WIAW #6

Note: The following ramble about my weekend does indeed have a point.  It is just a very talkative one.

So, on Saturday, my boyfriend and I headed into Boston for a day in the city with some visiting friends.  We started by grabbing brunch at The Pour House.  I got the Pour Joe's special: scrambled eggs with ground beef, spinach, mushrooms, & onions, served with home fries and toast.  I don't know that I had ever had ground beef in a breakfast/brunch dish before so it was cool trying something new...doesn't hurt that it was tasty, either.  We capped off brunch with a quick trip to the Prudential Center for a (free!) Paradise Bakery cookie!

"C is for cookie that's good enough for me!"

Afterwards, we grabbed a few brews at Dillion's and then headed over to Jillian's for some bowling.  I totally stink at bowling but whatever, I can laugh at myself.  (Hehehe, see?)  After a couple games in which I hopelessly lost, we hopped on the subway to hit up the North End for dinner.  A great idea and yet, a rather dumb idea.  Completely packed everywhere.  Duh on us.  But, eventually, we snagged a table at Gennaro's and feasted!  I got some yummy gnocchi and the four of us pigged out on dessert.  No pics, sadly.

Sunday was a little bit more waistline friendly, though we did meet up for breakfast with friends again.  Our favorite breakfast spot in Waltham (In A Pickle) had a looooong line so we stopped at Joseph's II.  While my meal wasn't terribly junky, it was certainly was no star.

French toast, scrambled eggs w/ ham & cheese, bacon, and my babe gave me his sausage.  (Get your minds out of the gutter...)

It was pretty nice outside that day, so we grilled that night for dinner.  Oh man, I can't even tell you how wonderful it was to have some grilled goods again.  Some monstrous steak tips, spicy red potato wedges, and a salad rounded out our fabulous weekend!

In short, this past weekend was crazy fun but holy moly, was I ready to get back onto the healthy side of things!  So, without further ado, allow me to show off the healthier side of my life with this week's What I Ate Wednesday...

Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ strawberries, bananas, and lotsa cinnamon!

Lunch: A multi-lettuce salad hiding beneath broiled chicken, tomatoes, cukes, chickpeas, and - yes - a TON of black pepper.  I happen to like it a lot, okay?  ;)

Dinner: Broiled chicken and Citrus-Pomegranate Quinoa Salad [ from Our Best Bites; I had to sub strawberries because none of the THREE stores I went to had poms :( ]

Snacky: A chocolate graham cracker sheet spread with PB2...yummy in my tummy

So, catch me up to speed - did you do any fabulous eating over this past week?  Oh, and have an amazing week!