Fried Chicken...for the Upper Class?

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE me some fried chicken - KFC, home made, Bon Chon, Kyo Chon, even the questionable fried "chicken wings " from the local Chinese take out...YUM-LICIOUS!


So imagine my excitement when I read NY Mag's feature on fried chicken! It has officially replaced the burger as the current food du jour being featured at fancy restaurants all over NYC. The one that really caught my eye though was the special Fried Chicken Mondays that Locanda Verde was running for a limited 4 weeks. For $55 (includes dinner, 1 drink + tax, tip) you get:



I just drooled a little at my desk uploading those images.

So here's the thing: Next Tuesday will be their LAST chicken prix fixe fest...but its sponsored by Eat Out and tix are $75. I understand eating out in NY is pricey, but $75 for fried chicken? I pay $3.50 at Baby Buddha you know? *sigh*

It's just so hard to be a girl with an appetite. If I were normal I'd starve myself for a week to buy the knee high suede boots I'd been coveting (and keep nice and thin as a side perk!) but I'm a sucker for anything edible and fried! What to do...anyone want to convince me that fried chicken for 1 night is better buying some more hair product for my newly permed hair? :)

1 sheep, 2 sheeps, 3 sheeps....

First, I'd like to apologize for starting this blog and then abruptly disappearing. In all fairness, I was blogging about my detox diet and by Day 2 I was fatigued and had to stop in order to reserve my energy resources for other things like blinking and swallowing. Just as a brief follow up: I did successfully finish the detox. I lost 5 lbs (plus another 3-4 when I got my colonic but I'll talk about that some other time as I'm in the middle of eating my lunch) but gained it all back plus some in less than a month. Final thoughts on detox? Not worth paying someone to starve myself. If I weren't so lazy I should be able to do that on my own for free. The irony.

Now. The reason why I'm jump starting my blog again is because today is the start of a new era in my life. Actually it officially started last night. The SETTLERS OF CATAN LEAGUE:

For those not familiar, this is a board game. You build settlements and cities and trade resources like sheep, ore, wheat, wood, etc with other players. No, really. It's REALLY fun. I'm actually quite addicted. I dream of making really lucrative trades like 1 sheep for 2 brick. (Actually, this would probably not really happen in an actual game).

Also, to make things nerdier, a friend of mine set up a google doc to keep a tally of wins/losses. This is an official tourney! Here are the rules for those who haven't exited out of this blog yet:

• you can play as many times as you like but each player must be a part of the league. if you play with members outside the league you cannot count it on the spreadsheet
• each league member must play a minimum of 10 games.
• games must have 3+ players.
• season ends 2/28/10
• winner will be the player with the highest AVERAGE. (there's more on scoring but I can't figure out cut and paste on html writing so pls contact me if you're interested in that)

Let the game's BEGIN!