This week’s happiness
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Who is @Tessypie?
The broad behind the blog
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Book Review: The Space Between Us
Once thing I’ve learned about India through my literary endeavors is the vast disparity between the lower and middle classes. In Thrity Umrigar’s novel, these two groups are placed in direct contrast, as seen through the eyes of two women. Bhima lives in a Bombay slum. She is illiterate and missing two teeth. She cares for…
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PSA: The Flower District
Sometimes I think there’s a place you’ve just got to know about and my Public Service Announcements (PSAs) will give you the full skinny. One of the items on my Spring Checklist was to check out the flower district. I didn’t come back with a bouquet since I wasn’t going straight home afterwards, but I…
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Momosan
In a true first, my neighborhood has a restaurant that doesn’t take reservations, resulting in a line of cool people awaiting a table. That’s usually what happens in the hip downtown areas of Manhattan. But now that Momosan Ramen has opened, there are hoards of youngsters waiting to get a bowl of noodles. Look at Murray Hill gettin all…
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Sweet & Sour
The high and low from the week of 5/16
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Grilled Cheese: Mozzarella, Fontal, and Mushrooms
Sometimes you need a good soup and grilled cheese night. That was me on Wednesday. It more than cancelled out the workout I had done that evening, but it was worth it because this grilled cheese was bangin. Start with some sourdough bread. Because I really like sourdough. For the cheese, use freshly grated buffalo…
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3 on Thursday
Some simple happiness from this week.
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Shredded Honey Mustard Chicken
Sunday afternoon I got my beau back from a bachelor party. After four days and three nights away, I knew he would be exhausted so I planned a quiet meal at home. I let the slow cooker do the work so he could nap away without me banging around in the kitchen and the whole…
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Book Review: Brain on Fire
Out of nowhere, Susannah Cahalan displays all signs of a psychotic break. She is young – only 24 at the time – and has everything going for her: a flourishing career at the New York Post, a great boyfriend, and an apartment to call her own. When all her tests come back normal, friends, family,…
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Sweet & Sour
The high and low from the week of 5/9
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Peaches to Apples 