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If you’re a New Yorker, I highly recommend a weekend trip to Philly. I went this past weekend as a belated anniversary/valentines celebration with Albert who planned the whole thing as a surprise. I love exploring new places so a weekend getaway is ideal. It’s only about an hour and a half away so there’s…
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Sometimes you taste something that doesn’t belong…but you like it anyway. That’s what happened to me when I tried the frozen yogurt at Victory Garden. It’s fro yo that’s made with goat milk. The inevitable first question is whether or not it tastes like goat cheese. It actually does. It has all the tang of…
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John Green’s novel is pure Young Adult fiction. It is written from the perspective of a 16-year old and the language is thus attainable…to a degree. You’ll find plenty of “whatever”s and other teen speak, but you’ll also find a number of words the book’s intended teen audience will only recognize if they are heavily…
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Abortion rates are at an all time low, but that seems to be because people are just getting pregnant less frequently thanks to contraceptive use. Move over mole people – this is probably the coolest thing to be done to old subway stations. Can this please happen in NYC? I want to be in a…
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Instead of really doing anything for Valentine’s Day, Albert and I made plans to go out on the 15th with a couple of friends. It’s pretty much what we would do on a regular Saturday night, but being Valentine’s weekend gave us the excuse to indulge a bit. Also, going out on the 15th instead…
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I went to a restaurant once that served their guacamole with plantain chips instead of tortilla chips. I loved the starchiness of the chip and because they are less salty than tortilla chips, the guacamole really stands out. Leave it to Trader Joe’s to stock plantain chips on the cheap. I grabbed a bag and…
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I don’t know about y’all, but I felt completely rejuvenated after my long Presidents Day weekend. I came back to work ready to tackle the week, excited that I was already one day closer to the weekend. Tulips are an under-appreciated flower. Here they are displayed in front of my latest apartment addition: blinds. It’s…
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I was feeling a little homesick so recently I opened up my copy of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I’m not sure if it cured my homesickness or just made me yearn for my beautiful and unique hometown more than ever. Either way, it’s a great read. John Berendt’s work of non-fiction…
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While I took a break last year because I was in Curaçao, I have developed a nice little single gal tradition of celebrating Valentine’s Day by preparing a nice meal. Treat. Yo. Self. This year I wasn’t single, but I didn’t want to let my tradition go. I told Albert my plans would proceed as…
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The bright orange sign made me wonder if it was legit, but Albert really wanted to check out Otto’s Tacos. I want to say the reason I agreed was solely because he asked me to, but the real reason was twofold: I started reading a lot of good reviews about their LA style tacos on…
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Peaches to Apples 