Life
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I Need Salad
Meat-heavy weekend. Saxon & Parole, noshing in Flushing (pictured above, the spicy and delectable bobo chicken from Spicy and Tasty), Fatty Cue, Davis' chipotle mole chile, and Bo Ssam. Other weekend highlights: PDT, four little dogs in my apartment, Moxie's first trip to the vet, LUPEC meeting at the Beagle, Davis' dinner party fly-by, quality
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Weekend Wrapup
Bartending with @daisy17 and @cocktailspirit at FLICFest, snow day lounging with Moxie, making chicken soup, reading the paper, and watching episodes of 24, a visit to Terroir to see @colintuska and @beerguy1, delectable butterscotch pudding from Puddin' (which paired nicely with a Rob Roy), writing about fried chicken, dog play dates (ack! what have I
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Length of A Morning
This morning, I was up and out the door at 7:15, walked with Moxie for an hour, got ready for work, put dinner in the slow cooker (tuscan white bean, kale and sausage soup; just realized I forgot the bay leaf), put Moxie's breakfast in a Kong to distract her when I left, slipped out
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Moxie!
For those of you who haven't yet figured it out through Facebook or Twitter, I've adopted a dog! Formerly known as Ashley (because she had a sister named Mary-Kate, who I also hope got re-named), I've renamed her Moxie. I adopted her through the folks at Badass Brooklyn Foster Dogs. I highly recommend them if
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Resolved
I know it's sort of a cop out, but I am falling back to resolutions from prior years. They're still incredibly relevant and I think it's worth a re-commitment on my part. Let go (probably the one I need to re-commit to the most). Take action. Slow down. Appreciate what you *do* have instead of focusing
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Clean Slate
(courtesy of Gaping Void) I am doing my best to start out 2012 with a clean slate. When I set aside time for it, the purging of belongings isn't hard. It's the other stuff that's not so easy. Leaving unneccessary emotional baggage behind is a truly difficult task, but I'm trying, and luckily I have
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Holidaze
Being on the other side of the world in a warm climate for the first two weeks of December has definitely had on impact on me regarding this year's holiday season. Yes, I know it's December 22nd, but it does not feel at all like Christmas to me; it doesn't even feel close. This, of
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Mawwiage
As much as I wanted to do that bit from The Princess Bride at my sister's wedding tonight, I am restraining myself. She's much more grown up now, but this is still one of my favorite pictures of her. Congratulations to Katie and Pete! Looking forward to celebrating with you this weekend.
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Introspection and Contemplation
During the High Holidays, I tend to get somewhat introspective. As the weather gets cooler, it somehow seems natural to pause and reflect over the past year and contemplate the year to come. According to Jewish faith, this is the week that seals your fate for the next year; you repent for your sins during
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Parenthood
Yet another interesting read this week: Parents of a Certain Age, from NY Mag, discussing the fact that advances in reproductive technology has resulted in first-time mothers in their late 40's and early 50's. But the question remains: is this good for the children of those mothers/parents? I often think about the fact that my