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While the boys were golfing before a wedding this past weekend, the girls went off to do our own thing. We got our nails done, we did a little shopping, and we stopped at a really cute restaurant for lunch. It was hard to choose a place to eat in the West Hartford area –…
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With no signage, it took me foreverto figure out the name of the new wine bar in my neighborhood. I finally learned it was called Pino when I got close enough to pick up a menu from one of the tables. I put my bag down while I was reading what they had to offer…
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When I looked at the menu for Spring, I began to regret allowing Shawn to take the lead in setting up our pre-Yom Kippur fast meal. Pretty much everything on the menu was tagged as either vegan or gluten free…and in some cases, both. I don’t usually actively do “healthy” food. I think of eating healthy…
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I’m off tomorrow to wedding number nine – the last one of the year. The rest of the weekend is wide open and I’m looking forward to doing some sort of activity that feels particularly “fall” to take advantage of the season. On my way to meet friends for dinner in the UWS last week,…
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Annie and Buster Fang grew up as part of their parents strange performance art. As soon as they could, they busted out of their childhood homes and tried to forge their own paths as an actress and writer, respectively. Turns out, being forced to participate in weird performances didn’t train them to lead normal, well…
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My most personal book review to date just went live on Quarterlette yesterday. Check it out, if you please!
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Taking a picture every day may not seem like much of a challenge in the days where our cameras are our phones and our phones fit in our pockets. But this project wasn’t just about taking lots of selfies; it was an attempt for me to stop for one moment every single day and find…
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I use a trip to the grocery store as a way to unwind and don’t find the NYC lines frustrating at all (once I learned how to navigate the different stores). I wonder how many people will opt into Chicory, a delivery service that works by attaching a “Get Ingredients” button to the bottom of…
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Instead of having a cheese plate for supper two nights in a row, I recently incorporated some leftover Hungarian salami into a pasta dish. I boiled up some spinach and chive linguine (Trader Joe’s) and tossed it with some store-bought marinara. The trick here is to put in enough sauce to just coat the pasta.…
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Despite a beautiful Indian Summer weekend of temperatures in the low 80s, we’re really beginning to see a shift in the weather. I don’t mind the occasion to pull the cardis out of my closet, but my body is not reacting so well to the change. I’m in the process of staving of a cold…
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Peaches to Apples 