Deja Vu…
Y’all know Maggie Mac’s been sick A LOT lately. But yesterday I wound up going twice – and it was time to say goodbye forever.
We’ve been through a lot, Maggie and me.
(Julius loved her too)
As a refurbished computer, she had a lot of problems from the start, but kept me blogging away for a solid two years. Here we are on our last day together – at the Bend Airport:
Meet Maggie’s replacement – a brand new MacBookAir!!! (Always. Buy. Apple. Care.)
We have a tradition of naming our Apple products after Simpsons characters (my iPhone is “Monty“) so I’m calling her Lisa – the genius sister. And boy is she smart! She’s like a prodigy in comparison (sorry, Maggie, but it’s true).
Since Lisa doesn’t eat meat, dinner was old skool NYC vegetarian:
When we first graduated from Wesleyan, Abe and I used to dine at Dojo’s all the time – it was the only place we could afford to eat out at. For very little $$$ (I feel like under five bucks) you could get a Soy Burger Platter – with brown rice and a side salad with their infamous dressing.
There are many recipes to recreate it online; I took the easy way out and opened a bottle sent by Wafu
Wafu has many delicious-sounding flavors, but the only one I used for last night’s purposes was the Carrot Ginger
For the soy burger, I pan-fried a Chik’n GardenSteak
Abe’s was “traditional Dojo style” with the romaine on the side, and the patty atop the rice – smothered in dressing
Mine was served as a salad
Dojo’s dressing is a lot chunkier, but the Wafu definitely has the same flavor, in a smooth puree
Dinner was followed by the last Chocolate Goji Truffle, and lots of quality time with Lisa.
If you missed the post on Labor Day, I’ve got a $100 Joss and Main Giveaway going on right now!
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Hi Lisa!!! And by Maggie! Hope you’ll have a nice retirement!
Love how you have a theme for naming your Apple products! I am a big Simpsons fan, too.
Cute naming theme for your products! I name lots of my things (computer, guitar), but kind of randomly.
those salad dressings look great. where do you buy them?
they’re canadian, but you can buy them online from the u.s.: http://www.wafu.ca/store_buyonline_US.html
Congratulations on the new laptop. That is such a treat!
I have a few choice names for my computer when it’s not working, but I did name my car!
Haha – I love that you name your electronics after Simpsons characters – hopefully Lisa sticks around for much longer than 2 years!
I used to love DOJO too. It was cheap and delicious! I went there a year ago just for that dressing and then came home and made it a bunch! Congrats on the new computer.
Yay! Love her new name, naturally!
Did you know that the first Apple ever was also called Lisa? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa
My two week old Mac is named Pink Lady and my previous iBook was called Granny Smith. I am old school with naming them after my favorite types of apples.
woah – i had no idea about that little “lisa” trivia! cool! love the name “pink lady.” “red delicious” would be great too!
Dojo was my go-to spot in my NYU days. Delicious, healthy and a steal! They had my favorite miso soup. This post brought back great memories.
forgot about their miso soup! i also loved their hijiki tofu.
love the simpson’s reference.
is that a caramel apple lollipop i see in the last picture?!? if so, those things are the best!
it is indeed the caramel apple – i bought a case from smart n final and have one every day!
i love how you name your apple stuff after simpsons characters. My boyfriend totally loves this idea since he is a hardcore simpsons fan. I generally name my bikes and cars….right now my bike is Hunter and he is a stud. All the lady bikes love him.
Hahaha! I like to name things Homer (from plants to electronics)
I named my MacBookPro “Sebastian!!” Not a simpson character, but I’ll do that from now on!!!
haha yay for new computer, now this really makes me want to get one
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