The Steady's Birthday Weekend!

Well, its 10:32PM on Sunday night of Steady's birthday weekend. I tried my best to make it a good one for him. I got him 2 albums and hoped that he didn't already have them, hid them under my pillows and waited for him to find them. It was pretty sneaky. That was Friday night the rest of the weekend was like this.

Saturday morning... made muffins for the b-day boy and we ate them. YUM.

• We pretty much just enjoyed each others company in a nice, quiet apartment. 
• Had a Flash Flood fill up the apartments courtyard and watched in the river in the back alley.
• Dinner time. We made tacos. I started it but when he left to go get the seasoning that the cashier left out of my bags, I got the pan to jump off the stove into my hands. That's right burnt my fingers by catching a hot pan. Smart right? So Steady finished it up since I had to try and cool down my fingers to stop the pain.
• Then I surprised him by taking him to a comedy club above a Chinese restaurant in Cambridge. [Sneaky, sneaky] It turned out to be a great choice. Very funny night. 
• After wards, we met up with a few of his friends and had a drink or two.
• Surprisingly, ran into a friend that is usually in NYC and had a nice chat.
• Bed time.

Sunday morning. PANCAKES!

• The birthday weekend seemed to also have Free Slurpee thrown in the mix so we walked to Coolidge Corner and got some yummy but not so "free" slurpees. Still good.
• Window shopped. Then a 57 bus to Not Your Average Joe's in Watertown to use his free birthday meal coupon. Save me a buck or so.
• Then came back to my apartment and just hung out.

I know it wasn't incredible but it was a great weekend.

Also, on top of all that, I made him a cake. No final pictures but I took some along the way. It was fun and I will definitely try it again!

The components:

That's French Vanilla cake, Ice cream and a chocolate and white chocolate gnoche!

It was a layered cake where the cake surrounded the ice cream like a cookie and the gnoche was like a frosting.

Making the Gnoche!

Heat 1 cup heavy cream to a simmer.

Add 12 oz Semi Sweet Chocolate chips.

Gently wisk so mixture does not seize up.

Keep whisking until chocolate is completely melted.

For the White Chocolate Gnoche you only heat up 1/2 cup of heavy cream, pour in the white chocolate chips and gently shake the pan until the chips are submerged. Then add 4 T of butter and let it rest for 1 minute. Then whisk until mixture is smooth and all chips and butter has melted.

For both, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes so that the mixture can firm like frosting. It was quite delicious.

But now it's bed time again. The end of a long weekend full of surpises, good and bad, and fun with the Steady. Too bad he had to leave. Too bad its back to the real world tomorrow morning. Too bad for a lot of things but smiles and laughs overpower what didn't go according to plan this weekend.

Smiles, Laughs and Love.