another month without a post! times they are a-changing ( Read more... )

as a young kid our parents took us hiking a lot. at least, it seemed like a lot in my foggy memory. now as an adult, i don't go hiking that much but in my head it is one of the things that i DO and identify with, regardless of reality. in tennessee i managed to go on a few hikes in local parks, and even did a little hiking in the great smoky ( Read more... )

just about a year ago, i was in my hot brooklyn apartment. we would hang out outside at night on the steps of the brooklyn museum to catch any breeze we could.


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i made these broccoli parmesan fritters from smitten kitchen tonight and they were delicious.

i also made this banana bread from simply recipes using bananas that have been in my freezer for a while.... also delicious.

unfortunately i was too hungry to take pictures :)

soon as the banana bread is done i'm keeping my eye on this gingered lemon ( Read more... )

i've had a subscription to food & wine magazine for a while (some groupon deal or other) and sometimes i try to make stuff from it. some of the ingredients and tools the recipes call for are just ridiculous, like planks of some exotic sounding wood cut to a specific size to grill with (i don't remember how exactly). sometimes the recipes sound ( Read more... )

work and home my motivation to do anything gets lost.

i guess the same can be said of the reverse trip.

haha


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i woke up this morning and found out that my 2nd paper from graduate school has been accepted for publication in the journal Cognition and Emotion (although if you don't have university access i don't think you can go to their site ( Read more... )

the waffles that marisa made in san diego were an inspiration. i wanted to make waffles too! and now i can say i'm the proud new owner of a waffle iron! thanks to my officemate sophie.

step 1: make the batter. i used this recipe from smitten kitchen: rich buttermilk waffles. since i never have buttermilk, i used saco cultured buttermilk powder ( Read more... )

i just wanted to post something on february 29th ( Read more... )

back in november i somewhat obsessively documented every piece of clothing i own. i just learned today from the apartment therapy blog there is now a website service for freaks like me. it's called styliticsit is described as being similar to mint.com, except for your closet, with one aim possibly being to help you to optimize your clothing. ( Read more... )