I forgot to take photos of my really good lunch salad

I had a really good salad for lunch. Avocados were on sale at the grocery store, I had broccoli that needed to be used, and at some point over the weekend, a link to this recipe was posted on one of the food blogs I read. (I wish I knew which blog, but thanks to my Pulse app, all the food blogs I read run together.)

I switched up the recipe a bit. I used a lot of broccoli, one avocado and almonds for crunch, but I also threw in snap peas, carrots and a can of tuna that stretched the salad into three servings. The dressing was Gulden's mustard, apple cider vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder and sea salt. Really good. I considered taking pictures, but the bowl looked messy and I had an inauguration to watch. Next time. Since there will definitely be a next time.

Also, I might do some baking today. Since there is no work and an inauguration and it is MLK day. And I am listening to '90s Pandora. I LOVE '90s music. While there are many artists of the aughts whom I greatly enjoy, there is something about '90s music that really appeals to me. One might think I am nostalgic for the '90s--my bat mitzvah, high school, Steve Madden, but in fact, I much prefer the aughts.

I've spent the aughts in New York City. I graduated from college here, joined the workforce, paid rent (and more rent and more rent), got married. . . became an adult. And I think I am doing okay at it. Which brings me to Girls. I just started season one, and I agree with the hype. Lena Dunham is brilliant. To be so successful at 26. Amazing. Much of the show feels realistic. Hannah's relationship with Adam, as much as it is so wrong, seems real (at least through episode five, which is where I am). The apartment where Jessa babysits looks remarkably like an apartment in which I used to babysit. I don't think Marni would choose to live in Greenpoint. She seems like a Manhattan gal. I see her in Murray Hill in a luxury building in a one bedroom apartment with a bunch of fake walls. And Shoshana is real.

What is not real is how Hannah behaves on job interviews and at work. The rape joke at the job interview. Really? And propositioning your boss? I know the show is meant to exaggerate real life, but the Hannah character is too smart to be so stupid at work. Also, it isn't that hard to have a Mac at home and a PC a the office or vice versa. I transitioned back and forth at my first job. No manual required. (Full disclosure: I would not describe myself as computer savvy.)

I have about half the season to go, which at this rate, I will finish tonight (so wrong and yet so right), so I am hoping that Hannah figures this work thing out. I can sympathize with the boy thing, but my mind is boggled by her inability to succeed at work.

Last but not least, I am so pleased that Tasti D Lite made a cameo on the show. I don't know if it was an homage to SATC and all of the Tasti D consumed on that show, but in a city of Pinkberry, 16 Handles, Red Mango, etc., I am glad that Tasti D is still relevant.