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Last night, I met up with Clare for dinner!
We both just started new jobs in Dallas this week, so it was great to meet up with someone with similar interests.
We went to the Dream Café, located in the Uptown portion of Dallas.
Everything on the menu sounded really good, but I ended up with the “Global Dinner.”
Organic Black Beans, Brown Rice, Chicken or Tofu, Jack Cheese
I couldn’t decide between chicken or tofu, so I got both! FYI, that cheese was just as good as it looks 
Clare rolled with the “Stir Fry.”
Strawberry Sweet-Sour, Chinese Long Beans, Tofu
It looked pretty good!
We ended up talking for about two hours! The topics included work, schedules, running, food…
Blogging type stuff 
After awhile, it was time to call it a night.
After last week of work, I totally have respect for the people who work from 8:00 to 5:00. I’ve definitely worked 40+ hours a week at my old job, but it was never 8:00-5:00 everyday. Some days it was mornings, some days it was nights, and some days it was both. I now understand that 8:00 to 5:00 is rough, especially when your mornings start at 5:00 AM with a workout!
After sleeping like like a rock this morning, I was up around 7:30 for a run.
I woke up too late to make the drive out to White Rock Lake (where I wanted to run) because it would have been too hot by the time that I actually made it out there, so I ran on some roads around here.
I ended up doing 11 miles!
I still haven’t had time to explore the area, but I plan on doing that at some point this weekend.
I’ve deemed that today is my “errand and chore day."
So far, I’ve…
- Cleaned the kitchen
- Cleaned the bathroom
- Vacuumed
- Washed my clothes
- Folded my clothes
The only thing left to do is get groceries at Whole Foods and mooch some lunch off of Bama-dad Trust me, he likes it!
The rest of the weekend will be pretty low-key. I’m meeting up with someone from work tonight and then having dinner at my parents house on Sunday (I think). Hopefully they still want to have me over!
What are you up to this weekend?
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Those are some remarkable looking dishes. Bravo to the culinologist who created them. Looks like you’re settling in well.
Holy productive!
Hope you have an awesome weekend!
low key this weekend fo me too
already did my food shopping this morning!
I wish I didn’t live in blogger no-man’s land… blogger meet ups look like so much fun. Today was a chore day for me, too, and the rest of the weekend looks like it’s going to be mostly devoted to running errands. No complaints
That cheese does look amazing! And strawberry sweet and sour?! YUM.
I got all excited today because I only ran 3 miles less than you. LOL!
i’ve been to dream cafe. it’s eh. but omg best pizza ever? GO TO http://www.coalvines.com/home.htm coal vines and get the white pizza. I ate 3/4 of the pizza myself!! If you don’t like it I’ll send you a check!
hey there! just found your site through another and thought i’d say hi. you are one of the few male bloggers ive ran into so i’ve bookmarked your site and will be back to read more
Awww Clare is so pretty ! Will have to check her blog out! Both meals look amazing!
Have fun at Whole foods!!! Jealous!!!!!!!!
Happy Weekend!!
Congrats on surviving your first week. Both those dinners look delicious!
I love that you can get both the chicken and tofu! I can never decide what I want in my own place for dinner -so I often end up combining – it could be eggs and chicken or tempeh and salmon….but it’s almost always a couple of things. Probably not the best taste combos though!
Looks like a great dinner and a lot of fun!
I’m sure a new, hectic schedule will take some getting used to, but sounds like you’re already taking good advantage of your weekend. Have fun at Whole Foods and with the work friend tonight!
Sounds great! One day we’ll recap a meetup
This weekend = dance, grandfather’s 94th birthday bash.
That is a great pic of you two! Both of your meals look awesome and I love that thick layer of cheese on yours…somehow I always leave your blog craving some, haha!
I can’t believe I read both your blogs and didn’t realize until just now that you both moved to Dallas recently. Looks like a fun meetup- both your dishes sound amazing!
11 miles?! Matt, you’re insane. I wish I had even half of the drive you do to complete that kind of workout.
And ahh, pepperjack cheese is my favorite. Love the bite it has! Great meal choice
Looks like a fun dinner! And I completely have respect for all you 8 to 5 ers! I’m good for the first few months or so and then I crave a bit of change to my routine! Seems like you are settling in well though!
And well done on that run!
working a full-time job IS hard! between blogging, working, socializing, keeping an apartment clean, eating, exercising, there is often not enough time to do everything. that’s one of the main reasons i haven’t been able to blog as much as the main reason why i don’t have time to read many blogs. i wish i had more time to do both – i have to sneak in the blog reading at work instead
That is so cool that you guys got to meet up! I’ve always wanted to have a blogger meet up one day
And that stir fry- yum.
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