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Well, to be honest, I have not been that busy. At least not so busy that I could not perhaps write a new post on things I have been making. In fact, I have made a couple of good soups recently that I have just been too lazy to type up. I think I will write one tomorrow, but as of right now I will just talk about the things that have been happening recently.

This weekend I went to some party. It was pretty decent, fairly reminiscent of home. A lot of kids who ride bikes. It was semi-nice to feel like I was in Richmond again. At the same time, I left Richmond to see new things.

This weekend I went to brunch at the Green Zebra. I fairly nice vegetarian restaurant. I had the Monte Cristo with camembert, apples, and leeks. It was really good, but fairly heavy. The person with whom I went got the eggs benedict. I did not try any in the attempts to slowly cut out animal products from my diet (if not entirely, primarily). I know, the Monte Cristo of course had eggs on it, but for now I am just trying to cut out eggs in its straight cooked form. I think I would have done the Monte Cristo a little differently in terms of the amount of egg used, at the very least. Also, before the meal, we were served Madeleines, which are delicious little cake/cookie things in the shape of shells. They are very sweet. It came with a sort of maple syrup sort of frosting in a cup? It was delicious. The wait staff was fairly pleasant, and very attentive to our meal. I really liked the ambience; it was fairly modern with a nice clean setting. We also ordered some fries to share between us. We were using a Groupon. A Groupon is a coupon you buy for a certain price that pledges another price toward the bought object or service. For instance, the price paid was 20 dollars, but it pledged 40 dollars to the meal. If you can, I would look these up for your area.

Over all, the Green Zebra was pretty good. I really liked the atmosphere and the food. I just wish there were more vegan options. I don't think a single dish, for the brunch at least, as vegan. Actually, I just read the menu again, everything has either cheese or eggs. Anyway, if you aren't vegan and have money, I suggest this for a nice brunch.

Hopefully soon I will write a new entry on an actual dish I have made. There are a couple I have made on which I would like to write, and a couple dish I would like to make on which I could write.