Game Day

Instead of the typical work-day, yesterday our team was treated to an afternoon out at the Astros ballgame. To start my morning right, I decided to try out DGMGV's pan-seared oatmeal, which I've been eyeing for weeks now. After a slight set-back in trying to open my new bottle of balsamic glaze (which resulted in a nasty cut on my finger, boohoo!), I made this relatively simple, but delicious and filling breakfast. I topped off the oatmeal with bananas, raspberries, walnuts, and agave nectar (with the glaze on the bottom). I have never really eaten much oatmeal, but this might change all of that!!

After a short morning in the office, our group went out to lunch at an apparently famous (and popular) Mexican restaurant called Irma's located just north of the ballpark. Whenever I go to a new restaurant, I always do my homework, which mostly involves searching for the menu on the web and reading any reviews. This particular restaurant only serves breakfast and lunch, and there are usually only 3-5 items available, which changes daily. This is scary for a vegan. Especially in a cheese and meat loving city. At the restaurant all that I could eat was a green salad with tomato and carrot. They did at least garnish it with some cilantro, which I thought was nice, but I was still hungry! Thankfully I came prepared with a peanut butter, jelly, and banana sandwich. It hit the spot and kept me full throughout the game...

Onto the ballgame where the Stros, who are having a less than stellar year (not that I follow, just what my coworkers told me), played the St Louis Cardinals. We had great seats. I just had to kind of control my upchuck reflex when seeing all of the loaded hotdogs. Another disappointment was the sign across the foul ball line, courtesy of Chick-Fil-A. Not surprising considering their other advertisements...

An aside, check out my newly purchased vegan shoes!! I got them at Whole Earth Provision Company, but for those of you outside the Lone Star State, you can get them at mooshoes. I love them, wish I could wear them to work everyday!

And the Astros pulled it off, defeating the Cardinals 2-1. The best part of the afternoon was that I got to get home a bit early and relax before heading out to dinner.

We met another couple that we are good friends with at Rickshaw, a sushi place that we've recently been frequenting more often for it's wide selection of vegan food! I think my favorite is the Coconut Curry Tofu (far right). I could eat several bowls of this stuff on my own. I followed that with some sushi selections.... veggie sushi in soy paper, avocado nigiri, and inari. This was my first time trying inari and I was not very impressed, maybe it's just not for me. But I love the sushi with the soy paper, I'm going to have to find an Asian market that stocks it so I can try making my own!

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend! I"m so glad it's a long one here in the US.....