July 10, 2016


Chased this guy all over the park.

July 9, 2016

Park bear.

July 8, 2016

A stroll.


Slow-Cooked Chipotle Pork Loin

This preparation is slightly spicy and lean and delicious. Would work equally well on beef or chicken.

Paired with the garlic cauliflower purée below, it’s a hearty-feeling quick meal.

Gluten-free, Paleo


Slow-Cooked Chipotle Pork Loin

For the meat

2 lb. pork loin
1-2 chipotles + 1-2 Tbsp. adobo
1.5 Tbsp. cumin
2 Tbsp. garlic powder
2 Tbsp. onion powder
2 Tbsp. Kosher salt
30 cracks black pepper
1/2 cup broth or stock

Combine spices in a small bowl. Chop the chipotle and rub it, along with the adobo, on the pork. Sprinkle the spice mix over all sides.

Transfer to your slow cooker, add the stock, and cook on low 8 hours. Serve over cauliflower purée.

For the cauliflower

1 head cauliflower
4 cloves garlic
1.5-2 Tbsp. butter
Splash some sort of liquid (I used almond milk)
2 huge pinches salt 
40 cracks black pepper

Fill a large pot with about half an inch water. Put over high heat.

De-stem and chop the cauliflower. Toss into the pot, add a lid, and steam 8 minutes. 

Drain and add to your blender or food processor along with the raw garlic, butter, milk, salt & pepper. Blend until smooth. 

The pork serves 4-5; the cauliflower serves 3-4

July 7, 2016

July 6, 2016

Metro is here.

July 5, 2016

Yeah, Richard. Geez.


Old subway advertisement exhibition at the Transit Museum gift shop (Grand Central Station).

July 4, 2016

We chose poorly. 


Note for next year: the Brooklyn Promenade is not a great place to try and watch fireworks from. 

July 3, 2016

LES

July 2, 2016

Visited The Cloisters today with a fellow Nerd and rucked Fort Tryon Park a bit. 

The Cloisters is a huge castle thing in the middle of the woods up at the northern almost tip of Manhattan. The museum was built in 1938 – basically to hold 1 guys’ collection of European Medieval religious art and artifacts. The collection spans both Romanesque and Gothic style art (including that famous unicorn tapestry) and architecture, including parts of 4 monasteries/abbeys, and recreations of historical gardens. More

This is all set in the backdrop of Fort Tryon Park – 67 acres of “wild New York” (natural NY habitat – hilly, rocky and covered in trees) park created around the time the Cloisters was built (both by Rockefeller). The park was full of dogs & joggers and is said to be the best hiking in the city. More

The A train

Scenic cobblestones

Jesus as a mummy

Stained glass ❤

Another beautiful glass pattern

There is some intense unicorn hunting craziness going on in this tapestry

We marveled at the amount of Easter Eggs in old paintings, wondering how many people through time have made the same sarcastic comments we did

That famous unicorn tapestry. It was cool to see it in person and not just on College freshmans’ walls

The glare is terrible. Michael has a face. What struck me about this painting was the attempt at vantage point – and the demon. That guy has a whole lot of ‘nope’ going on.

I mean, really. How much would it suck to have a crotch face? He can never wear pants. And the complaining…