I woke up this morning intent on walking 15 blocks to my favorite salad place at lunch for the best salad in NY. My post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas diest begins today and nothing was going to stop me from starting it out with a great salad. That's until I turned on the TV and saw that we were looking at a high of 64 degrees (awesome walking weather) but a chance of showers this afternoon. What! When! NO! My exact words. Alas I have been looking out my window every 5 minutes to guage the clouds in the sky, look for umbrellas, drops of rain, anything. My salad is all I can think about. http://www.choptsalad.com, and I have been debating between a Tex-mex Ranch Dressing or the Sweet & Smokey Chipotle to cover my romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, sun dried tomato, carrots, celery, and light white cheddar cheese with some sun flower seeds. It's getting close to go time, and still no rain but it's dark. What to do?
Anyone else ever had their lunch dreams dashed by Mother Nature?
WFL everyone?
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That Chopt salad sounds perfect right now. I think I'm going to do the Soho buffet today and focus on salad foods. Or I could go for the trio of salads. I ended up not getting the trio yesterday and instead dined with some co-workers on burgers at the Bottom Line on I street. I think the trio works for me today. I better go now and beat the rush.
I think you should go right now before the rain comes - it's a salad, it will keep. 15 blocks is far, but you could also always splurge on a taxi if the rains come.
Salad sounds lovely, but alas, I had an egg white and onion omelette about an hour ago. I think I'm going to nap through lunch today.
csr, I'm curious - is this place very fast-paced and scary? The concept seems sort of intimidating to me.
The choices are staggering... we need one of these in dc!
I have a doctor's appointment at 3:00 p.m. today. Routine physical -- and psychologist referral :)
I'm not supposed to eat anything beforehand, right? Could throw my cholesterol off. I've had coffee and a banana.
Change of plan. My boss is ordering pizza for my group. I may still need to get a late afternoon lunch...
Dipso, good to hear you are seeking prdfessional help for your hate issues. I know I speak for all of us when I say you are not alone. WFL stands by you.
dipso, anger management is overrated. You just need to channel the hate for good.
That sounds nice, Ethics. Is there a manual or something for that?
I'm starving...
Not so much a manual, I just use my hate to motivate me. Actually, I'd say hate motivates me more than anything else.
For instance, I'm watching college jeopardy and I am now motivated to go to college campuses across America and stab dorky college students who know all the (so fucking easy) academic questions, but couldn't answer a pop culture question if their lives depended on it. Following that, I am further motivated to go to California, and mutilate and mame Alex Trebek.
See - channel it for the good, dipso...
I think I might relay that verbatim to my therapist. "See doc, I'm participate in this blog about lunch, you see. Now there's this person, Ethics, who had some advice about how to channel my hate. Ethics says..."
Is a $20 copay too much to pay to fuck with someone?
$20 is a bargain for that sort of thing. Of course, he may have you involuntarily committeed, so watch out.
That's always been my real fear about therapy, you know.
When I was a kid, I had to go to the school psychologist b/c that's what they did with all the "gifted" kids. She took me to some guy to find out if I was psychic. That was weird.
Sadly, I'm not.
$20 is a helluva deal, dipso. trust me...i pay $120 an hour! but she's not a part of any network and she's the best there is, so it's worth it to me.
chopt's website is so much fun to play with. i like it that the salad goes flying like confetti.
i made myself a turkey, swiss and avocado sandwich to eat and an apple. that'll keep me full for about 2 hours. then i'll have to move onto my second lunch at some point.
and yes, ethics, i do believe hate fantasies are ok. but it's going through with them that is a real problem. like my hate death fantasies against "you know who" in the office have subsided. but man, they really helped.
csr - you have left us hanging. What are the results of the trip to chopt??
In other news, I need to go back to work tomorrow. I think I'm reaching my limit of Jerry Springer, Days of Our Lives and the local news at noon.
There are some forgetful motherfuckers on daytime tv. If I were to venture a guess, I'd say one in three soap characters loses their memory at some point. Imagine is that statistic crossed over into real life? Wow. I mean, assuming drunken blackouts don't count...
Eggs + Ketchup = White Trash Magic
Yum.
We need a Chopt in DC immediately.
I just looked over the menu.
I could go there everyday and never be bored. DC sucks.
Is it just me, or are burritos on the outs?
I want a chopt, man! Nothing ever goes right in this world!
I say we open a chopt in DC! I agree we don't have enough salad joints in town. That's annoying and unfortunate.
I need to take a nap, now.
Cosi gets far more traffic than it deserves. I will check out High Noon tomorrow.
I like Cosi, but I agree it's overrated. Though, I think they have the best slushy iced coffee drinks around and the whole smores thing is cool. And they have booze. But for salads and things, no - overrated totally.
I agree w/ Sinecure about High Noon though. I've always liked it there, though it's a bit pricey. And, inconveniently located to my current office.
Spanglish is the dumbest movie ever. I am not eating Mexican food for a week in protest. What utter shit.
Why do I never remember to check this blog until it's time to leave work??
I totally agree about Cosi - it's fine for some late-night smores & a 'rita, but sucky for lunch. And the people in the one near my office are so rude - like they're doing you a favour. Argh. Haaaaaate. Speaking of channeling hate. Last time I almost had my card for a free salad filled up I was determined to get the free salad & then never go back. Then, on my free salad day, I got into a minor altercation with the sandwich lady (beyotch wouldn't make me a salad - they can't seem to decide if there's a separate line for salads, or just one line for both) & then the manager came over & said my salad was free! So I had to go back *again*!! Curses! Was it worth it? Eh. I *do* like their bread though. Not enough to go in & buy it myself.
And that is the only salad place here. Although sometimes I go to Wendy's & get the oriental mandarin chicken salad. Or the similar one at Boston Market. Not *too* bad & with far less attitude than Cosi's.
There's a Boston Market in downtown DC?
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