I was riffing off of a salad I'd had about a week ago at Hopleaf with my sister, called the "tomato" salad. It had heirloom tomatoes, snap peas, a really tasty, creamy vinaigrette, goat cheese, and almonds. There was definitely a crunch missing in the salad I had today despite all the effort of the snap peas, and after looking at the Hopleaf menu again right now I realize why. My salad had snap peas, baby tomatoes and spinach, and I made my own vinaigrette that I mixed blue cheese into. Blue cheese was too strong for this, and I regret it, but the vinaigrette was pretty good- lots of raw garlic, just like I like. Definitely goat cheese next time. After the salad was done and I was excited to finally be leaving on time for work, I knocked a big yellow Pyrex bowl off my counter because my kitchen is so small, and it shattered into a million pieces. The cats and I were not pleased, but after vacuuming a third time, I actually made it to work without being late. I decided to go see Julie & Julia last night. I'd heard from a couple of people that the Julia part was good, but the Julie part left something to be desired. I liked the Julia part a lot, but the Amy Adams part fell short and kind of got on my nerves. It was too cutesy to the point of being hokey, such that it made my stomach drop a little bit. It was really hard to relate to Amy Adams' character- she was one dimensional, selfish, and boring. The Julia Child character was sort of one dimensional too I guess... but I liked Meryl Streep a lot. Uninspired, I went home and ate cheese for dinner. Shout out to all the goats out there for your goat's milk.
