City girl. Traveling soul. Always hungry.
It’s been hot out…really hot. Sticky, humid, disgusting, NYC-in-the-summer-that-everybody-dreads hot. It’s the kind of hot that forces New Yorkers to flee the city on weekends like scattering bugs. 26 summers here and I still haven’t gotten used to the feeling of an extra humid July/August. I know that down south (and many of the places... Continue Reading →
NYC is an amazing city, but it can be an overwhelming place to settle back into after being almost anywhere else. Urban or rural, non-New York is just about always going to feel low-key and tame in comparison to the total madness of this congested island. Coming back from my 2-week road trip was no... Continue Reading →
It’s amazing how busy one can still feel after completing the so-called *only* thing keeping one busy for months on end (searching for a new job). I guess that all my other ideas/plans/goings-on were waiting anxiously in the back of my conscious for the right moment to surface and feel noticed. It’s been nice to... Continue Reading →
It’s been a few weeks since I wrote last, as I had to give myself a grace period with which to focus on everything else that was occupying my brain for the past few weeks. My dinners ranged in complexity from this: To this: Needless to say, when I am all over the place, my... Continue Reading →
Now that there is sustained sunshine, spring jackets, flats and tank tops back in my life again, I have felt more a part of the world around me (by tank tops I mean that they are now actually practical to wear, vs. the entire winter when I was just allergic to warm clothing and reason).... Continue Reading →
It’s been a long couple of weeks, and I have completely neglected my writing and at times, my cooking. I absolutely love to put words on paper…I narrate mini stories and journal-like entries inside my head on a semi-hourly basis. Somehow though, when I have a platform with which to place it all upon, I... Continue Reading →
I managed to make it through the majority of this blizzard smothered winter without much illness, but this past week was unfortunately a haze of the infamous semi-cold (a cold that isn’t severe enough to reasonably call out of work but severe enough to feel like you’re only half alive by 5:30pm). In addition, unfortunately,... Continue Reading →
Spending your lazy Sunday arguing with T-Mobile and churning out job applications like a rabid animal isn’t generally something to brag about to the world. Sometimes though, there isn’t any other way to force yourself to do “un-fun” things (think filing your taxes, laundry, finally getting rid of the 10-day old pork fried rice in... Continue Reading →
On my last post, I promised to explain the chicken doused in salad dressing. It’s not so much the chicken that needs explaining. It’s been a long, LONG week. Endless job hunting, babysitting after work (=rent gets paid)…my not-so-little brother’s 21st BIRTHDAY (he’s not much of a drinker though...I’m working on it)…and a lot less... Continue Reading →
Getting back into the swing of actually writing consistent blogs is going to be a work in progress for me. The last time I did this, I was driving in circles around the country on my first “official” blogging wanderlust (month-long road trip/quitting of job without a backup plan…where I wrote things down. Yay!) It’s... Continue Reading →
Chaos & Coffee Beans 