Everything but Yul Brynner

What do you have left to do at the old apartment, anyhow.

Oh, god. Do I have to list it? There's all the stuff we're currently selling on half.com. And while, it's selling, which thrills me to no end, it's not selling quite fast enough. I'd say we've got milk crates of 200-300 things listed still. So, I have to decide where that's all gonna go when we have to be out.

Then there's stuff of Emily's I have to deal with...send to her, put out to trash, etc.

Then there's my room (I left behind all the things I didn't want to deal with. Yeah. That was a smart move. 'Cause I'd want to deal with it *more* later).

Then there's the living room. Ugh. The living room. Must get rid of all that furniture, and the couch has to go out the window and over the balcony, because you can't get it in and out any other way. This is going to cost us $150...more than I'll be able to get for the couch. Mike is supposed to be taking the coffee table, so that's something. Then there's the papasan, some other misc. small furniture, and the filing cabinets that need to go out to the curb.

Then there's cleaning. Now, this apartment hasn't been empty in seven years. Imagine how fun the cleaning is going to be!

And don't laugh (okay, go ahead) but isn't Not!Emily!Not!Even!Close helping out, in any way?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I can't get him to get his room empty, nevertheless help with anything. I can't even get him to pay bills he owes us. That boy better not leave behind that HUGE, HEAVY fish tank filled with fish that's still in his room! (Actually, got an e-mail from his GF yesterday. They were in the process of setting up a new, bigger fish tank for the fish, so they'll be gone in a process.)

So, yeah. Lots to deal with. I'm going over there tonight to deal with the trash situation that Not!Emily left for me (the balcony is overflowing with trash love). I'm hoping to have J come with me, so we can do a run from Cambridge to Rozi. If not, though, I'll stack some stuff up to do on a trip over the weekend. Gonna take pictures of the furniture I'm getting rid of and make an inventory of misc things (mostly kitchen) that need to disappear on Craigslist or Freecycle.

vw, I don't know if Central Square will frown on this, but when we moved, we basically had only enough energy to have the movers (we couldn't even do it ourself) pile everything that wasn't being moved up on the curb for scavengers or garbage.

If that helps. Throw it out! Probably doesn't help.

Oh, I'm throwing lots of stuff out. Tonight is trash night, which is why I'm going over today. Hopefully, if I can deal with the stairs ok, most of it will go out tonight.

ION, yay for Restaurant Week! I met my cousin for dinner at an Italian-Peruvian place in the North End called Taranta and I had the "pan roasted fresh cultivated P.E.I. mussels with Sicilian Marsala and tossed with Italian Bacon and roasted shallots" as an app, the GNOCCHI DI YUCA AL RAGU’ VERDE STILE SECCO PERUVIANO, Cassava root gnocchi with a slow braised “Chicha de Jora” green lamb ragu and shaved parmesan (Spicy) as an entree, and a cheesecake with papaya on top for dessert. All for $30.06! (plus tax, tip, and drinks)

Love Restaurant Week.

Ooooo! I forgot about Restaurant Week! I think some of my local restaurants are participating. I should totally check that out.

link for Restaurant Week

(it's actually 2 weeks, this week and next week)

Since everyone likes to share their Buffista dreams, I thought I'd share my most recent. Which, unfortunately, I can only remember one little excerpt from, but it was funny.

I was in a Walmart or Target store (one of those humungo kind of places) with Sparky and her DH. For some reason we were walking around the store doing yoga poses. For those familiar, it was pretty much all Warrior 3 pose. But, Sparky and her DH kept showing me up by being able to reach over their heads and grab the foot that was off the ground. I got so jealous, I woke up.

What is Restaurant Week? That link isn't sating my curiosity.

Restaurant Week is a week or two when participating restaurants offer a special prix fixe that's (in theory*) cheaper than either their normal prix fixe or ordering a la carte. It's supposed to let you try out restaurants that would otherwise be out of your price range.

Before this year, the prix fixe used to be the year, most of the time, but I've noticed that most Restaurant Weeks are bumping them up nowadays. ($30.06? WTF is that supposed to be?)

*I say "in theory" because, at least in NYC, it doesn't always work out that way. When they're offered, the RW lunch specials are normally a much better value than the dinners.