Travel
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My Weekend, as Illustrated by Two Plates
I was in Maine — of course I had to have a lobster roll. My one complaint — too heavy on the mayo. My sister, who couldn’t be at our seder this year, suggested that we have a Cadbury creme egg on our seder plate. Given the fact that our seder was on the wrong
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Gefilte Dog, or What I Like About Jew, Take Two
This weekend, I am off to Portland, Maine, for Passover. Sadly, I will be missing my monthly wine club society meeting — we meet the first Sunday of every month. When I told my neighbor, who organizes the wine club society, that I would be home for Passover, he responded, correctly, “but Passover’s on Monday.”
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The City of
Brotherly LoveCured MeatsI had a wonderful time in Philadelphia this weekend. And yes, I got my provolone with. But — that was hardly the highlight of the weekend, culinary or otherwise. Although I don’t think I’d ever want to live in Philly, it was certainly a good place to visit. My favorite way to learn about a
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I’d Like Provolone With.
A few years ago, my friend Geek lived in Philly. I visited him one weekend, and, knowing me well, he made sure that we went out for authentic Philly cheesesteaks. He also took the time to prep me on the proper way to order. First of all, a Philly cheesesteak comes with Cheez-Whiz unless you
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City Mouse and Country Mouse
I just returned from a long weekend in Lyme, New Hampshire, visiting my sister. She is 22, currently living in a house with five other people, most of whom are med students at Dartmouth, which about 20 minutes away in Hanover. I had a wonderful weekend, but it is almost laughable how opposite our lives
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun*
As you may recall from an earlier post, I went on a ski trip this weekend. Sadly, the weather didn’t cooperate, so there wasn’t as much skiing involved as we had originally hoped. Regardless, we had a great time on our girls’ weekend away. For a long time, many of my closest friends were all
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We’ll Be Right Back After These Messages
Happy New Year, everyone! I ended 2003 and started 2004 with a bang, and got all dolled up for the big night in a 50’s retro pink satin dress with black polka dots and a crinoline. Why the hell not, right? I think it’s the first pink item of clothing I have owned since I
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We’ll Be Right Back After These Messages
Happy New Year, everyone! I ended 2003 and started 2004 with a bang, and got all dolled up for the big night in a 50’s retro pink satin dress with black polka dots and a crinoline. Why the hell not, right? I think it’s the first pink item of clothing I have owned since I
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Outed!
After Thanksgiving at my Mom’s, I traveled to Virginia to meet my Dad, stepmom, brother and sister at a farmhouse in the Shenandoah Valley. The farmhouse belongs to friends of the family from back in the day when we lived in Washington D.C. — they have a set of twins a month younger than my
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Outed!
After Thanksgiving at my Mom’s, I traveled to Virginia to meet my Dad, stepmom, brother and sister at a farmhouse in the Shenandoah Valley. The farmhouse belongs to friends of the family from back in the day when we lived in Washington D.C. — they have a set of twins a month younger than my