Girlfriends

The three days I spent in Ithaca this weekend might as well have been a week in the Caribbean. What a vacation! Just me and my besty and nothing to do.

We shopped at the local co-op.
We cooked sausages, scallops, kale, barbecue chicken, zucchini, eggs, yum.
We hiked to waterfalls, flowing heavily with snowmelt.
We napped. I napped. A lot.
We danced in college town, toured Cornell's old and beautiful libraries, gazed at art installations and out panoramic windows over farmland expanses.

We sat on the couch, for a full hour, watching the Food Network (oh, Alton Brown) and "What Not to Wear", consuming two entire pints of Good Karma Organic Rice Divine frozen dessert. Carrot Cake used to be my favorite, but this weekend I discovered Mud Pie. It's not sugar free, and it probably contains some soy, but it's mostly rice. Rice milk, rice syrup, rice flour, rice solids. And, it's delicious. From start to finish. In one sitting. On the couch next to my best friend, with two pints between us and cable (cable TV?? It's been a while) in front of us... We're disgusting. It was wonderful.

As much as I love food, I can't think of anything more nourishing than spending time with someone who knows me so well, and loves me so much, as a dear old friend.