Girl Crush Sandwich

Poppy and I were just discussing how happy we were that regular television programs are on hiatus.  I was just telling her that I was thrilled I could spend more time with Murray now that cablevision will be less busy!  (Don't tell him I have a PVR.)
As you may know, So You Think You Can Dance is my summer guilty pleasure.  And I know I turned my back on my darling Cat Deeley once I discovered how uber cute Ms. Zooey Deschanel was.  I was torn, and I felt like a terrible cheat.  But I got over it.  Because tonight I had both of them!!  Sort of, oh you know what I mean!

Tonight's SYTYCD episode revealed the Top 20 Dancers that will compete in the show.  And who was their extra special guest judge?  ZOOEY DESCHANEL.  I gasped.  Cat AND Zooey on the same screen? For TWO hours?  It was a formidable cutie girl crush sandwich!  Oh and the dancers were spectacular too.

I think it just fulfilled my fantasy girl crush, girl-on-girl fantasy, fantasy.  Oh you know what I mean!
And thanks to my PVR I can watch the East and West Coast feeds and then watch it live again!  Second helping of girl crush sandwich please.  Oh you know what I mean.

Hooray for Fox Television!  Happy Summer TV mes amies!

kisses,
mh

Aloha Dinner!!

To round off the Hawaiian food porn tour, may I present the final chapter: Le dîner est servi!!

Our first night in Honolulu was late and choices were limited. We made a b-line to the nearest ABC Store and inhaled the first of many macadamia nut snack packs.
Eventually we were lured into one of the dirty little secrets of Waikiki - Late night McDonald's!
I hesitate to mention our whole order (er, 20 piece nuggets for $4.99, how could I say no despite all the warnings about its contents), but the best part was saimin:

A pretty tasty bowl of noodles at midnight if you ask me.

Now we liked the Cheeseburger place so much we returned for dinner:
ROYAL ALI’I CHEESEBURGER™ (say it with me...AH-LEE-EE)-that's what is says on the menu. Sold!

I made Murray order onion rings with his burger so we could share. I think there was a theme on our trip. Making him order something different so I could have some!! Tee hee. Oh of course I shared with him too...

Another late night and we found no choice but the enormous and ever-popular Cheesecake Factory. Funny I've been a few times, but never had room for cheesecake. Why? Because everything here is gigantic! We ordered side salads and thought they gave us entree size. No, the massive portion WAS the side size! And the buffalo blasts (chicken, cheese and buffalo sauce all stuffed in a spiced wrapper and deep fried!) in all their giant glory were tasty and more than plenty for two. The photos do not do their size justice:

We bid our final adieu with one more burger joint - Teddy's Bigger Burgers.
It's fast food but the staff were super nice and patient (there were too many choices to customize your burgers with). Too be honest it was all a blur and I don't even remember what we ordered!

But I made Murray get fries, so I could order the onion rings.

Mahalo mes amies, I hope you enjoyed the Honolulu Food Porn Tour!

kisses,
mh

Aloha Lunch!!

Is it lunchtime yet? It is now!

Chapter Two: Déjeuner

This used to be a Jack in the Box - Marukame Udon

We stumbled upon this around lunchtime and decided to give it try. Pick your own noodles, pick your own side dishes of fried goodness. Total bill less and $25USD and super filling and yummy. Beats Jack in the Box hands down.

Hi, I'm Dan and I'll be your server today - Lulu's Waikiki

Dan was a handsome ex-Navy guy who was stationed in Honolulu and never went back to Portland. Who can blame him? Keep talking Dan, you're so dreamy with your Buddy Holly glasses and tats, studying to get your Masters degree in biophysics or whatever the hell it was you're majoring in. Murray always says I'm not friendly enough. He wasn't too pleased. I think he ordered the Angry Hog as a subconscious reaction to my friendliness with Dan.

Oh and I got the mahi sandwich thanks Dan for the suggestion...

Food truck! - at Giovanni's Shrimp Truck

We only made it to this one food truck. I really wanted to show Murray the greatness that was the Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood truck but we were sad to find out it had just closed and only had a stall in the International Marketplace. Meh, just not the same. But this garlic shrimp scampi with our side of lemon butter shrimp comes a close second.

Mmm. I'm getting hungry again. Dinner tomorrow, mes amies!

kisses,
mh

Aloha Breakfasts!!

J'adore Hawaii. Honolulu to be specific. All the comforts of North America with the smell of fresh ocean air, the perfume of tropical flowers and the touch of warm sunny weather that a girl stuck in the cold half the year oh-so desires. And food to die for! Murray and I didn't even get to all of it in time, but I think we significantly damaged our arteries and fed our souls with ooey gooey food love.

I've decided to show you all the food porn glory in 3 post. So let's begin, mes amies:

Chapter One: Petits Déjeuners

Mmm cheeseburgers - at where else? Cheeseburger Restaurants!

But of course not for breakfast! It was early, it was our first day in Honolulu, we just picked this one because Murray thought it looked friendly. And friendly they were! My "traditional" Hawaiian breakfast of eggs, rice, Portuguese sausage, and Hawaiian sweet bread. It's apparently customary to drink pineapple mimosas too (not pictured er, because I emptied it before the food arrived).

Hmm maybe some pancakes or French toast? - at Keoni by Keo's Restaurant

Or we can share. I made Murray order the pancakes so I could share my French toast with him. That's not ice cream on the side of my toast, it's butter! Hey who can complain when the bill totaled $17USD.
(Mes amies, I tried the resto's own link but my anti-virus forbade it, so be careful!)

