Posted 4:59 PM

first month of the new year. not that you can necessarily tell by what i'm eating:

* new year's champagne w/ hibiscus

* sven's homemade beans & rice

* homemade black-eyed peas w/ kale & homemade cornbread

* homemade steel-cut oatmeal w/ homemade cranberry sauce maple syrup and toasted pecans

* part of an amy's southwestern burrito

* homemade capellini w/ meat sauce (pressure cooker pasta!)

* whatchamacallit

* elephant's deli curry chicken & rice

* elephant's deli pineapple upside down cake

* elephant's deli cinnamon roll

* leftover curry rice w/ langostino tails

* alma caramels

* oatmeal cranberry pecan maple

* homemade black bean soup

* noodles w/ leftover garlic butter & langostino tails

* rockaway beach: fungi burger from the whale spout, popcorn to watch "julie & julia" at the guesthouse, cinnamon roll maureen left for me & a perfectly fried egg, a clif mojo bar, a whatchamacallit, chicken fajita burrito & coke from dos tocas, a "fish" caesar salad that was quite clearly chicken & a raspberry cream soda, peanut butter & strawberry jam sandwich

* chicken pomodoro & capellini

* lollipops: salted caramel, root beer float, vanilla cardamom

* elephant's deli cinnamon roll

* half a roast beef sandwich

* part of a chocolate-chip cookie

* some salt & vinegar chips at ohsu

* a red robin whisky river burger to soothe my sadness after ariel was stolen, plus fries & and part of an oreo shake

* at ohsu: half roast beef and half turkey club sandwiches, half cookie, perrier

* pizza hut super supreme personal pan pizza (thanks sven), homemade cabbage slaw & root beer

* mcdonald's chicken mcnuggets while searching for ariel

* sven's homemade shepherd's pie

* alma ginger toffee

* homemade carrot ginger soup w/ yogurt, green onions & almonds

* homemade steel-cut oatmeal w/ maple syrup & almonds

* at blue plate: a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon-tomato soup-purple haze soda

* chai latte at teasmith

* elephant's deli indian lentil soup (and two additional meals w/ added rice spinach & chicken), plus a willamette valley salad & coke

* saint cupcake butterscotch cookie

* sven's homemade mac & cheese (the best!)

* entemann's popems

* elephant's deli chicken enchilada verde

* at uws: tiny snickers, sour cream & onion potato chips, tiny butterfinger, tiny dr. pepper

* tofurkey pizza & spinach salad

* alma caramels

* mashed potatoes (thanks sven)

* spaghetti w/ homemade sauce

* homemade steel-cut oatmeal w/ homemade cranberry sauce & toasted almonds

* homemade risotto w/ langostino tails

* new seasons turkey & apple ficelle w/ homemade carrot ginger soup

* homemade quinoa kale bbq tofu bowl

* homemade fried egg sandwich

* homemade curry w/ potatoes, carrots & peas

* new seasons roast beef sandwich

* at loyly: marcona almonds w/ rosemary, dried cherries, dark chocolate, cleansing tea

* broder: broder club w/ salad & pickled veggies & arnold palmer

* elephant's deli apple cake

* homemade quinoa black bean salad

* at ohsu: half a salami sandwich, bbq chips, perrier

* hot lips salami pizza & chocolate chip cookie & cherry coke

* mcmenamin's hummus plate & ruby ale shake

* hotlips sw veggie pizza & house ginger ale (nice!)

* mcmenamin's tots & ranch w/ an RC after the film festival

* ruffles

* impromptu black bean & rice soup

* elephant's deli blueberry muffin

* new seasons ham sandwich

* at foster burger (thanks jalex!): mini burger, split fries & split root beer float

* sven made us homemade sloppy joes & cabbage slaw

* some of sven's celebratory pdxp cheesecake