green river and guest chefs

ok guys...here are the pics of the green river i promised you... it is neon green. i only have a sec. i know i keep promising you a longer post but i never seem to have time. i worked a lot this week. i did a guest chef class which means that i was the intern for a visiting chef as he taught a class to a group of professionals. it was interesting because he didn't speak english and i only speak a teeny tiny bit of french. we had a translator, a girl who graduated with my last december. so it went ok. she was great. it was hard to get my point across whenever the translator was gone though. but my french definitely got better those three days i was with him. by the end i was able to carry on a conversation with him in half french half english. i also found out that he can speak as much english as i can french. =) it was fun and exhausting. i met some great people in the class. on wednseday night i went out with some of them. they are from new york, and they are itatlian and only 21 so very young and hyper. we went to italian for dinner and then we went to a couple clubs and i got home at 4am. aaaaaahhhhh luckily i didn't have to be at work til 10. still i only got about 4 hrs sleep. then the next night i was at work till 11pm cleaning the kitchen and trying to get the dishwasher to hurry up. and i had to be at work at 545 the next morning. needless to say i was exhausted thurs and fri. but it was SSOOOOOO much fun. one of the girls is going to email me all the pics from the class and i will post them. ok, i gotta go. =)

i miss you all!!

just a really quick note. my internet is still down at home. i will write a longer post later. i worked today and missed the st pattys day parade. not that i care all that much but they actually dye the river green here. it is REALLY GREEN. i took a picture on my way home, but i havent' downloaded it yet...when i do i will post it. it is gorgeous here in chicago. 65+ degrees. i walked home today...2 miles. i am very proud of myself. ok, well i am not on my own computer so i promise i will write more later. see ya
becky =)

stupid internet!!

my internet has been down at my apt for a week now. it sucks!! i have to go to the Mac store on michigan ave to use internet. so i am so sorry that i have been absent for a while. i have been working hard but this week has FLOWN by!! it was the first exam for the students and i thought it would be a little easier for me. boy was i wrong. they are running around like crazy and expect me to have everything ready for them. i have been getting to work earlier so i can set stuff up for them. i have never been asked so many questions in my life! it is insane. some of the most basic things, either common sense or stuff they learned the first week, they seemed to have forgotten EVERYTHING!!! i really do like the students in my class, but i will be happy tomorrow afternoon when i can go home and sleep.

I love my grandma!!! i was talking to her during survivor last week, which by the way is pretty good this season! i was saying how tired and sore i was and that i really needed a massage. she, wonderful grandma that she is, sent me a little money to get a massage. hopefully i will do that this weekend!!

i am excited because on monday and tuesday is a new season of the apprentice and of amazing race!! yeah!

k guys, i gotta go. btw i am just putting up a random picture that i took at a hot dog restaurant in town. kinda fun =)

too long with no sleep

I am so sorry that i haven't been blogging lately. my internet has been off and on these past weeks, sorry. I have had a few phone calls from my mother saying that certain people, you know who you are, have been complaining. =) I have been working very long hours with not a lot of rest. two weeks ago i worked 6 days and over 70 hours. This past week it has been 63 hours in 5 days and i have to work all day tomorrow. don't get me wrong, I LOVE THIS! I am jsut very tired and exhausted. i haven't even been cooking dinner, just ramen noodles =( and anything else fast. I am looking foward to next weekend and i will sleep all day saturday and all day sunday. i am sorry that i have no pictures to put up, i haven't done anyuthing that exciting lately. i made my own recipe for a lemon sorbet and i get to try it out this week at school. i am excited about that. i have been watching a lot of 24 lately. i have seen them all already but am watching them again. i just finished season 4 and am halfway through season 3 and 2. i am going to bed soon because i have to be at school tomorrow morning at 8. so i will talk to all of you later. you can always email me, i will try to return them. i miss all of you.
ps this is a great picture of the chicago skyline from navy pier.

Red Meat!!

I have never been able to cook a decent steak. Dad is the steak cooker in the family. so, I was starving cause i haven't eaten a normal meal since i came back to chicago. i was craving steak and mashed potatoes. i went to the neighborhood "grocery store"...yeah right. =) i got a steak and came home to cook it. it was the BEST steak i have ever cooked. it was garlicy (sp?) =) and salty and a little lemony. i heated the pan REALLY hot till it was smoking. a very little butter and then throw the steak on with salt pepper and crushed garlic cook it till dark and crispy on both sides and it will be med rare. then squeeze a little bit of lemon on it. WOW, so mouthwateringly yummy.

this week has been so tiring. we worked our butts off at school, us interns and the chefs. the new batch of students come in on monday. we had to redo kitchens and clean and put SO much stuff in order. I will be so happy to do absolutely nothing this weekend. i am sleeping as late as i possibly can tomorrow. ok, i think i will get started on that now. talk to you guys later.

btw, leave me some comments!!! i like to hear from and talk to you guys!!! miss you all =)

graduation

i know it has been a while. i have been busy. i promised my aunt that i would update this blog. this is a picture of me graduating. i was very excited cause i graduated with honors, which is very hard to do at FPS. in order from left to right is...chef Jacquy Pfeiffer, me, chef Sebastien Canonne, and then chef John Kraus. i have to go back in a couple days to start my internship. i am in st louis right now so happy cause i don't have to work or anything. it is nice to be lazy. =)

don't know what to say

so, i feel bad that i haven't written in a while. but i have no idea what to write. i was up babysitting for 13 hrs yesterday till this morning at 230 am. i am so tired.
I graduate in less than two weeks then i get to go home for two weeks. i found out friday what my schedule for next term is. i get to intern for my favorite chef first. but i am a little nervous cause he said that he is very hard to intern for. he asked me if i want to make some money and he told me that a cleaning lady at school is getting married in march. he asked me if i might possibly want to do the wedding cake for her wedding. i said i would love to and i will be able to use the school's equipment so i am excited.