of course, the friday five for the week...

1. what drinking water do you prefer -- tap, bottle, purifier, etc.?
i've never been overly picky regarding that - tap, britta, whatever. as long as its water and it's not, well, nasty, i'm a happy girl. water = gooood.

2. what are your favorite flavor of chips?
i'm not a big chip girl - but tortilla chips are good and apple chips are good - which admittedly aren't chips in the strict sense of the word, but they're tasty nonetheless.

3. of all the things you can cook, what dish do you like the most?
considering that i can barely cook anything to save my life ... my lasagna has always been successful and, as of late, the spinach spaghetti/veggie/gardenburger meal i've concocted is very tasty. i might go with that for an answer.

4. how do you have your eggs?
omlet with green pepper, broccoli, onion, mushroom and tomato please!

5. who was the last person who cooked you a meal? How did it turn out?
the chipotle woman last night. it was delicious. ;-)

i have never been a coffee drinker. in fact, up until a year or so ago, i hated the taste of coffee (save coffee ice cream, which is a whole other story - but, then again, isn't that always the case with ice cream?) and couldn't drink it at all. then, about a year ago, i tried iced coffee and enjoyed that, so i could drink coffee cold, just not hot. when i was freezing to death at the orioles game back in early april and warmed up over a cup of coffee, i figured the only reason i liked it was because i was so cold and it was a warm drink.

but this week, i discovered that coffee is another addition to the "list of tastes/foods/items vickie used to hate but now loves." i was at a reception at the library of congress during my lunch hour on wednesday (kevin had asked me to attend it at least for a few minutes and it was a 'chocolate extravaganza', so how could i possibly pass that up?) and decided, for whatever reason, that a cup of coffee sounded somewhat appealing. or at least the idea of it. so i gave it a shot and absolutely loved it.

yet again i thought it must be a fluke - the combination of chocolate and coffee had tricked me into thinking the latter was better than it truly was. but, this morning, my third coffee experience finally led me to realize that i have become a java fan - not to mention i've been reaping the benefits of the caffeine-buzz wave that has washed over me today! my cup o' joe this morning certainly gave me a little extra something for my tour of the capitol, which was, by the way, probably one of the most enjoyable tours i've given yet - score! and it's made the day go by quite quickly, which is always a bonus.

so i finally join the other legions of coffee drinkers in the world. if i have learned to like coffee, do you think beer's next?

i didn't think so either. ;-)