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I am thankful that we have to eat.
Happy Thanksgiving week! Dig out those fat jeans and start eating turkey and a variety of sweet foods that we call salad when they should be dessert. I love November for so many reasons, and not only because it is … Continue reading
Spiced Chili
Confession #1: I hate concerts. Obviously I don’t mean all concerts. Here, for instance, I have compiled a list of the 6 concerts that could tempt me to go: Celine Dion/ Josh Groban, because they are the same person in two genders … Continue reading
Why I love DC: Brunch (in Easter Market, or anywhere else)
If DC could be represented by a meal, it would be brunch. Chicago is probably a nice dinner, New York might be a late night swanky cocktail or bagels and lox, and L.A. is probably sushi or something. But DC … Continue reading
Sweet and Spicy Kale Salad
Remember in college when you didn’t actually need sleep or nutrition, or at least, you willed your body into acting like it didn’t? You would pull all-nighters (ok, not me because I just give up around midnight), eat nothing but … Continue reading
Mini-Quiches and the Modern Woman
Dear Fellow Over Burdened Modern Women of the World: Why do we make life so many times harder for ourselves than it needs to be? Ok, back up. Let me share a mini-breakdown I had a couple weeks ago. I … Continue reading
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Tagged being a woman, confessions, food, iphone pics, party, rants
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Goat cheese fig flatbread and saying goodbye.
The falling of the figs marks the end of summer. You think that it will never come, that the tree will stay barren, that the bright green bulbs will never turn purple. You think that you have forever, that the … Continue reading
Peach Cobbler, or, Dr. Quinn and Kentucky Hospitality.
Guys, do you remember that amazing TV show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman? What am I talking about – of course you remember it, because it was awesome. You can go watch the opening song here, and then come back when … Continue reading
Green thoughts.
Do you ever read one of those books that forces you to look around at parts of your life and evaluate? I love those. And I hate those. Earlier this summer I read Michael Pollan’s The Omnivores Dilemma, and it got … Continue reading
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Tagged books, confessions, daily life, food, health, quotations, vegetables
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Last weekend.
You know those weekends where you try to squeeze EVERYTHING in? Last weekend was one of those. I am super guilty of event cramming. I hate saying no to any activity, I hate turning people down for things or passing … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlottesville, family, food, friends, photography, summer, travel, weekend fun
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What’s in a macaron?
Yesterday I guest posted over at Culture Keeper to talk about one of my very favorite things, macarons. Ok, so really I am blogging about globalization and the indefinable qualities of culture inherent in regional foods, but the macaron is … Continue reading
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