Baby Steps | The learning curve

The project is off to a shaky, but definitive, start. Allowing for a sharp learning curve, and the complete overhaul of my interactions with the world in many ways, is going to take some patience. And nerve.

I've yet to clarify to myself strict guidelines when it comes to food consumption, and it's going to continue to be a process. Friends took me to dinner last night (a cap to a birthday weekend) and it felt like I was cheating right off the bat. Dinners out are going to have to be rare and special.

I regained some confidence in the challenge's feasibility at noon today when I finally introduced myself to Scott, who works the Body & Soul booth at the Union Square Greenmarket. Scott is there Mondays and Fridays and I've been buying vegetable turnovers and wraps from him for months. Turns out Body & Soul is related to the restaurant Counter, founded by local and organic chef Deborah Gavito at 105 First Ave, NY. I stocked up for the week, and look forward to going down to meet Deborah and check out the kitchen soon.