Now that we're busy again with work and school, we look with envy at ourselves in these pictures of our Christmas break. I don't know who we thought we were, spending two weeks free of responsibility in the comfort of our parents' homes. We were like kids again out on break. We bowled, we watched movies, we played cards, we played pool, we went hiking, we went out to eat. We justified it by telling ourselves it was the last time for a long time that we'll have so much free time - since next Christmas I'll be working and who knows, maybe we'll have a baby. To tell you the truth, we were both having so much fun hanging out with family to even worry about it.
One night we went bowling in Heber. Holiday Lanes is the epitome of a classic old school bowling alley. It's amazing. It feels like you're on a movie set.
Being deprived of good Mexican food in New York, one of our first orders of business was to get tacos. Lonestar (below) is one of the best.
But nothing beats Red Iguana. Mmmm...killer nachos. The stuff of dreams.
And puntas.
I'm happier than I look in this picture. In fact, we're both convinced that there is something in Red Iguana's food that causes a slight euphoria. We've both felt it a number of times: in the hours after eating it, we both feel sustained but slight tingling sensations throughout our bodies. We might just be crazy. But I'd be curious to know if anyone else has felt this.
We love Caputo's, too. New York has great delis, but it's actually hard to find a good, fresh sandwich that hasn't been sitting in plastic since that morning (at least on the Upper West Side). The meatball:
The Caputo:
And of course, In n' Out.
French toast foolishness at Park Cafe.
We were pretty gluttonous the whole trip. We also had Mazza, Jimmy Johns, Cafe Rio at least once, and the Mandarin. But we did fit in a hike in the unusually warm weather for January in Utah. We hiked the Lone Peak trail up Emigration Canyon.
Hard to believe this was Utah in January. No snow. It was sad.
-M
