Yup! I finally gave in. LK over at Healthy Delicious finally convinced me to join Twitter. After telling me about the benefits of having the page would be for the blog, I finally just jumped in and signed up.
It took a few tries to get the name right... fatkidwholovesfood is too long and I didn't want to use FKWLF, so, without any further adieu, I'd like to introduce you to
fatkidfoodie
Yes, that's it. The closest I could get to my actual blog name. I am a foodie, and I am the fat kid. So, there you have it.
Bear with me for a little while as I learn how to use it. If you follow me, I promise I will do my best to figure out how to follow you back.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Playing tour guide in San Francisco
Because Lauren had never been to San Francisco, I got to do one of my favorite things... play tour guide!
After we finished up with the Foodbuzz brunch, we set out for a long day of sight seeing and walking. Walking from the restaurant, we walked up Fifth Street, past the San Francisco Chronicle building and up to Market Street... which we quickly found out was closed due to the San Francisco Veterans' Day Parade. It's a good thing the giant mall is there, we ducked in through the doors, went down stairs and through the BART station and up the other side of Market. Lauren remarked how nice the BART station was and as I giggled to myself, I told her that's because this is one of the nicer stations... she should see some of the others.
We walked straight up Powell to Union Square, stopping at the bottom of Powell so Lauren could take a couple photos of the cable car turn around.
After asking Lauren if she wanted to walk the short way (straight up the Powell Street hill and over to the Pier) or the long way (along the Embarcadero), we decided to split the difference and walk through the financial.
*side note... the people begging on the street are getting mighty creative with their signs. I didn't take a picture of it and had to turn away to laugh because the sign said "Laugh if you masturbate." Yes, really, it said that.
So, anyway, Lauren and I walked to Pier 39, and saw the stinky, smelly sea lions, then ate some wonderfully delicious donut holes covered in cinnamon and sugar, and headed west toward the Golden Gate Bridge. After taking some photos of the Bridge from Fort Mason, we hiked up to Ghirardelli Square, where we went into Kara's Cupcakes (and only looked). We went into the Ghirardelli Chocolate Shoppe, where upon entering were handed a peppermint bark chocolate square. Heading to the other side of the Square, we went into the OTHER Chocolate Shoppe and got ANOTHER peppermint bark square... and ordered a hot fudge sundae. It's been a really long time since I've had a real hot fudge sundae, and this was so good, I could have eaten a hundred
of them. But, like good girls who are watching what we eat, we shared it.
We headed back down to Fisherman's Wharf, where Lauren took more photos, and then walked back to the hotel to pick up our bags of stuff. We hopped on BART back to the other side of the Bay, and then headed back to Sacramento.
We had a blast, and can't wait to do it again! 
After we finished up with the Foodbuzz brunch, we set out for a long day of sight seeing and walking. Walking from the restaurant, we walked up Fifth Street, past the San Francisco Chronicle building and up to Market Street... which we quickly found out was closed due to the San Francisco Veterans' Day Parade. It's a good thing the giant mall is there, we ducked in through the doors, went down stairs and through the BART station and up the other side of Market. Lauren remarked how nice the BART station was and as I giggled to myself, I told her that's because this is one of the nicer stations... she should see some of the others.
We walked straight up Powell to Union Square, stopping at the bottom of Powell so Lauren could take a couple photos of the cable car turn around.
After asking Lauren if she wanted to walk the short way (straight up the Powell Street hill and over to the Pier) or the long way (along the Embarcadero), we decided to split the difference and walk through the financial.
*side note... the people begging on the street are getting mighty creative with their signs. I didn't take a picture of it and had to turn away to laugh because the sign said "Laugh if you masturbate." Yes, really, it said that.
So, anyway, Lauren and I walked to Pier 39, and saw the stinky, smelly sea lions, then ate some wonderfully delicious donut holes covered in cinnamon and sugar, and headed west toward the Golden Gate Bridge. After taking some photos of the Bridge from Fort Mason, we hiked up to Ghirardelli Square, where we went into Kara's Cupcakes (and only looked). We went into the Ghirardelli Chocolate Shoppe, where upon entering were handed a peppermint bark chocolate square. Heading to the other side of the Square, we went into the OTHER Chocolate Shoppe and got ANOTHER peppermint bark square... and ordered a hot fudge sundae. It's been a really long time since I've had a real hot fudge sundae, and this was so good, I could have eaten a hundred
of them. But, like good girls who are watching what we eat, we shared it.We headed back down to Fisherman's Wharf, where Lauren took more photos, and then walked back to the hotel to pick up our bags of stuff. We hopped on BART back to the other side of the Bay, and then headed back to Sacramento.
We had a blast, and can't wait to do it again!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
I ♥ Foodbuzz (part 3... Sunday morning)
First, sorry for the long time between posts. It's been busy!
Sunday in San Francisco was yet another gorgeous day. Lauren and I got up and met Mardi in the lobby and cabbed it over to Lulu for breakfast. We didn't hurry, but got there in plenty of time. We took our Steamy Kitchen cookbooks for the author to sign (there was a scheduling conflict and Jaden was unable to make it on Saturday) and found seats. Feasting on a breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, quiche and salad, we sat down and enjoyed the company of our new friends for one last time.
Because I don't like tomatoes, I did not partake in the Bloody Mary bar, even though it looked amazing. Someone at our table turned his into a BCT Bloody Mary. Bacon, Celery and Tomato. It looked delish.
After exchanging business cards one last time and saying our "see you later"s to everyone, Lauren and I headed out for a touristy day* in San Francisco.
*touristy day coming soon
Sunday in San Francisco was yet another gorgeous day. Lauren and I got up and met Mardi in the lobby and cabbed it over to Lulu for breakfast. We didn't hurry, but got there in plenty of time. We took our Steamy Kitchen cookbooks for the author to sign (there was a scheduling conflict and Jaden was unable to make it on Saturday) and found seats. Feasting on a breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, quiche and salad, we sat down and enjoyed the company of our new friends for one last time.Because I don't like tomatoes, I did not partake in the Bloody Mary bar, even though it looked amazing. Someone at our table turned his into a BCT Bloody Mary. Bacon, Celery and Tomato. It looked delish.
After exchanging business cards one last time and saying our "see you later"s to everyone, Lauren and I headed out for a touristy day* in San Francisco.
*touristy day coming soon
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