Sushi for breakfast? - at any ABC Store

It's 5:45AM and we are waiting for the shuttle bus to take us snorkeling. Spam musubi and $0.99 coffees were the order of the day. And just enough for a long day of turtle watching! If you think the idea is gross, it is, but they are actually quite tasty. We splurged and got another version with tamago (egg) and it was just as yummy!

Road trip! But first a malasada or 12 - at Leonard's Bakery

Before we left for a day on the North Shore, we drove to Leonard's for malasadas. Not knowing exactly what they were, we read they were "puffs". At the bakery, the malasadas are made to order so you don't see what they look like in the counter displays. So we ordered a dozen thinking they were bite-sized. Boy were we wrong!

They were as big as my face! And we ate 6 in the parking lot. Light as air and not really like a donut - so much better. Okay we probably made a big mistake by ordering so many, but it was worth it.

That's all for brekky, stay tuned for lunch tomorow!

kisses,
mh

Commitment-phobe

Mes amies, I found a size-5 twin at my new office. Her name is Noodle and she's uber cute and has tiny feet like moi!

We haven't known each other for very long but I feel as though our shoe size twin connection has somehow made us closer, quicker. (Maybe because we secretly know that we better keep our enemies close when there's a massive shoe sale that we'll sneak off to together during lunch and we end up eyeing the same pair! I digress.)

The other day Noodle told me that she had a salon appointment and she was going to get bangs. Very exciting if you ask me - bangs are hot. Look at Hannah Simone from New Girl. She's pretty sexy if you ask me. It's like hot bangs action on that show - Hannah and Zooey Deschanel, I'm jealous.

All the girls in the office were stoked to see her new bangs and as I guessed they are totally hot. But today there was something different about Noodle. She's tossed her bangs to the side and says she's over it and is growing them out! Qu'est que c'est?! Je ne comprends pas!

But then I realized something else Noodle and I have in common - commitment issues.

Noodle, mon petite chou, I still think your bangs are hot, even if you don't.

kisses,
mh

Wish you were there!

Aloha darlings! I have missed you so and am so excited to share with you my photos from Honolulu!! But alas the real world and my real job robs me of time to write to you mes amies!

Please check back soon - there's some real hot FOOD PORN pour vous!

kisses,
mh

I'm sorry it's not real porn

Hello mes amies,

I have to admit to my blogging narcissism. I relentlessly check my reader/viewer stats. Countries visited is my favourite. It warms my heart to know that even though I have a lowly 1000+ pageviews, it's not just my friends and family in North America reading. So many thanks to all the strangers of the world for stopping by.

But then I noticed something - key word searches. "Hong Kong porn", "porn island"...yikes! I've lured in a whole audience that must be sorely disappointed to find pictures of sandwiches and pasta!!

So to those out there searching for real porn, I'm sorry I've wasted your time. But a big yummy merci for boosting my ego and my stats!! I'm big in Albania, yo!!

kisses,
mh

These are a few (more) of my favourite things

I am one year into home ownership and 34 years away from being mortgage free. Yay me. The bright side? Many years of finding favourite things to fill up my place. Finally, some more things to add to the list!

Cuisinart Coffee Plus™ 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker with Hot Water System

This is perfect for my 8 inches of kitchen counter space. I am always one for efficiency, so this does 2 jobs in one. No need to lug out a separate kettle when I feel like having a cuppa. No fancy functions, but I am particularly fond of the auto-brew option for coffee. I’m not a morning person. If I had my way, I'd start work at 11am. The timer helps with my morning wake up routine – just in time to run out the door. I highly recommend this for those who aren’t coffee or tea snobs (I really am not), and you’re desperate to save counter space.

Vildea Scrunge for Cooktop Stoves, plus any stove top cleansing lotion.


In case you haven’t guessed, I am not Nigella Lawson in the kitchen. Although I wish I could be - Nigella is pretty hot. I digress. So I make a lot of mess, not necessarily from all my sautéing and caramelizing. So this discovery is the greatest for the non-Nigellas of the world – well, it helps clean up the burns and stains from the stove. All that heating up take-out can get messy!

Fancy a cuppa? Wait, I have to clean off the stove first...

kisses,
mh

Dumbhone users of the world unite

That's right mes amies, I, Mimi Harvey, does not have a smartphone. But my laptop just died so i am using Murray 's itouch iPod
Reasons why I still use a dumbphone:
#1 i suck at using touch screen devices. Yep I have trouble checking in at airport kiosks. Typing out these lines has taken so long my arm is asleep.
#2 I can't decide if I dhould just dive in with an iPhone , or ease myself in with a buttony blackberry first. Yes I have commitment issues.
#3 I dread calling my cell phone provider. Loyalty and retention my ass.
#4 think that typing with one fingr is not efficient use of my time. This does not help improve my typing skills. What happened to fingers on Home Row?!

Although I guess it could be handy when your computer dies on you...but still can't do it. Not just yet.
Okay so that's it for now, I think im getting carpal tunnel or tennis elbow.

Kisses,
mh

New Girl Crush

There was a time when my girl crush was Cat Deeley. Well move over Miss SYTYCD, Zooey Deschanel is my new girl crush! Get it, new girl, her tv show is called New Girl...

Anyway, I've always liked Zooey and liked her even more when she married Death Cab for Cutie front man, Ben Gibbard. They were the perfect Indie It Couple. So cute, so hipster but in a good way. Shame they split up. But then I guess it's for the better. Zooey can fulfill my love for cuteness, ribbons and j'adore her awkwardness. Ben can go back to writing songs about heartache and woe. Death Cab happy just didn't work so much for me. Sorry Ben! Love you more when you're down. I digress.

How can you not love her? She's so pretty with her giant blue eyes, her Rimmel mascara'd eyelashes and her perfectly cool bangs. I wish I had bangs like Zooey...

kisses,
mh