Crêpes complete the world.

Crêpes complete the world. True fact. Well, if not the world, then certainly my tummy and my entire being. I have found a new favorite pastime: missing Manz dinner! Unfortunately, I've only developed it yesterday.... but it's a great one that I wish I had discovered earlier.

If you've never had a crêpe, go out and get one. NOW. Once you get back, come back to this post, and read this and agree with everything I'm about to say after you've had your life-changing experience.

>>It's a complete meal! Well, the savory ones are, anyway. The one I am eating AS I TYPE is from Coupa Cafe. I had a lovely afternoon drinking tea with none other than the lovely Jenna, but by the time we finished, I had missed Manz dinner.... ops (that's pronounced like ups. It means oops, but it's less serious, and it's usually used sarcastically). So, I decided to order a crêpe to go from Coupa: the Denver. In a buckwheat crêpe (it's like a tortilla, but not as thick.... more flexible/pliable), we have scrambled eggs, ham, 3 colors of bell peppers (major points on adding color), and (my favorite part) cheeeeeese. Yum.

>>The dessert crêpes are to die for. Serrriously. Nutella + bananas?? Nutella + strawberries?? Sugar and butter??? Imagine any simple combination, and it's yours. When you have a good crêpe, you know what it's like to be in love. Pure mind-melting deliciousness. My personal favorite is the Nutella/strawberries. It's what I grew up on at home... Mom making crêpes on a weekend morning (or, if it's an extra special day, during the week) and setting out all the different toppings. I would always lay out my crêpe on my plate, spread a line of Nutella down the middle of the crêpe about 2cm thick and lay out my sliced strawberries on top. Like any chocolate/strawberry combination, it's perfect. Sometimes, I'll throw in the occasional raspberry to add some excitement, but the traditional is.... mind-melting. I know Mom used to like bananas and maple syrup... but me... Nutella/strawberries gets me every time. The thin crêpe, sometimes crispy on the edges, has enough presence to hold the fillings in but not too much of a presence so as to be doughy and overshadow the taste of what's inside.

Anyway, that's enough of a rant on those.

So, I will move on to a rant about food to RUNNING!!

This morning, I woke up just in time for breakfast, went down, ate, and came back up to my room. I was exhausted. Before I decided to crawl back in to bed an hour after waking up to take a nap, I knew I had to do something active to motivate me... So, James was kind enough to take me on a 4.3969 mile run. Now, if you know anything about me, you know that I don't really run. My runs are usually (at the most) 15 minutes, flat land... This one involved 2 hills, and .... 4.3969 miles. James was good enough to keep prodding me every time I stopped. Good motivational coach, indeed.

Alright, off I go, back into the real world...

Fingers crossed that my roommate (who moves in tomorrow) is good and doesn't jack all my stuff.