this is only 3 weeks late

i just realized that i never really told y'all about my birthday brunch. my good friend amber was born on march 13 and i was born on march 16. we decided we would celebrate our birthdays together this year by making everyone come to brunch with us at nomad, since it's our favorite brunch in town. we always invite people to join us for brunch but most people usually flake because they don't want to wake up before noon on a sunday. we figured since it was our birthday celebration they had to show up. and show up they did! i think we had somewhere between 30 and 40 people there. it was so much fun!

nomad brunch

i've heard good things about sunday brunch at nomad bar but i had never been until today. i met a few friends there this morning and was totally blown away. they had two chefs there making waffles and custom omelets/breakfast tacos. they also had biscuits and gravy, cheesy hashbrowns, sausage links, pork loin, bagels and lox, and probably some other stuff that i am forgetting right now. everything was incredibly delicious and the chefs were super attentive and friendly. they also have $10 bottomless mimosas so i got to fulfill by proclamation of "being outdoorsy in that i like getting drunk on patios" yesssss! 

so yeah, sundays from 11-2, nomad is where it's at. it was so nice to brunch somewhere that wasn't super duper crowded. so it's with a heavy heart that i recommend this to the blogosphere. i would like to go back and have the same experience again (not having to wait forever for food or a table) but i also think more people should be able to enjoy this shit, because it's gooood. 

ps-my resolution to be more fun when i go out is still going really well. i had a fantastic time at bender last night with my southside pals. 

nomad

we went to nomad bar tonight for alison and alanna's birthday. i had never been there before but i quite liked it. i also enjoyed that yelp.com was there giving away free booze: rain vodka and sparkling sake (supplied by the ever beautiful and classy erika elliott). i give the sake 2 thumbs up! the vodka...tasted like rubbing alcohol. i had it with tonic and erin had it with water. we both ended up abandoning the drinks but i heard it wasn't bad with orange juice. as far as the sake goes, i highly recommend the ginger magno. it was absolutely delicious.

now i am home. i posted some pictures on facebook and now i'm reading austinist. and to tell you what a huge baseball junkie i am, i read this headline, "CWS and STL Reach Agreement to Extend Trail" and thought, "chicago white sox and st. louis reach agreement..." it didn't make any sense because a) it's austinist and those teams have nothing to do with austin. b) those teams aren't even in the same league so what kind of agreement could they be reaching? and c) trail? what? then i read the headline again and decided that those initials must stand for something other than baseball teams. what a dork. incidentally, dana told me that every time she sees "CWS" in reference to the baseball team, she thinks, "chews."

tonight i shall leave you with this fabulous picture that i took of alison as she was bent over laughing. it looks like a baby in a stroller took it.