will take some getting used to. I keep thinking I'm on vacation and will have to go back to work soon. And I've had 3 work related dreams in the last 10 days, which is 2 more than I had in all the rest of 2011! I don't miss working -- really! But I do miss the routine. As soon as I can settle into a new routine, I think the dreams will go away. I hope, because they've been unsettling.

If you're so inclined, you can read my thoughts about it being the 100th anniversary of the birth of cartoonist Charles Addams.

Feeling: calm

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