My parents came to town this weekend to celebrate my 23rd birthday, albeit a few weeks late, but my actual birthday fell on an exam week and then my nephew was born the following week! Needless to say, October was a very eventful month - we finished anatomy with a 3-hour final that was worth 50% of our grade (eek!), we took a full biochemistry course in 2 weeks and had a final in THAT (double eek!!), I turned 23, my adorable nephew was born, and we had some amazing fall weather (as well as a hurricane...)
Their visit just happened to coincide with my acapella group's concert, so I was really happy that they were able to come and see us perform! The group is made up of students in graduate school and health professional schools; it's mostly medical students, but we do have some other professions represented as well. I thought we sounded AMAZING, and it was really fun. A lot of my friends from my class came to support us and enjoy the show, so I was really excited to show them what we've been working on since school started!
After the concert, we had reservations at Paris 66, a cute French bistro in East Liberty. I am a HUGE FAN! I went to Paris while on a trip to Europe back in high school and fell in love with the city and everything French. I have Eiffel Towers all over my room, and I really like French design. We enjoyed a pound of mussels (moules) and french fries (frites) for appetizers, and then I had the Crevettes Provencales: shrimp, vegetables, and linguini in a white wine sauce. Yum!!! For dessert, it was an apple tart with homemade caramel sauce, and a sea salt caramel macaron (on the house, because it was my b-day!). I had never had a macaron before, but I am a big fan!!
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| 1 pound of mussels (cooked in white wine, butter, garlic, onions) and pommes frites |
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| Cheesy goodness!!!! |
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| Birthday macarons! Mine was the sea salt caramel on the bottom, my dad had the raspberry and pistachio |
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| Massive, delicious apple tart with homemade salty caramel sauce! Delicious!! |
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| I am a huge fan of this place!! |
For brunch this morning, we decided to continue with the French theme and went to Crepes Parisiennes, a creperie in Oakland. I got my usual nutella and banana crepe, and we shared a chocolate croissant. So much decadence!!
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| Nutella-y goodness! |
I had a really fun weekend, but unfortunately now I have to get back to studying :( Only a few more weeks until Thanksgiving, where I get to cuddle with my puppy and see my 3 nephews and niece! Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...
I have a recipe I want to try out during a study break today, so I'll post pictures of that later. :)
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