Life
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What Am I?
New York is one of those places where many people seem to define themselves by their occupations. So often when you meet someone new, the first thing they ask you is what you do for a living. Although I consciously try not to do this, inevitably it happens. For the past five years, when people
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Yes, I Went to the Gym a Few Times (in between all the eating and whatnot)
So the East Village Idiot Dive Bar Crawl was a rousing success. We stuck to John’s schedule with near-military precision, and ended the run with a visit to Katz’s Deli, where I hadn’t been in ages. You can see the photos here. There are definitely a few spots I’d like to go back to and
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PNI
I’m pretty sure* tonight is going to be a PNI (planned night in). I was up far too late last night and need to rest up for the East Village Idiot Pub Dive Bar Crawl tomorrow, not to mention Easter dinner at Lupa on Sunday. Tonight’s exciting activities include: working out! laundry! having a big
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Stir It Up
Sometimes when you get too settled, things get dull. When your life gets stirred up a bit, you start to think creatively, and new and exciting things start to pop up everywhere you look. That said, I just signed a contract for my first paid freelance food writing job with New York Metro (this will
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Award Winners
It’s only March and I have not one, but two prime candidates in the running for my Jackass of the Year award. The interesting part about dating in New York is interacting with a wide variety of guys, and strangely (or maybe naively) enough, I am constantly shocked and amazed by the amount of jackass
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Saying Goodbye
I said goodbye to my Grandma Jane this weekend. She passed away in January, and my family, who are not big on funerals per se, held a memorial for her up in Maine which I missed due to the blizzard, and one here in New York this past Sunday. Friends and family gathered to tell
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The Stars Are Definitely Aligned
First of all, I ran into two people I know on the street today — one on my way to work and one as I was leaving work. Now granted, I know a lot of people, and hardly a few days can pass by where I don’t run into someone I know, but the fun
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The Stars Just Might Be Aligned
Or at least, I sure hope so. This article in today’s NYT about fortuitous meetings leading to job offers resonated with me. I have had some very fortunate chance meetings lately, and I can only hope that the stars are aligning in my favor. Keep your fingers crossed for me and send some good karma
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A Solid Saturday
Yesterday was everything a Saturday should be. I slept late, cleaned up my apartment, had Jon and Sarah over for brunch (a delicious mushroom fritatta, if I do say so myself), read the paper, napped on the couch, worked out, went out, saw friends, met new people. Couldn’t really ask for much else. All in
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Six Degrees of Laren
Some folks think that I know everybody, and I’ll admit, I do know quite a large number of people. I also try to do my best to keep in touch with people I’ve met over the years, even if it’s not as frequently as I’d prefer. This fall, when I went out to the beach