This weekend, a number of our friends ventured to Lake Tahoe for some R&R. We stayed in a friend’s family’s cabin, went snowboarding, and watched the Super Bowl.
Of course, the perfect way to start (and end) the trip is by visiting In N’ Out.
The next time I’m down in LA, I totally want to visit Galco’s Soda Pop Shop. He knows his soda!
Via Jon Ursenbach.
Lately, I’ve been considering picking up a new cast iron skillet for cooking. There’s a few reasons that have made me interested in owning one. Their durability, versatility, and even potential health benefits (source of iron!). I stumbled across an article on Lifehacker recently, talking about properly seasoning your skillet. This made me even more interested!
Earlier today, we stopped by a local hardware store and picked up a 12″ skillet.
Of course, we had to immediately break it in! So we cooked a 5-spice apple stir fry. It was a complete success.
Here’s to even more cooking adventures with our new cooking tool. I’m excited to try and make a deep dish pizza with it!
This seems like it will come in handy. I’m definitely guilty of committing a number of don’ts listed here!

[Via The World's Best Ever]
These things are potentially the greatest invention in the history of Mother Nature.
Off to New York City this week to help out with gdgt’s east coast launch party on Thursday. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to NYC (last visit was in 2007) and I’m looking forward to it. Unfortunately, there will be little time to play this time.
Weather is supposed to be good though!

And apparently, I do need to make time to check out Shake Shack. Their burgers are supposed to be pretty good.
Man, I thought a tofu salad for lunch sounded healthy and good.
Mac and cheese competition at Stable Cafe in San Francisco!
Stopped by the River City Grill outside of Missoula, Montana for lunch.
Next stop? Canada. Captain, plot a course for Banff!2 on the same block no less! I verified this myself and went to both to check.