Taste of Independence--so late

For the past two years, I've always contemplated getting an industrial. This has absolutely nothing to do with food. But like good food, I have been craving this particular piercing for quite some time. Now that I'm in college and have a little more leeway with my life, well, it was about time I satisfied this craving.

Friday afternoon, Eve and I headed for downtown Ithaca by bus. And since we obviously have no experience with the tcat bus, we ended up walking more than halfway there ourselves, down a slope, in heels and ankle socks. It wasn't until we got towards the end of Seneca street that I finally realized a. how excited and scared I was for this piercing and b. how many restaurants were in Ithaca. Talk about a challenge: eating at all these places and at the same time not getting the freshmen fifteen?

Eventually we got to Steihl's. And it was wonderful. If anyone at all has any inclination to get any sort of piercing or tattoo, please do come here. It's safe, clean, and super friendly.

Now comes the part you probably all want to hear about. On the way back, we had dinner at Miyake, what I've heard is the best Japanese place here. And it kind of really is all that and a bag of panko breadcrumbs. We got the yakiniku don and the beauty and the beast roll. The yakiniku don was a little sweeter than I've had previously, but it was cooked almost perfectly. It kind of threw me off to see it being served on a plate as opposed to a traditional large bowl, but it's just as tasty. The roll was made with tuna, avocado, and salmon and was absolutely perfect. We did opt for dessert; and ordered a Japanese fried ice cream which only comes in vanilla if you're wondering.
Their service is superb, and the atmosphere is really great and all that. There are a few things I would consider when I come back next time. 1-try to go for lunch, if you're like us and go on a Friday night you're going to hear people sake bombing all around you. So unless you love having people pound on the tables next to you, just keep that in mind. 2-the portions are a fairly good size but so too are the prices. I would probably just come with a friend and order two different rolls and share between us; they have a huge menu, so sharing us definitely the way to go if you want to try everything. 3-the fried ice cream only comes in only one flavor (...). Granted, it was still very good. But next time I think I'll go for the mochi ice cream which has a couple varieties including matcha (green tea).

Running--old and overdue

Today I met up with more Cornellians

Ctown Bagels with Laura. The rosemary and salt bagel was fantastic, I don't even know if I have the heart to try any others. Why mess with it if it's not broken--That's the sort of philosophy I follow.

The raspberry sherbet was also great. That went first.

Lunch we went to Martha's over by Human Ecology, and well, it was a little overpriced. Business there is slow, I guess traffic isn't too heavy there. They have wraps, sandwiches, the usual. Not particularly recommended.

I had a second "lunch" with Zach. That was fun, except I think I only had lemonade and ice cream. This was at RPCC, and it did take a while to find. Since I didn't get to really try their food, I'm not going to give many comments. It did, however, look very promising, so I think I will be back.

there are otter pops in one of the dorms super close to rpcc

dinner was at appel, met eve and wonderful peeps.

super late congregation of asian peeps, made me realize that I have yet to bake, and that I would really love to get started on that.