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This last week and a half was crazy! Matt and Karina had a baby (Leo Miguel), I went to Athens, and it’s finally full-blown fall mode. Since I spent about 5 hours in wet jeans after the UGA game, I am now dealing with some fun sinus drainage so I am thankful I have nothing…
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I kept wanting this book to be rooted in reality and it’s just not. That made me angry. If you want to enjoy this book, you have to be able to accept that the ending could never have happened and then just appreciate it for its dreamlike quality. Basically Amber is stuck in juvie…maybe guilty…
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It would be difficult for a good meal to make me forget the horrorshow that was the UGA/Bama game on Saturday. Not only did I watch it, I was there live. I stood in the pouring rain as the Dawgs got their butts handed to them. It was miserable. But the meal I ate later…
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Most people say “Sharp Objects” is their least favorite out Gillian Flynn’s novels. I disagree. This twisted book could be Gillian Flynn’s best work. Sure there’s a surprise, but not the numerous twists and turns of “Gone Girl” or even “Dark Places.” It doesn’t need them. It will hook you with it’s eeriness and may…
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“Sweet & Sour” is my version of that dinner table game where every guest says what the best and worst parts of the day were. As we head into the weekend, I think it’s important to get the bad stuff off your chest and remember the positives as a silver lining and energizing factor. When the…
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I’m 30 and I just tried my first fresh fig. There were so many things I didn’t know when Karina put a bowl of figs in front of me after her Rosh Hashanah dinner. Can you eat them fresh or only dried? Can you eat the skin? Are there pits? Turns out, yes, you can…
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When I saw these lil baby fingerlings at Trader Joe’s I just couldn’t resist. They’re so cute I could pinch their little potato cheeks. At this size they only take about 20 minutes (maybe less) to cook at 425 so flavor them up and get them in the oven for a quick side dish. I tossed…
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There are two directions you can go in at Genuine Liquorette, the new subterranean bar below Genuine Superette. You can either get a drink via the Cha-Chunker, a contraption that cuts a hole into a canned beverage, into which a mini bottle of booze is inserted. Or you can simply grab a full size bottle…
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When it comes to trendy restaurants, I’ve grown accustomed to tiny portions. That is particularly so when it comes to trendy tacos. Not so at Seamore’s. Their fish tacos ain’t so teeny. Praise the seafood gods, which in this case, are the same as the meatball deities. At Seamore’s, Michael Chernow easily transitions from land…
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I’m sure you’ve heard it: “fans of Gone Girl will love The Girl on the Train.” Well, it’s true. You’ll tear through it. You, just like the narrator Rachel, will want to know what happened to the loving couple she watches every morning from her seat on the train. She imagines what their lives must be like…
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Peaches to Apples 