all a girl really needs...

is pizza and beer!  the other night we checked out my new favorite hot spot in center square- Townsend Park Bakery and Cafe on Washington Ave.  This place is legit, and I beg you to go and check it out!  Great food, cheap beer, awesome atmosphere- I'm already eyeing it up for my birthday, and it's months and months away!

happy hour 2 for 1's- holla!

 really great seating all around

great long tables with old church pews for seating...

 yummy, REAL brick oven pizza

 blue cheese, broccoli, sundried tomatoes- yum!

loved it!

loved 2-for-1 magic hat #9's!

brunch...

just had to share these pictures from brunch this weekend.  irongate is our go to for an awesome breakfast when we don't feel like cooking. f-ing yum!

scenery...

condiments..

done. finished. awesome.  (veggie egg white omlet).

For great pics of some of the capital region's best breakfast joints, check out Windshield Diaries!

In memory of one of my favorites...

No, she not dead, she just moved down south to be with her boo, and I miss her terribly. You know who you are!

Anywho, I ended up at Tandoor Palace on Lark Street last weekend, and she used to work there. The smell of curry still makes me think of her!

Really though, everything at Tandoor is delicious and YOU should go there. Here are some shots from the meal. Couldn't take too many, I was busy stuffing my face!

Naan!

Sauces!

Curry!

And that's all you need!

Go there, eat some naan, and think of my dear friend Ashley, she's a doll!

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Spring on Jay...

For me, spring is all about breaking out the grill, dusting off the porch, and kicking back with a beer. We've enjoyed many a night on our small back deck. Unfortunately this weekend hasn't been the best for grillin' and chillin', but a girl can dream, no?




Veggies and meat... All you need baby!



A great bottle of beer in a bright green setting....



Finish it off with a glass of wine and some knitting... Perfecto!


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seen in albany...

It's noon, exactly.  I've been sitting here for awhile trying to decide what to blog about today.  I've started some new iPhone cozy designs for Art on Lark, but they're not finished, so you probably wouldn't be interested in seeing them.  It's raining out, and I'm nowhere near motivated to go outside and find something cool to shoot to post here.  None of the photos on my phone are interesting to me right now (although I have recently fallen in love with super desaturated photography and will probably be blogging about that soon). So I went looking through the millions of pictures on my computer, and I came across some pictures that I wanted to share awhile ago:

These photos were both taken in Center Square, months apart.  CAPow told me that she's seen a few around as well, and I just think they're amazing.  One minute you're just walking down the street, going about your business, the next you're reminded that there ARE beautiful things in this world.  Looking at these pictures (especially the first one with the cherry blossoms and twig placed so perfectly in line with the star- who did that?) gives me some sense that something bigger is going on out there.  I have no idea how these drawings came to be, or who did them, but I think they're amazing, and hope to see more soon!  If you're in the Albany area and you have any idea where these come from, please, let me know.

If you come across one of these drawings, I would LOVE for you to send me a picture of it!  Let's get a hope movement going folks!

5 things i love about the wine bar...

Maybe I just wanted to get drunk off wine, maybe I just needed some jamacian jerk ribs, or maybe I just wanted to blog about it.... Whatever it was, we went to the wine bar on lark street this past weekend, and it didn't disappoint! I love the wine bar because:

1. It's within walking distance
2. They have exactly one million delicious wines
3. It's a great place to chill and have converstion with friends
4. Ribs!
5. Awesome and intimate back deck

It's super dark so the pictures aren't great, but of course I whipped the iPhone out...





Delicious and refreshing wine





Bread a olive oil for dipping




Yummy dips...




Our meal...

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Lark Tavern :(

I'm totally stealing the title of this post from Matt over at the Daily Puppy, because to be honest with you, there's no other way to put it. Center square suffered a huge loss last week when the Lark Tavern was destroyed by a major fire. I can not tell you how many amazing times I've had there. LT was actually the first bar I went to in Albany, and it was love at first sight. Good beers on tap, live music, open mic comedy, great bar food- all within walking distance of my apartment.  It was the only good place on the block that regularly had live music- one of my favorite things.  It was too good to be true!

Lark Tavern, you will be missed! I can't wait for the grand re-opening. In the meantime, there's going to be a benefit on the 22nd that everyone should go to- it's only 10 bucks! 

I'm trying to find some good pictures to post from LT, but to be honest with you, I can't find many.  Guess that's because I'm always having WAY too good of a time to be taking pictures.  Plus- it's always dark in there, and my camera usually doesn't cooperate.  So here's a photo from St. Patty's day, after too many car bombs.  Can anybody tell me who this is, I can't remember.  Here's to you, LT, we'll be seeing you soon!

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