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Major plane probs caused me to arrive in New Orleans for Greg and Susan’s wedding 12 hours late, which meant that once I actually made it there last Friday morning, I was go go go. I’ll be recapping the ridiculously awesome wedding weekend day by day, starting here with day numero uno: I arrived at…
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I flew through this book. It is a bittersweet coming of age story, and I loved watching the main character, Rose, grow into herself since it is easy to relate to her growing pains. Navigating friendships, family, and boys is hard on all of us, even those that can’t taste feelings in food. As a…
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One of my new years resolutions was to try at least one new restaurant and one new recipe each week. I haven’t gotten to the restaurant yet this week, but I anticipate I’ll cross that off when I arrive in New Orleans in TWO DAYS. The recipe, however, I took care of tonight. I’m trying…
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I had read Sloane Crosley’s first collection of essays, I Was Told There’d Be Cake, and loved her writing style. Her biting Manhattan sarcasm seeps into every word about killing a bear cub, stealing furniture, and her crazy roommate. However, I feel the endings sometimes fall slightly flat. The build-up is amazing, but the finale…
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This book was essentially Big Love in novel form. That works for me because I am a Big Love fan…well I was while I still had HBO. Being extremely intrigued by polygamous culture, I enjoyed reading the fictional account of a family straining to manage the inevitable stress that comes with being a part of…
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After a couple days of being extremely lazy, yesterday was certainly a turn of events. I headed to Brooklyn to meet Jen for lunch. Jen let me pick the restaurant, so I chose one I have heard a lot about. egg is constantly written up for their breakfast sandwich and Southern-style cuisine, but the brunch…
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Since my two-week Xmas break started today, I wanted to make the most of it by trying a new restaurant. Then there was the problem of deciding where I wanted to go. The Ace Hotel (a new-ish boutique hotel on the random corner of 29th and Broadway) has one of the greatest lobbies in New…
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It’s about time I read this classic, so I was happy that it was my book club’s latest pick. Had I not been given that push, I probably never would have picked it up. I am particularly glad I read Bram Stoker’s Dracula now, in the height of vampire frenzy (Twilight, True Blood, etc), to best…
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Matt texted me this morning that he and Jen just got a car and they were planning to go on an adventure to Flushing for Korean food. Would I like to join? Um, yes. Matt and Jen heard from a Korean friend that Ham Ji Bak was legit. As we drove up, I had a…
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Now that it’s basically Winter, I wanted to get in the spirit of the season with some Winter-y food so I opened up a cookbook and tried to find something easy. I decided to go with cremini mushroom dumplings. All I did was sautee chopped mushrooms, garlic, and scallions and then mixed it with cream…
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Peaches to Apples 